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Hugh Capet (/ ˈ k æ p eɪ /; French: Hugues Capet [yɡ kapɛ]; 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 .
- Robert II
Denier of Hugh Capet, "Duke by the grace of God" (Dux Dei...
- Adelaide of Aquitaine
Adbelahide, Adele, Adela or Adelaide of Aquitaine (also...
- Gisèle, Countess of Ponthieu
Gisèle of France (c. 968 – 1002) was the daughter of Hugh...
- Hedwig, Countess of Mons
Capet: Father: Hugh Capet: Mother: ... She was the daughter...
- Hedwig of Saxony
Upon her husband's death in 956, she acted as a regent...
- Capetian dynasty
The Capetian dynasty ( / kəˈpiːʃən / kə-PEE-shən; French:...
- Robert II
Hugh Capet (born 938—died October 14, 996, Paris, France) was the king of France from 987 to 996, and the first of a direct line of 14 Capetian kings of that country. The Capetian dynasty derived its name from his nickname (Latin capa, “cape”). Hugh was the eldest son of Hugh the Great, duke of the Franks. On his father’s death in 956 ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Hugh Capet’s father died when Hugh was 15 years old in 956AD, leaving him as his heir. At the same time on the throne was Lothair of France, the new king of the Franks, who had succeeded Louis IV in 954, at the age of 13. This left Hugh’s maternel uncle Otto I, King of Germany, in a position of power over much of West Francia (later France ...
Hugh Capet (c. 940 – October 24, 996) was the first King of France of the eponymous Capetian dynasty from his election to succeed the Carolingian Louis V in 987 until his death. Most historians regard the beginnings of modern France with the coronation of Hugh Capet. This is because, as Count of Paris, he made the city his power center.
Hugh Capet 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 ...
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Hugh Capet was the King of the Franks in West Francia in the 10th century. He rose to power and influence at a time when West Francia was reduced to a small kingdom comprising of many relatively independent dukedoms. Hugh Capet was the King of the Franks. To make matters worse, the Ottonian dynasty with its power base in Germany to the east ...
