Hugh Capet 
Hugh was born in 0938 in Paris, Isle de France. Hugh's father was Hugh Magnus and his mother was Hedwige von Saxony. His paternal grandparents were Robert and Beatrice de Vermandois; his maternal grandparents were Heinrich I "the Fowler" and Matilda von Ringelheim. He had two brothers and two sisters, named Otto, I, Princess of France and Emma of. He was the oldest of the five children. He had a half-brother named Herbert Hugues. He died in Paris, Isle de France. He was buried in St..Denis, La Ferte-Alais, Essonne, Fran e.General Notes
Hugh Capet (circa 938-96), king of France, and founder of the Capetian dynasty, son of Hugh the Great, count of Paris, whom he succeeded in 956. His lordship over many fiefs around Paris and Orléans made him the virtual ruler of France, and when King Louis V of France, the last of the Carolingian line, died without an heir in 987, Hugh's numerous vassals enabled him to win the election to the throne, defeating the Carolingian candidate, Charles, duke of Lorraine. Charles and many other great nobles of the realm attempted to resist his authority but, through force of arms and by judicious purchasing of allegiance, as well as through the support of the church, of which he was a devout member, Hugh established a measure of order within his kingdom. He had his son, Robert the Pious (later Robert II), elected and crowned his associate and successor in 988, thereby confirming the house of Capet, which ruled France until 1328. See also Capet.
Capet, family name of the dynasty of kings that ruled France from 987 to 1328. In 987, on the death of Louis V, the last of the Carolingian kings of France, Hugh Capet, duke of France and count of Paris, was elected king by the nobility and the clergy. The feudal domain of the Capet family was Île de France, the area around Paris. The Capetian kings greatly strengthened the royal power in France by insisting on the principles of heredity, primogeniture, and indivisibility of crown lands. Shortly after Hugh became king, he had his son Robert crowned as Robert II (known as the Pious). Hugh appointed Robert his associate, and this practice of the father having his eldest son rule with him was followed until the late 12th century. The greatest of the Capetian kings were Philip II Augustus, Louis IX (St. Louis), and Philip IV. The dynasty secured direct overlordship of almost all France by the process of incorporating additional fiefs, large and small, with their own territories. In 1328, when Charles IV died without male heirs, the Capetians were succeeded by the Valois, a younger branch of the family, which ruled France until 1589.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 0740 d.12 JUL 807
- b.~ 0789 d.~ 0834
- b.~ 0740 d.0789
- b.~ 0820 d.26 JUL 866 in Bisarte, France
- b.~ 0769 d.15 FEB 823/24
- b.~ 0800
- b.~ 0774
- b.0866 in Bourgogne, France d.15 JUN 923 in Soissons, France
- b.~ 0740 in Alsace d.0780
- b.~ 0765 in Upper Alsace, France d.0836
- b.~ 0735 in Upper Alsace
- b.0824 in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France d.~ 0866
- b.~ 0769 in Tours, France d.0837
- b.~ 0895 in Paris, France d.16 JUN 956 in Deurdan, Dourdan, France
- b.0797 in Vermandois, Austrasia d.17 APR 818 in Milan, Italy
- b.0817 in Peronne, France d.0845 in Milan, Italy
- b.~ 0797 in Lombardy, Italy
- b.0840 in Peronne, Somme, Picardie, France d.0902 in Murdered
- b.0881 in Vermandois, Neustria, France
- b.~ 0820
- b.~ 0850
- b.~ 0790 in Roussillon, France
- b.~ 0820 in Roussillon, France
- b.~ 0790
- b.0938 in Paris, Isle de France d.24 AUG 996 in Paris, Isle de France
- b.~ 0788 in East Saxony d.0843
- b.0806 in Saxony d.6 SEP 864 in Saxony
- b.~ 0795 in Montfort, France
- b.0836 in Saxony d.30 NOV 912
- b.~ 0780 in Saxony
- b.0816 d.May 0913
- b.~ 0784 in Saxony
- b.0876 in Saxony, Germany d.2 JUN 936 in Membleben, Saxony, Germany
- b.0828 in Bayern, Bavaria d.22 SEP 880 in Ottingen, Bayern, Bavaria
- b.0863 in Saxony d.0899
- b.~ 0824 in Carinthia, Greece
- b.~ 0855 in Saxony d.24 DEC 903
- b.~ 0815
- b.~ 0840 in Bayern, Bavaria
- b.~ 0910 in Saxony, Holy Roman, Empire d.14 MAR 963/64 in Aix-la-Chappelle, France
- b.~ 0810 in Ringleheim, Memleben, Sachsen d.0891
- b.~ 0828 in Ringeheim, Goslar, Hannover, Germany
- b.~ 0812 in Ringleheim, Memleben, Sachsen
- b.~ 0853 in Ringelheim, Goslar, Hannover d.8 DEC 917
- b.~ 0800 in Ittergau, Hanover, Germany
- b.~ 0833 in Ringeheim, Goslar, Hannover, Germany d.> 0909
- b.~ 0800 in Riparian, Hanover, Germany
- b.~ 0892 in Ringelheim, Goslar, Hanover d.14 MAR 967/68 in Membleben, Saxony, Germany
- b.~ 0800 in Friesland, Germany d.0844 in Walcheran, Germany
- b.~ 0834 in Friesland, Germany d.> 0905
- b.~ 0868 in Ringelheim, Goslar, Hannover
- b.~ 0827 in Alsace-Lorraine, France d.8 AUG 869 in Piacenga, Italy
- b.~ 0863 in Alsace-Lorraine, France d.26 OCT 907
- b.~ 0835
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Children
Hedwige Avoise Capet
Hedwige Avoise was born about 0972 in Arles, Tolouse, France. She died after 1013.
Robert II 'the Pious' Capet
Robert II 'the Pious' was born in Arles, Tolouse, France. He died on July 20th, 1031 in Melun, France.
He had a biological son named Gauzlin.
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