Robert OF VERMANDOIS 
Robert was born in 0916. Robert's father was Count/ Hurbert II OF VERMANDOIS and his mother was Adela DE PARIS OF NEUSTRIA. His paternal grandparents were Count Herbert I DE VERMANDOIS & SENLIS and Bertha OF MORVOIS; his maternal grandparents were King/ Robert I OF FRANCE and Adele DE BOURGES. He had a brother and two sisters, named Albert I "The Pious", Adele and Luitgarde. He was the second youngest of the four children.General Notes
Credited with the first unification of the country, convertedthe Danes to Christianity, and conquered Norway. After hisBaptism his fathers pagan tomb was transformed into a Christianplace of worship.
Introduced Christianity into Denmark, he had the famous Jellingrune stone erected in his parent memory. He was fatally woundedduring a rebellion by his son and successor, Sveng I.
They had a daughter named Adelaide.
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