Hugues Capet King of France 987-996 940

Hugues Capet King of France 987-996 , 940–996 (aged 56 years)

Name Hugues Capet King of France 987-996

Name: Hugues /Capet/ King of France 987-996
Given names: Hugues
Surname: Capet
Name suffix: King of France 987-996

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Birth	Source: Genealogics - Leo van de Pas Text: - ~Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser , Reference: 1961 - Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists who came to America bef.1700, 7th Edition, 1992, Weis, Frederick Lewis, Reference: 57
Marriage	Source: Genealogics - Leo van de Pas Text: ~Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser , Reference: 1961
Death	Source: Genealogics - Leo van de Pas Text: - ~Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser , Reference: 1961 - Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists who came to America bef.1700, 7th Edition, 1992, Weis, Frederick Lewis, Reference: 57
Note	Source: Genealogics - Leo van de Pas Text: - ~Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser , Reference: 1961 - Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists who came to America bef.1700, 7th Edition, 1992, Weis, Frederick Lewis, Reference: 57
Source citation	Genealogics - Leo van de Pas Text: - ~Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser , Reference: 1961 - Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists who came to America bef.1700, 7th Edition, 1992, Weis, Frederick Lewis, Reference: 57
Source citation	Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugues_Capet

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Note	BIOGRAPHY King of France and founder of the Capetingian dynasty, Hugues was the eldest son of Hugues 'the Great', duke of The Franks, comte de Paris, and his third wife Hadewich von Sachsen. When his father died in 956, he succeeded to his numerous fiefs around Paris and Orléans. His cousin, the Frankish king Lothair, recognised him somewhat reluctantly as duke of the Franks. Many of the counts in northern France did homage to Hugues as their overlord, and Richard I, duke of Normandy, was both his vassal and his brother-in-law. The authority of Hugues extended over certain districts south of the Loire, and owing to his intervention Lothair was obliged to recognise Hugues' brother Henri as duke of Burgundy. Hugues Capet supported his royal suzerain when Lothair and Emperor Otto II fought for the possession of Lorraine. However Hugues was chagrined at the king's conduct in making peace in 980, and went to Rome to conclude an alliance with Otto. Laying more stress upon independence than upon loyalty, Hugues appears to have acted haughtily toward Lothair, and also towards Lothar's son and successor, Louis V. However, neither king was strong enough to punish this powerful vassal. When Louis V died without children in May 987, both Hugues and the late king's uncle, Charles, duke of Lorraine, were candidates for the vacant throne. In this contest Hugues had as his champions Adelberon, archbishop of Reims, and Gerbert, afterwards Pope Sylvester II. Their energy prevailed; declaring the Frankish crown to be an elective and not a hereditary dignity, Adelberon secured the election of his friend and crowned him, probably at Noyon, in July 987. Charles of Lorraine was not prepared to bow before his successful rival; before Hugues had secured the coronation of his son Robert as his colleague and successor in December 987, Charles found allies and attacked the king. Hugues had the worst of the earlier part of the struggle and was in serious straits until he was saved by his partisan Adelberon, who in 991 treacherously seized Charles and handed him over to the king. This capture virtually ended the wars, but one of its side issues was a quarrel between Hugues and Pope John XV, who was supported by the Holy Roman Empire, then under the rule of the empress Theophano Skleraina as regent for her son, the young Emperor Otto III. The origin of Hugues' name of Capet, which was also applied to his father, has been the subject of some discussion. It is derived from the Latin 'Capa', or 'Cappa', a cape; but whether Hugues derived it from the cape, which he wore as abbot of St. Martin's, or from his youthful habit of seizing capes, or from some other cause, is unknown. The identification of his wife as 'of Aquitaine' or 'of Poitou' is erroneous; her parentage is unknown. She was identified as 'of Aquitaine' solely on the basis of a charter, which survives only in a 14th-century _vidimus_ (literally, 'we have seen'), in which a woman of Aquitaine named Adela appears with a husband whose name is actually given as Ebles. Louis Halphen and Ferdinand Lot, the editors of the 'vidimus', assumed that this Adela must be Hugues Capet's wife and arbitrarily changed 'Ebles' to 'Hugues'. (See Constance Bouchard, _Eleanor's Divorce from Louis VII. The Uses of Consanguinity_, in _Eleanor of Aquitaine, Lord and Lady_, editors Bonnie Wheeler and John Parsons (New York, Palgrave, 2002) pages 223-235.) Source: Genealogics - Leo van de Pas Text: - ~Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser , Reference: 1961 - Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists who came to America bef.1700, 7th Edition, 1992, Weis, Frederick Lewis, Reference: 57
Note	Regarded as founder of the House of Capet

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Great-grandparents

generation +3 relationship coefficient: 12.5% (Biological great-grandparents)

Hugues has 7 great-grandfathers and 5 great-grandmothers recorded (12 in total).

