Person:Hugh Capet (73)
Hugues , de Paris, Roi de France
b.0939 Paris, Seine, France
d.24 Oct 996 Paris, Seine, France
Parents and Siblings
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m. abt 14 Sep 0938
  1. Edith , of France
  2. Herbert , Bishop of Auxerre
  3. Beatrix of France
  4. Hugues , de Paris, Roi de France
  5. Emma , of France
  6. Otto , Duke of Burgundy
  7. Henry I , Duke of Burgundy
Spouse and Children
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m. 0968
  1. Gisele , of France
  2. Hedwig , of France
  3. Robert II "The Pious" , King of France
  4. Alice , of France
  5. Gilette , Princess of France
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Facts and Events
Name Hugues , de Paris, Roi de France
Gender Male
Birth[2] 0939 Paris, Seine, France
Marriage 0968 Paris,Seine,,Franceto Adelaide , Princess of Aquitaine
Other? 987 Ruled as King Of France
Ancestral File Number 9G85-M2
Other? House of Capet
Death[3] 24 Oct 996 Paris, Seine, France
Burial? Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, FranceSaint Denis Basilica


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Hugh Capet (c. 939 – 24 October 996), called in contemporary sources "Hugh the Great", was the first "King of the Franks" of the eponymous Capetian dynasty from his election to succeed the Carolingian Louis V in 987 until his death.

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References
  1.   Hugh Capet, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. (Online: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.).
  2. ↑ (SoN)Story of the Normans. (Sarah Orne Jewett; New York: Putnam Press, 1888), p.63.
  3. ↑ Hugues de Paris, Roi de France, in Lundy, Darryl. The Peerage: A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe.
  4.   HUGUES, son of HUGUES “le Grand” Duc des Francs & his third wife Hedwig of Germany ([940]-villa "Les Juifs", near Prasville, Eure-et-Loire 24 Oct 996, bur église de l'Abbaye royale de Saint-Denis)., in Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.
  5.   Hugues Capet, in Baldwin, Stewart, and Todd Farmerie. The Henry Project (King Henry II ): Ancestors of King Henry II.
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