Hugh Capet

941 - 996  (55 years)

• Name	Hugh Capet   [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	941	France   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Fact	Count of Paris, Poitou and Orleans and First Capetan King   [2]
  Fact	Between 987 and 996	King of France   [2, 3]
  Death	24 Oct 996	Les Juifs, near Chartres   [2, 3]
  Burial	St. Denis   [2]
  Notes	Excerpt from "Families Directly Descended from all the Royal Families in Europe": Hugh Capet, son of Hugh the Great, was crowned King of the Franks at Reims, in 987, reigned to 996. The house of Capet continues to rule in France from 987 to 1328.
  Person ID	I23111	Main Tree
  Last Modified	30 Jan 2016

  
  

  Father	Hugh Magnus,   b. Abt 895   d. Jun 956, Deurdan (Age 61 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Hedwig Of SAXONY,   b. Abt 921   d. 10 May 965 (Age 44 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	938	Mainz oder Ingelheim   [3]
  Family ID	F14082	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	? UNKNOWN
  Children	1. Emma Of PARIS   d. 968  [Birth]
  Family ID	F00038	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Oct 2020

  
  

  Family 2	Adelaide Of POITOU,   b. Abt 950   d. 1004 (Age 54 years)
  Marriage	Between 963 and 968  [2]
  Children	1. Gisela Princess Of FRANCE + 2. Hedwig Of FRANCE,   b. Abt 972   d. Aft 1013 (Age > 42 years)  [Birth]   3. Robert II,   b. 27 Mar 972, Orleans, France d. 20 Jul 1031, Melun, France (Age 59 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F14081	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 941 - France Fact - Between 987 and 996 - King of France  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S02258] Mrs. (Oscar Herbert) Elizabeth M. Leach Rixford, Families Directly Descended from "All the Royal Families in Europe" (495-1932) and Mayflower Descendants, (Name: Name: Clearfield Company, Inc., Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.;;). [S03311] Roderick W. Stuart, Royalty For Commoners - Fourth Edition, (Name: Name: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc;;). [S5840] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonist Who Came to America before 1700.