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Hugh the Great ( c. 898 [1] – 16 June 956) was the duke of the Franks and count of Paris. He was the most powerful magnate in France. Son of King Robert I of France, Hugh was Margrave of Neustria. He played an active role in bringing King Louis d'Outremer back from England in 936. Seeking an alliance with the Holy Roman Emperor, Otto the ...
Mar 14, 2024 · June 16/17, 956. Hugh the Great (died June 16/17, 956) was the duke of the Franks, count of Paris, and progenitor of the Capetian kings of France. He was the most powerful man in the kingdom of France (West Francia) during the reign of Louis IV d’Outremer and the early years of King Lothar. Son of a king ( Robert I ), father of another ( Hugh ...
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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 .
- 1 June 987 – 14 October 996
- Hedwige Liudolfing
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Hugh was one of those who brought Louis IV ( d'Outremer) from the Kingdom of England in 936. [7] In 937 Hugh married Hedwige of Saxony, a daughter of Henry I the Fowler of Germany and Matilda of Ringelheim. [8] Very soon however Hugh was quarrelling with King Louis. In 939 king Louis attacked Hugh the Great and William I, Duke of Normandy.
- c. 898, Paris
- Hugh Capet of France
- 16 June 956, Dourdan
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The title Duke (and Prince) of the Franks ( Latin: dux (et princeps) Francorum) has been used for three different offices, always with "duke" implying military command and "prince" implying something approaching sovereign or regalian rights. The term "Franks" may refer to an ethnic group or to the inhabitants of a territory called Francia .
Hugues "le Grand" (Hugo Magnus, Hugh the Great) Duke of the Franks, 936-956. Hugues appears on 31 March 914, in a charter of his father Robert, abbot of Saint-Martin de Tours (later king Robert I), in which he is stated to be his father's heir ["S. Roberti gloriosi abbatis. S. domni Hugonis filii sui abbatis et comitis cui post ipsum iam sui ...
Hugh the Great, d. 956, French duke; son of King Robert I and father of Hugh Capet. Excluded from the succession on his father's death by his brother-in-law Raoul, he supported the candidacy of Louis IV, the Carolingian heir, after Raoul's death (936). Hugh hoped to rule through this weak king who had been raised in England. Louis IV attempted ...
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