Hugh Capet
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Hugh Capet was the King of the Franks from 987 to 996. He is the founder of and first king from the House of Capet. The son of the powerful duke Hugh the Great and Hedwige of Saxony, he was elected as
Signature Hugues Capet Archives Nationales AE II 84
Medieval miniature depicting the coronation of Hugh Capet
Denier of Hugh Capet for Beauvais
Apparition of Saint Valery to Hugh Capet
Capetian dynasty
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The Capetian dynasty, also known as the House of France, is a dynasty of Frankish origin, and a branch of the Robertians agnatically, and the Carolingians through female lines. It is among the largest
Hugh Capet
…descended from Charlemagne's son Pepin of Italy through his paternal grandmother Béatrice of Vermandois, and was also the nephew of Otto the Great. The dynasty he founded ruled France for nearly nine centuries: from 987 to 1328 in the senior line, and until 1848 via cadet branches (with an interruption from 1792 to 1814…
Charles the Bold as a boy stands next to his father, Philip the Good, c. 1447–8