Biological grandparents of father (2)

Parents Rutpert IV … Graf in Wormsgau Duke of Francia + Aelis de Tours (Marriage) of Robert I … King of France 922-923

1 Rutpert IV … Graf in Wormsgau Duke of Francia 820–866

2 Aelis de Tours 819–866

Biological grandparents of mother (4)

Parents Otto der Erlauchte … Herzog von Sachsen + Haduwig von Babenberg (Marriage) of Heinrich I der Vogler … Emperor Elect of the Holy Roman Empire 919-936

1 Otto der Erlauchte … Herzog von Sachsen 836–912

2 Haduwig von Babenberg –903

Parents Dietrich … Graf von Ringelheim + Reinhildis Ludmilla (Marriage) of Mathilde von Ringelheim

1 Dietrich … Graf von Ringelheim –

2 Reinhildis Ludmilla –

Stepparents of biological parent of father (1)

Stepparents Konrad I … Graf in Argengau und Linzgau + Aelis de Tours (Marriage) of Robert I … King of France 922-923

1 Konrad I … Graf in Argengau und Linzgau –863

Grandparents of stepparent (5)

Grandparents Alfred the Great … King of England + Ealswyth … (Marriage) of stepmother Eadhild of Wessex

1 Alfred the Great … King of England 849–899

2 Ealswyth … 852–905

Grandparents Aethelhelm … Earldorman of Wiltshire + Aethelglyth of Mercia (Partnership) of stepmother Eadhild of Wessex

1 Aethelhelm … Earldorman of Wiltshire 859–898

2 Aethelglyth of Mercia –

Grandparents Sigehelm … + … … (Partnership) of stepmother Eadhild of Wessex

1 Sigehelm … –

Grandparents

generation +2 relationship coefficient: 25.0% (Biological grandparents)

Hugues has 3 grandfathers and 5 grandmothers recorded (8 in total).

Biological parents of father (2)

Marriage Robert I … King of France 922-923 + Beatrice …

1 Robert I … King of France 922-923 866–923

2 Beatrice … 880–931

Biological parents of mother (2)

Marriage Heinrich I der Vogler … Emperor Elect of the Holy Roman Empire 919-936 + Mathilde von Ringelheim

1 Heinrich I der Vogler … Emperor Elect of the Holy Roman Empire 919-936 876–936

2 Mathilde von Ringelheim 890–968

Stepparents of father (1)

Marriage Robert I … King of France 922-923 + Aelis …

1 Aelis … –

Parents of stepparent (3)

Marriage Edward I the Elder … King of England 899-925 + Aelflaed …

1 Edward I the Elder … King of England 899-925 871–924

2 Aelflaed … 878–918

Marriage Edward I the Elder … King of England 899-925 + Eadgifu …

1 Eadgifu … –968

Uncles and Aunts

generation +1 relationship coefficient: 25.0% (Full siblings of biological parents)

Hugues has 1 uncle and 2 aunts recorded (3 in total).

Siblings of father (1)

Parents Robert I … King of France 922-923 + Aelis …

1 Adela Liégarde van Neustrië 900–931

Siblings of mother (2)

Parents Heinrich I der Vogler … Emperor Elect of the Holy Roman Empire 919-936 + Mathilde von Ringelheim

1 Otto I the Great … Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 912–973

2 Gerberga von Sachsen 913–984

Uncles and Aunts by marriage

generation +1 no blood relationship

Hugues has 3 uncles by marriage and 2 aunts by marriage recorded (5 in total).

Siblings-in-law of father (1)

Sister Adela Liégarde van Neustrië

1 Heribert II … Comte de Meaux Soissons et Vermandois 879–943

Siblings-in-law of mother (4)

Brother Otto I the Great … Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire

1 Eadgyth of Wessex –946

2 Saint Aelis de Bourgogne 931–999

Sister Gerberga von Sachsen

1 Giselbert … Duke of Lorraine 928-939 888–939

2 Louis IV "d'Outremer" … King of France 936-945 920–954

Parents

generation +1 relationship coefficient: 50.0% (Biological parents)

Hugues has 1 father and 2 mothers recorded (3 in total).

Biological parents (2)

Marriage Hugues the Great … Duke of The Franks Comte de Paris + Hadevich von Sachsen

1 Hugues the Great … Duke of The Franks Comte de Paris 900–956

2 Hadevich von Sachsen 922–965

Stepparents (1)

Marriage Hugues the Great … Duke of The Franks Comte de Paris + Eadhild of Wessex

1 Eadhild of Wessex –937

Parents-in-law

generation +1 no blood relationship

Hugues has no parents-in-law recorded.

Co-parents-in-law

same generation no blood relationship

Hugues has 2 co-fathers-in-law and 2 co-mothers-in-law recorded (4 in total).

