Count of Paris - King of the Franks Hugh Capet
939 - 996 (57 years)
1. Count of Paris - King of the Franks Hugh Capet was born in 939 in Paris, Île-de-France, France (son of Duke of the Franks and Count of Paris Hugh Magnus and Hedwig von Sachsen); died on 24 Oct 996 in Paris, Île-de-France, France; was buried in St Denis, Cher, Centre, France. Hugh married Queen of the Franks Adelaide de Aquitaine about 968 in Orléans, Loiret, Centre, France. Adelaide (daughter of Duke of Aquitaine Guillaume Tête d'Aquitaine and Adele de Normandy) was born in 945 in Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France; died on 15 Jun 1006 in Paris, Île-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- King of the Franks Robert Capet, II was born on 27 Mar 972 in Orléans, Loiret, Centre, France; died on 20 Jul 1031 in Melun, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France; was buried in St Denis, Cher, Centre, France.
Family/Spouse: Adelaide Poitou. Adelaide was born in 952 in France; died in 1004 in France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
2. Duke of the Franks and Count of Paris Hugh Magnus was born on 24 Aug 898 in Paris, Île-de-France, France (son of Marquis Fortes de Marvois - King of France Robert Capet, I and Queen of France Beatrice Adelaide de Vermandois); died on 16 Jun 956 in Dourdan, Essonne, Île-de-France, France; was buried in Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France. Hugh married Hedwig von Sachsen on 14 Sep 938 in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Hedwig (daughter of King of Germany Heinrich von Sachsen, I and Mathilde von Ringelheim) was born in 922 in Saxony, Germany; died on 10 May 965 in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Hedwig von Sachsen was born in 922 in Saxony, Germany (daughter of King of Germany Heinrich von Sachsen, I and Mathilde von Ringelheim); died on 10 May 965 in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Children:
- 1. Count of Paris - King of the Franks Hugh Capet was born in 939 in Paris, Île-de-France, France; died on 24 Oct 996 in Paris, Île-de-France, France; was buried in St Denis, Cher, Centre, France.
Generation: 3
4. Marquis Fortes de Marvois - King of France Robert Capet, I was born in 866 in Bourgogne, France (son of Margrave in Neustria Rupert the Strong and Adbelahide de Tours); died on 15 Jun 923 in Soissons, Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne, France. Robert married Queen of France Beatrice Adelaide de VermandoisVermand, Aisne, Picardie, France. Beatrice (daughter of Herbert Senlis de Vermandois, I and Beatrice 'Bertha' de Morvois) was born in 880 in France; died on 31 Mar 931 in Soissons, Aisne, Picardie, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Queen of France Beatrice Adelaide de Vermandois was born in 880 in France (daughter of Herbert Senlis de Vermandois, I and Beatrice 'Bertha' de Morvois); died on 31 Mar 931 in Soissons, Aisne, Picardie, France. Children:
- Princess Adela - Hildebrante - Liegarde Robertien Capet de Neustria was born in 895 in France; died on 10 Oct 958 in France.
- 2. Duke of the Franks and Count of Paris Hugh Magnus was born on 24 Aug 898 in Paris, Île-de-France, France; died on 16 Jun 956 in Dourdan, Essonne, Île-de-France, France; was buried in Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France.
6. King of Germany Heinrich von Sachsen, I was born in 876 in Saxony, Germany; died on 7 Feb 936 in Saxony, Germany; was buried in Quedlinburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Heinrich married Mathilde von Ringelheim. Mathilde was born in 895 in Enger, Herford, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany; died on 14 Mar 968 in Quedlinburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany; was buried in Quedlinburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7. Mathilde von Ringelheim was born in 895 in Enger, Herford, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany; died on 14 Mar 968 in Quedlinburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany; was buried in Quedlinburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Children:
- 3. Hedwig von Sachsen was born in 922 in Saxony, Germany; died on 10 May 965 in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Generation: 4
8. Margrave in Neustria Rupert the Strong was born in 820 in Nevers, Nièvre, Bourgogne, France (son of Count of Wormsgrau and Rheingau Rutpert von Wormsgau, III and Wiltrud de Orleans); died on 15 Sep 866 in Brissarthe, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France. Rupert married Adbelahide de Tours. Adbelahide (daughter of Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire Louis Carolingian, I and Holy Roman Empress Ermengarde de Hesbaye) was born in 824 in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France; died in 866 in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
9. Adbelahide de Tours was born in 824 in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France (daughter of Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire Louis Carolingian, I and Holy Roman Empress Ermengarde de Hesbaye); died in 866 in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France. Children:
- 4. Marquis Fortes de Marvois - King of France Robert Capet, I was born in 866 in Bourgogne, France; died on 15 Jun 923 in Soissons, Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne, France.
- Adelaide de France was born in 850 in Paris, Île-de-France, France; died on 10 Nov 901 in Paris, Île-de-France, France.
- Ermentrude was born in Orléans, Loiret, Centre, France; died in 6 Oct in Paris, Île-de-France, France.
10. Herbert Senlis de Vermandois, I was born in 857 in France (son of Lord de Quentin and Peronne Pepin de Senlis de Vermandois and Rothaide de Bobbo); died on 23 Feb 912 in France. Herbert married Beatrice 'Bertha' de Morvois in 873 in France. Beatrice was born in 850 in Bohain, Aisne, Picardie, France; died on 15 Jun 923 in France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
11. Beatrice 'Bertha' de Morvois was born in 850 in Bohain, Aisne, Picardie, France; died on 15 Jun 923 in France. Children:
- Count of Vermandois and Meaux Herbert de Vermandois, II was born on 23 Feb 884 in France; died on 23 Feb 943 in Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France.
- 5. Queen of France Beatrice Adelaide de Vermandois was born in 880 in France; died on 31 Mar 931 in Soissons, Aisne, Picardie, France.