 Abt 0941 - 0998 (57 years)
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| Name |
CAPET Hugues |
| Birth |
Abt 0941 |
Paris, Seine, France  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
24 Oct 0998 |
Paris, France |
| Notes |
- Name
Hughes of France[1]
nicknamed le Grand or Capet [1]
Parents
He was the son of Hughes le Grand, Duke of France, by his 3rd wife, Hedwig, daughter of Heinrich I, King of Germany, born, say 940.[1]
Early Life
p. Hugh the Great, Duke of the Franks and Hedwige of Saxony (c.910-c.965).[2]
Titles
Duke of France 960-987[1]
King of France 987-996[1] 29 May 987 - 24 Oct 998: first "King of the Franks"[3] He succeeded the last Carolingian king, Louis V.
968 Marriage to Adelaide
He married in the summer of 968 Adelaide of Poitou, daughter of Guillaume I, Count of Poitou, Duke of Aquitaine, byAdele, daughter of Rollo of Normandy. [1]
m. 970 Adelaide of Aquitaine a.k.a. Adelaide of Poitiers.[4]
987 Reign
He was consecrated King of France at Noyon 1 July 987. [1]
998 Death
Hughes Capet, King of France, died at "Les Juifs" near Prasville, Eure-et-Loire, 24 Octo ber 996, and was buried in the church of the Abbey of Saint-Denis. His widow, Adelaide, died 15 June 1003-5.[1]
d. 24 Oct 998[5]
Issue
They had one son and two daughters. [1]
Gisela or Gisele, born Bourgourgne 968. m. Hugh I, Count of Ponthieu. Gisele, wife of Hughes I, seigneur of Abbeville, Avoue of Saint Riquier. [1]
Hedwig, or Hathui, born 970, Orleans. m. Reginar IV, Count of Hainaut. Hawise (Hawidis, Hadwidis, Hathuidis, Hadevidam,) wife of Reignier IV, Count of Hainault, [1]
Robert II, born 972, Orleans. He was the next King of France. [1]
Research Notes
The following children are not named by Richardson and need to be delinked[1]
Renaud, born 986.
Sources
↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry. Volume III, page 16.
↑ dau. German king Henry the Fowler
↑ Elected HUGUES "Capet" King of France by an assembly of nobles at Senlis 29 May 987, after the death of Louis V King of France. He was consecrated at Noyon 1 Jun 987.
↑ Wikipedia. Adelaide of Aquistaine; p. William III, Duke of Aquitaine and Adele of Normandy, daughter of Rollo of Normandy.
↑ The Historia Francorum Senonensis records the death in 998 of "Hugo rex" and his burial "in basilica beati Dyonisii martiris Parisius". The necrology of the abbey of Saint-Denis records the death "IX Kal Nov" of "Hugo rex".
See also:
Wikipedia: Hugh Capet
http://www.thepeerage.com/p10311.htm#i103103
Histoire généalogique et chronologique de la maison royale de France, des pairs, grands officiers de la Couronne, de la Maison du Roy et des anciens barons du royaume, Tome Premier, par le Père Anselme de Sainte-Marie, continuée par Honoré du Fourny, ed. la compagnie des libraires (Paris) 1726-1733. Pages 69-71.
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| Person ID |
I58881 |
Freeman-Smith |
| Last Modified |
27 Jan 2026 |
| Father |
ROBERTIAN Hugues, b. 24 Aug 0898, Paris, Île-de-France, France d. 16 Jun 0956, Dourdan, Île-de-France, France (Age 57 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
SACHSEN Hedwige, b. Abt 0922, Sachsen, Germany d. 10 May 0965, Paris,France (Age 43 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Marriage |
14 Sep 0938 |
Mainz Oder, Ingelheim, Rheinland, Germany |
| Family ID |
F25986 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
POITOU Adelais, b. Abt 0945, Poitou, France d. Abt 15 Jun 1004, France (Age 59 years) |
| Marriage |
0969 |
Paris, France |
| Children |
| | 1. CAPET Gisèle, b. 0968, Bourgogne, France d. 1002, Ponthieu, Picardie, France (Age ~ 33 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 2. CAPET Hedwig, b. Aft 0970, Orléans, France d. Aft 1013, Hainaut, Belgium (Age > 43 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 3. CAPET Robert, b. 27 Mar 0972, Orléans, Loiret, Centre, France d. 20 Jul 1031, Melun, Seine-et-Marne, Ile-de-France, France (Age 59 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
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| Family ID |
F26194 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
27 Jan 2026 |
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