Hugh Capet Of France 
Hugh was born in 0938.1 Birth Notes
B: Abt. 938
General Notes
Hugh Capet (French Hugues Capet) (938 - October 24, 996) was King of France from 987 to 996.Capet is a nickname for "wearing a cape".
Born in 938, in Paris, France, from a wealthy and powerful family, the eldest son of Hugh the Great and Hedwige of Saxony (c.910-c.965). Hugh Capet wanted to become a lay abbot, and in 980 arranged to move the relics of St. Valery to Amiens Cathedral. He inherited his fathers vast estates and became the most powerful noble of his time. Hugh allied himself with the German emperors, marrying the daughter of Emperor Otto, and exercised greater influence than the weak Carolingian king, Lothair. After Lothair and his son died in early 987, the archbishop of Reims convinced an assembly of nobles to elect Hugh Capet as their king. He was crowned King of France at Noyon, Picardie on July 3, 987, the first of the Capetian dynasty to rule France.
King Hugh possessed minor properties near Chartres and Anjou. Between Paris and Orléans he possessed towns and estates amounting to approximately 400 square miles. His authority ended there and if he dared travel outside his small area, he risked being ransomed or even murdered. Beyond this power base, in the rest of France, there were still as many codes of law as there were fiefdoms. The country operated with 150 different forms of currency and at least a dozen languages. Uniting all this into one cohesive unit was a formidable task and a constant struggle between those who wore the crown of France and its feudal lords. As such, Hugh Capet's reign was marked by numerous power struggles, both with the Roman Catholic Church and the vassals on the borders of the Seine and the Loire.
While King Hugh's military power was limited, and he had to seek military aid from the Duke of Normandy, his unanimous election as king gave him great moral authority and influence.
Hugh Capet married Adelaide of Aquitaine (952-1004). Their children were:
Avoise (970-1013)
Robert II (March 27, 972 - July 20, 1031)
Alice (974-1079)
Gilette (c.976 - ukn)
Gisele (c.978 - ukn)
King Hugh Capet died on October 24, 996 in Paris, and was interred in the Saint Denis Basilica. He was succeeded by his son, Robert II.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.0770 d.12 Jul 0807
- b.0789
- b.0760 d.0789
- b.0820 d.15 Sep 0866
- b.0770 d.15 Feb 0823
- b.0795
- b.0774 d.0823
- b.0860 d.15 Jun 0923
- b.0740 in Strasbourg, Alsace-Lorraine, France d.0780 in Upper Alsace, France
- b.0765 in Upper Alsace, France d.20 Oct 0837 in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Touraine/Centre, France
- b.0744 in Upper Alsace, France
- b.0802
- b.0735 in Tours, Indre-Et-Loire, France
- b.0770 in Tours, Indre-Et-Loire, France d.04 Sep 0839 in Tours, Indre-Et-Loire, France
<Unknown>
- b.0895 in Paris, Ile-de-France, France d.16 Jun 0956 in Deurdan, Dourdan, France
- b.0797 in Vermandois, Austrasia d.17 Apr 0818 in Milan, Italy
- b.0818 in Vermandois, Normandy, France d.0848 in Milan, Italy
- b.0797 in Parma, Italy d.15 Jun 0835
- b.0848 in Vermandois, Neustria d.06 Nov 0907
- b.0754 d.0836
- b.0812 d.0858
- b.0785 d.0820
- b.0880 d.0931
- b.0820 in Morvois d.0853
- b.0862
- b.0806 in Roussillon, Brozes, France d.0879
- b.0820 in Roussilon, Isere, Rhone-Alpes d.0852
- b.0804 in Tours, Indre-Et-Loire, France
- b.0938 d.24 Aug 0996 in Paris, France
- b.0790 d.0844
- b.0806 d.0866
- b.0790
- b.0836 d.12 Nov 0912
- b.0780 in Saxony, Germany
- b.0816 in Niederlahngau, Hesse, Thuringen, Saxony d.05 Oct 0913
- b.0784 in Saxony, Germany
- b.0876 in Saxony, Germany d.02 Jun 0936 in Membleben, Saxony, Germany
- b.0828 d.0880
- b.0863 d.08 Dec 0899
- b.0860 d.24 Dec 0903
- b.0800 in Bavaria, Germany
- b.0837
- b.0910 in Nordhausen, Saxony, Germany d.14 Mar 0964 in Aix-le-Chappelle, France
- b.~ 0778 in Saxony, Germany d.~ 0847
- b.0800 in Ringelheim, Goslar, Hannover, Germany d.0856
- b.~ 0778 in Friesland, Germany
- b.0853 d.0920
- b.0800 in Ringelheim, Goslar, Hannover, Germany
<Unknown>
- b.0892 in Mesleben, Saxony, Germany d.14 Mar 0967 in Memleben, Saxony
- b.0780 in Vestfold, Norway d.0820
- b.0823 in Vestfold, Norway d.0863 in Norway
- b.0802 in Norway
- b.0858
- b.0816 in Ringerike, Akershus, Norway
- b.0830 in Ringerike, Buskerud, Norway
- b.0814 in Ringerike, Akershus, Norway d.0830
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Details of Hugh's family with Adelhaide de Guienne Of Aquitaine
1 http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=madchia&id=I2330&style=TABLE
2 http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jdp-fam&id=I4139
Further source/citation:
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=madchia&id=I2330&style=TABLE
2 http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jdp-fam&id=I4139
Further source/citation:
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=madchia&id=I2330&style=TABLE
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