Hugh the Great
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Hugh the Great was the duke of the Franks and count of Paris. He was the most powerful magnate in France. Son of King Robert I of France and Beatrice of Vermandois, Hugh was Margrave of Neustria. He p
Hugh as depicted in a 14th century family tree of the Robertians
Robertians
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The Robertians are a proposed Frankish noble family and royal dynasty, whose members were ancestors of the Capetian dynasty that ruled over the Kingdom of France and several other countries. Prominent
Hugh the Great
…Charlemagne. He was born in Paris, Île-de-France, France. His eldest son was Hugh Capet who became King of France in 987. His family is known as the Robertians. In 922, the barons of Western Francia, after revolting against the Carolingian King Charles the Simple (who fled his kingdom under their onslaught…
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