King Hugh Capet of France 
Hugh was born in 0939 in Paris, Isle de France, France. Hugh's father was Hugh ("the Great") Capet of Neustria and his mother was Edhilda. His paternal grandparents were King Robert I of France and Queen Beatrice de Vermandois; his maternal grandparents were King Edward ("the Elder") d'Angleterre I of England and Aelflaeda de Bernicie. He had three half-sisters named Beatrix, Beatrix and Beatrix. He died at the age of 57 on August 24th, 0996 in Paris, Isle de France, France. He was buried in Abbaye De St Denis, St Denis, France.General Notes
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 Ile 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."Capet," Microsoft (R) Encarta. Copyright (c) 1994 Microsoft Corporation. Copyright (c) 1994 Funk & Wagnall's Corporation.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 0770 in Wormgau, Saxony, Germany d.12 Jul 0807
- b.~ 0789 d.~ 0834
- b.~ 0770 d.0789
- b.~ 0820 in France d.25 Aug 0866 in Brissarthe, Maine-et-Loire
- b.0765/0769 in Orleans, France d.<15 Feb 0824
- b.ABT 0793/0795 in Jutland, Denmark
- b.0765/0775 d.>15 Feb 0824
- b.0860 in Bourgogne, France d.15 Jun 0923 in Soissons, France
- b.02 Apr 0742 in Ingelheim, Germany d.28 Jan 0814 in Aachen, Prussia
- b.Aug 0778 in Chasseneuil, France d.30 Apr 0840 in Near, Ingelheim, Rhinehessen, Hesse
- b.0758 in Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia d.30 Apr 0783 in Thionville, Moselle, France
- b.0819/0824 in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France d.15 Sep 0866
- b.0752 in Belgium
- b.~ 0778 in Hesbaye, Belgium d.03 Oct 0818 in Tours, France
- b.~ 0898 in Paris, Isle de France, France d.16 Jun 0956 in Dourdan, Isle De France
- b.~ 0797 in Vermandois, Austrasia d.17 Aug 0818 in Milan, Italy
- b.0815/0817 in Vermandois, Neustria d.0878 in Milan, Italy
- b.~ 0797 in France d.>12 Jun 0835 in Italy
- b.ABT 0848/0850 in Vermandois, Neustria d.6 Nov 0902/0920
- b.0754 d.0836
- b.0815 d.0858
- b.~ 0792 d.> 0820
- b.0880 in Vermandois, Neustria d.Mar 0931
- b.~ 0780
- b.0815 d.0870
- b.~ 0790
- b.~ 0852 in France
- b.0800 in Burgundy, France d.16 Feb 0862/0863
- b.0830 d.0856
- b.0819/0824 in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France d.15 Sep 0866
- b.0939 in Paris, Isle de France, France d.24 Aug 0996 in Paris, Isle de France, France
- b.~ 0784 in Wessex, England d.04 Feb 0839 in Wessex, England
- b.ABT 0795/0806 in Wessex, England d.13 Jan 0858 in England
- b.0788 in Wessex
- b.12 May 0849 in Wantage, Berkshire, England d.26 Oct 0899 in Winchester, Hampshire, England
- b.~ 0785 in Wessex, England
- b.~ 0810 in Wessex d.0846/0852
- b.0869 in Wessex, England d.17 Jul 0924 in Farrington, Berkshire, England
- b.~ 0825 in Mercia, England d.0866
- b.~ 0852 in Mercia, England d.05 Dec 0905 in St. Mary's Abbey, Winchester, Dorset, England
- b.0790/0800 d.0840
- b.~ 0830 in Mercia, England
- b.0800
- d.26 Jan 0946
- b.ABT 0795/0806 in Wessex, England d.13 Jan 0858 in England
- b.0837 in Wantage, Berkshire, England d.23 Apr 0871 in Witchampton, England
- b.~ 0810 in Wessex d.0846/0852
- b.~ 0859 in Wessex, England d.~ 0898
- b.0840 in Wantage, Berkshire, England
- b.~ 0878 in Wessex, England d.0920
- b.0795 d.0840
- b.0814/0825 in Mercia, England d.0866
- b.0852 in Gaini, Mercia, England d.05 Dec 0905 in Winchester, Dorset, England
- b.0790/0800 d.0840
- b.0817/0830 in Mercia, England
- b.0800
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Hugh and Adela were married in a religious ceremony in 0968. They had two sons and two daughters, named "the Pious", Renaud Borel, Gisella and Hedewige.
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Children
King Robert ("the Pious") Capet II
Robert, known as "the Pious", was born on March 27th, 0972 in Orleans, France. He died at the age of 59 on July 20th, 1031 in Melun, Isle De France, France. He was buried in Saint Denis, Isle De France, France.
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