Count of Paris - King of the Franks Hugh Capet

939 - 996  (57 years)

• Name	Hugh Capet  [1, 2, 3]
  Title	Count of Paris - King of the Franks
  Birth	939	Paris, Île-de-France, France   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  _ORDI	92nd great grandson of Adam and Eve
  		~Eden-M
  Death	24 Oct 996	Paris, Île-de-France, France   [1, 2, 3]
  Burial	St Denis, Cher, Centre, France   [2, 3]
  	Basilica of Saint Denis
  Person ID	I9231	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

  Father	Duke of the Franks and Count of Paris Hugh Magnus,   b. 24 Aug 898, Paris, Île-de-France, France d. 16 Jun 956, Dourdan, Essonne, Île-de-France, France (Age 57 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Hedwig von Sachsen,   b. 922, Saxony, Germany d. 10 May 965, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (Age 43 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	14 Sep 938	Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany   [1, 4, 5]
  Family ID	F3052	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Queen of the Franks Adelaide de Aquitaine,   b. 945, Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France d. 15 Jun 1006, Paris, Île-de-France, France (Age 61 years)
  Marriage	Abt 968	Orléans, Loiret, Centre, France   [1, 3, 6]
  Children	1. King of the Franks Robert Capet, II,   b. 27 Mar 972, Orléans, Loiret, Centre, France d. 20 Jul 1031, Melun, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France (Age 59 years)  [natural]
  Family ID	F3139	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

  Family 2	Adelaide Poitou,   b. 952, France d. 1004, France (Age 52 years)
  Family ID	F3140	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 939 - Paris, Île-de-France, France Marriage - Abt 968 - Orléans, Loiret, Centre, France Death - 24 Oct 996 - Paris, Île-de-France, France Burial - - St Denis, Cher, Centre, France  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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• Sources

  [S4] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online. [S189] Ancestry.com, Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). [S842] Wikipedia: Hugh Capet, Hugh Capet. Hugh Capet[a][b] (c. 939 – 24 October 996) was the King of the Franks from 987 to 996. He is the founder and first king from the House of Capet. He was elected as the successor of the last Carolingian king, Louis V. Hugh was a descendant in illegitimate descent of Charlemagne through his paternal grandmother. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Capet [S837] Wikipedia: Hedwig of Saxony, Hedwig von Sachen. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedwig_of_Saxony [S838] Wikipedia: Hugh Magnus, Hugh Magnus. Hugh the Great (c. 898 – 16 June 956) was the Duke of the Franks and Count of Paris. He was the son of King Robert I of France and Béatrice of Vermandois, daughter of Herbert I, Count of Vermandois. 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 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_the_Great [S841] Wikipedia: Adelaide of Aquataine, Adelaide de Aquataine. Adelaide was the daughter of William III, Duke of Aquitaine and Adele of Normandy, daughter of Rollo of Normandy. Her father used her as security for a truce with Hugh Capet, whom she married in 969.[2] In 987, after the death of Louis V, the last Carolingian king of France, Hugh was elected the new king with Adelaide as queen. They were proclaimed at Senlis and blessed at Noyon. They were the founders of the Capetian dynasty of France. Hugh apparently trusted in her judgement and allowed her to take part in government: he proposed her to negotiate for him with the regent of the German Empire, empress Theophanu, committing himself beforehand to their agreement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelaide_of_Aquitaine