Parents-in-law of biological children (4)

Marriage Reginar IV … Count in Hainault + Hedwige de France

1 Reginar III of Hainaut 920–997

2 Adela of Leuven –

Marriage Robert II le Pieux … King of France 996-1031 + Constance de Provence

1 Guillaume II le Liberateur … Comte de Provence et Arles 950–994

2 Adelaide Blanche d'Anjou –990

Partners

same generation no blood relationship

Hugues has one female partner recorded.

Partner of Hugues (1)

1 Aelis … 950–1006

Partner chains

same generation no blood relationship

Hugues has no members of a partner chain recorded.

Siblings

same generation relationship coefficient: 50.0% (Full siblings)

Hugues has no siblings recorded.

Siblings-in-law

same generation no blood relationship

Hugues has no siblings-in-law recorded.

Co-siblings-in-law

same generation no blood relationship

Hugues has no co-siblings-in-law recorded.

Cousins

same generation relationship coefficient: 12.5% (Children of full siblings of biological parents)

Hugues has 5 male first cousins and 5 female first cousins recorded (10 in total).

Children of full siblings of mother (6)

Parents Otto I the Great … Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire + Eadgyth of Wessex

1 Liudolf … Duke von Schwaben 930–957

Parents Otto I the Great … Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire + Saint Aelis de Bourgogne

1 Otto II … Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 955–983

Parents Giselbert … Duke of Lorraine 928-939 + Gerberga von Sachsen

1 Gerberga de Lorraine 930–978

2 Alverade de Lorraine 930–

Parents Louis IV "d'Outremer" … King of France 936-945 + Gerberga von Sachsen

1 Mahaut de France 943–982

2 Charles … Duc de Lorraine 953–993

Children of half siblings of father (4)

Parents Heribert II … Comte de Meaux Soissons et Vermandois + Adela Liégarde van Neustrië

1 Adalbert the Pious … Comte de Vermandois 915–987

2 Adela van Vermandois 910–960

3 Robert of Vermandois –968

4 Liutgarde de Vermandois 915–979

Nephews and Nieces

generation -1 relationship coefficient: 25.0% (Children of full siblings)

Hugues has no nephews or nieces recorded.

Children

generation -1 relationship coefficient: 50.0% (Biological children)

Hugues has 1 son and 1 daughter recorded (2 in total).

Biological children (2)

Parents Hugues Capet King of France 987-996 + Aelis …

1 Hedwige de France 969–1013

2 Robert II le Pieux … King of France 996-1031 972–1031

Children-in-law

generation -1 no blood relationship

Hugues has 1 son-in-law and 1 daughter-in-law recorded (2 in total).

Partners of biological children (2)

Daughter Hedwige de France

1 Reginar IV … Count in Hainault 950–1013

Son Robert II le Pieux … King of France 996-1031

1 Constance de Provence 986–1032

Grandchildren

generation -2 relationship coefficient: 25.0% (Biological grandchildren)

Hugues has 1 grandson and 2 granddaughters recorded (3 in total).

Biological grandchildren (3)

Parents Reginar IV … Count in Hainault + Hedwige de France

1 Beatrice de Hainault –

Parents Robert II le Pieux … King of France 996-1031 + Constance de Provence

1 Henri I … King of France 1031-1060 1008–1060

2 Adèle de France 1009–1079

Grandchildren-in-law

generation -2 no blood relationship

Hugues has 2 grandsons-in-law and 1 granddaughter-in-law recorded (3 in total).

Partners of biological grandchildren (3)

Marriage Hugues Capet King of France 987-996 + Aelis …

1 Ebles I … Comte de Roucy –1033

2 Anna of Kiev 1036–1076

3 Baudouin V … Graaf van Vlaanderen 1035-1067 1012–1067

Summary for the shown extended family

The extended family of Hugues has 57 members (including Hugues). (additional members of the partner chains are not counted)

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Family with parents
father Parents Robert I … King of France 922-923 Beatrice …	Hugues the Great … Duke of The Franks Comte de Paris 900–956
mother Parents Heinrich I der Vogler … Emperor Elect of the Holy Roman Empire 919-936 Mathilde von Ringelheim	Hadevich von Sachsen 922–965
himself	Hugues Capet King of France 987-996 940–996

Father’s family with Eadhild of Wessex
father Parents Robert I … King of France 922-923 Beatrice …	Hugues the Great … Duke of The Franks Comte de Paris 900–956
stepmother Parents Edward I the Elder … King of England 899-925 Aelflaed …	Eadhild of Wessex –937

Family with Aelis …
himself	Hugues Capet King of France 987-996 940–996
wife	Aelis … 950–1006
daughter Family Reginar IV … Count in Hainault Beatrice de Hainault	Hedwige de France 969–1013
son Family Constance de Provence Henri I … King of France 1031-1060 Adèle de France	Robert II le Pieux … King of France 996-1031 972–1031

Descendants

Hugues Capet King of France 987-996(940–996)
- Aelis …968
  - Hedwige de France(969–1013)
  - Robert II le Pieux … King of France 996-1031(972–1031)