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Hugh Capet
Hugh Capet in the 13th century Chronica sancti Pantaleonis
King of the Franks
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Reign
1 June 987 – 24 October 996
Coronation
1 June 987, Noyon 3 July 987, Paris
Predecessor
Louis V
Successor
Robert II
Born
c. 940 Paris, West Francia
Died
24 October 996 (aged ~56) Paris, France
Burial
Saint Denis Basilica, Saint-Denis, France
Spouse
Adelaide of Aquitaine (m. 969)
Issue
Hedwig, Countess of Mons Gisèle, Countess of Ponthieu Robert II, King of the Franks
House
Robertian dynasty Capet (founder)
Father
Hugh the Great
Mother
Hedwige Liudolfing
Signature
Hugh Capet[a][b] (/ˈkæpeɪ/; French: Hugues Capet[yɡkapɛ]; c. 940 – 24 October 996) was the King of the Franks from 987 to 996. He is the founder of and first king from the House of Capet. The son of the powerful duke Hugh the Great and his wife Hedwige of Saxony, he was elected as the successor of the last Carolingian king, Louis V. Hugh was descended from Charlemagne's son Pepin of Italy through his mother and paternal grandmother, respectively, and was also a nephew of Otto the Great.[5]
The dynasty he founded ruled France for nearly nine centuries: from 987 to 1328 in the senior line, and until 1848 via cadet branches (with an interruption from 1792 to 1814 and briefly in 1815).[6]
^Cole, Robert (2005). A Traveller's History of France (7th ed.). New York: Interlink Books. p. 31. ISBN 978-1566566063.
^James, The Origins of France, p. 183.
^"Sales, Swindles and Sanctions: Bishop Sal·la of Urgell and the Counts of Catalonia", International Medieval Congress, Leeds, 11 July 2005, published in the Appendix, Pathways of Power in late-Carolingian Catalonia, PhD dissertation, Birkbeck College (2006), page 295),
^Grimshaw, William (1828). History of France: From the Foundation of the Monarchy, by Clovis, to the final abdication of Napoleon. Philadelphia: John Grigg. p. 38. OCLC 4277602.
^"Hedwig". Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia.
^"Capetian dynasty | French history | Britannica". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 24 January 2022.; "Major Rulers of France | Britannica". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
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the Robertian duke Hugh the Great. Upon her husband's death in 956, she acted as a regent during the minority of their son HughCapet, the founder of the...
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between Hugh's sons – HughCapet and Otto, Duke of Burgundy. The King gave Paris and the title of dux francorum (Duke of the Franks) to HughCapet, and invested...
eventual start of the continuous rule of the descendants of HughCapet (ruled 987–996). Hugh's paternal ancestral family, the Robertians, appear in documents...
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developed different languages and cultures. The Capetian dynasty is named for HughCapet, a Robertian who served as Duke of the Franks and was elected King in...
family, the later Capetians, ruled the whole of Neustria until 987, when HughCapet was elected King of the Franks. The subsidiary counts of Neustria had...
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Lothair becoming king. The middle-aged Hugh appointed Richard as guardian of his 15-year-old son, HughCapet in 955.: 44 In 962, Theobald I, Count of...
of Duke of Anjou. Louis Alphonse considers himself the senior heir of HughCapet, King of the Franks (reigned 987–996). His claim to the defunct French...
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