Hugh the Great 
Hugh the Great was born in 0895 in Abt 915 of France. Hugh the Great's father was Robert of France I and his mother was Beatrix DE VERMANDOIS. His paternal grandparents were Robert I Rutpert IV le Fort VON WORMSGAU and Adelaide or Aelis d'Alsace; his maternal grandparents were Herbert I of Vermandois DE VERMANDOIS and Beatrice DE MORVOIS. He had two half-sisters named Liegarde or Hildebrante and Emma. He died in Deurdan,Germany.General Notes
REFR
DATE 0925
RETO
DATE 0956
OCCU Duke of France
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ALIA also called HUGH THE WHITE, French HUGUES LE GRAND, or HUGUES LE BLANCHugh THE GREAT,also called HUGH THE WHITE, French HUGUES LE GRAND, or HUGUES LEBLANC (d. June 16/17, 956), duke of the
Franks, count of Paris,and progenitor of the Capetian kings of France. He was the mostpowerful man in the kingdom of France (West Francia) during thereign of Louis IV d'Outremer and the early years
of KingLothair.Son of a king (Robert I), father of another (Hugh Capet), andbrother-in-law of three more (Rudolf of France, Athelstan ofEngland, and Otto of Germany), Hugh possessed such
vastterritories that he could easily have assumed the crown on thedeath of Rudolf in 936. Preferring to work from behind thethrone, he instead suggested the accession of Louis IV, son ofthe deposed
Charles III the Simple. Louis proved no puppet,however, and his reign saw an almost constant struggle betweenKing and Duke in which all the great magnates of France, Otto Iof Germany, and the dukes
of Lorraine were at one time oranother involved. In 945 Louis fell into Hugh's hands and wasincarcerated for a year before pressure from abroad and publicopinion at home brought his release.
Excommunicated by Frenchand German councils and by the Pope, Hugh finally submitted toLouis in 951.On the death of the King three years later, Hugh again turneddown the opportunity to become king,
plumping instead forLouis's young son, Lothair; but for his last two years Hugh waseffectively the ruler of France. Related Propaedia TopicsThe West Frankish kingdom (France): dynastic rivalry
betweenCarolingians and Robertians (to 987) and the ascendancy of thefeudal magnatesCopyright (c) 1996 Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. All RightsReserved
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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.~ 0725 d.Aft 1 JUN 770
- b.~ 0755 in Wormsgau,France d.12 JUL 807
- b.< 0798 in Abt 785 of,Wormsgau,France d.> 0834
- d.< 0789
- b.~ 0815 in Mainz,Rhenanie Platinat,Germany Abt 815 d.15 SEP 866 in Brissarthe,Maine-et-Loire,Pays de la Loire,France
- b.~ 0726 in Swabia,Germany
- b.~ 0765 in Orleans,France d.~ 0824
- b.~ 0730 in Swabia,Germany d.0795
- b.< 0798
- b.~ 0730 in France d.~ 0783
- b.~ 0765 d.Aft 15 FEB 824
- b.0866 in Angers,Maine-et-Loire,Pays de la Loire,France d.15 JUN 923 in Soissons,Aisne,Picardie,France
- b.Abt 700/707 in Alsace,France (later Alsace-Lorraine) d.Abt 750/767
- b.~ 0740 in Alsace,France d.780/802
- b.~ 0719 in Alsace,France
- b.~ 0765 in Upper Alsace,France d.0836 in France died about 839
- b.~ 0744 in Alsace,France
- b.~ 0800 in Tours,Indre-et-Loire,Centre,France d.15 SEP 866
- b.~ 0769 in Tours,Indre-et-Loire,Centre,France d.> 0837 in France
- b.0895 in Abt 915 of France d.16 JUN 956 in Deurdan,Germany
- b.Apr 0773 in Aachen,Rhineland,Germany d.8 JUL 810 in Milan,Italy
- b.0797 in Lombardy d.7 APR 818 in 17 Apr 818 Milan,Italy
- b.~ 0777 in Italy
- b.0817 in Saint Quentin,Vermandois,France d.0845 in d Abt 892 after 840 in Milan,Italy
- b.~ 0797 in France d.15 JUN 835
- b.0840 in Peronne,Somme,Picardie,France about 848 d.6 NOV 900 in murdered on the orders of Baldwin II
- b.0880 in Saint Quentin,Vermandois,France d.>Mar 0931
- b.< 0844
- b.0862 in France
- b.< 0829 d.0877
- b.< 0847 in France
- b.< 0815 in Tours,Touraine,France
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Hugh the Great and Judith were married in a religious ceremony in 0922.
Hugh the Great and Hedwige Hedwiga were married in a religious ceremony in 0938. They had three sons and two daughters, named Eudes, Henri, Hugh, BeatrixBeatrice and Emma.
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Children
BeatrixBeatrice
BeatrixBeatrice was born in 0940. She died at the age of 65 in April 1005 in After 0987.
Henri DE NEVERS
Henri was born about 0946. He died in 1002 in Chateau Pouilly sur Saone. He was buried in St Germain d'Auxerre.
Hugh CAPET
Hugh was born in 0946 in 938 9 941. He died in Paris,France Les Juifs,nr Chartres. He was buried in 0996 in St Denis,France.
Hugh the Great and Edhilda were married in a religious ceremony. They had a daughter named Gerberge de Maine.
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Children
Gerberge de Maine D'ARLES
Gerberge de Maine was born about 0913 in Maine,France Gatinais,France. She died about 0952 in 0960.
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