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

Hugues the Great … Duke of The Franks Comte de Paris , 900–956 (aged 56 years)

Name Hugues the Great … Duke of The Franks Comte de Paris

Name: Hugues // Duke of The Franks Comte de Paris
Given names: Hugues
Nickname: the Great
Name suffix: Duke of The Franks, Comte de Paris

Name Hugh the Great …

Name: Hugh //
Given names: Hugh
Nickname: the Great

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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
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/Hugh_the_Great

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Note	BIOGRAPHY Hugues was born about 900, the son of Robert I, king of France and nephew of King Eudes. His eldest son Hugues Capet would become king of France in 987. His family is known as the Robertians. About 922 Hugues married Judith de Bourges. After her death without progeny in 925, he married Eadhild/Eadhylde of Wessex, daughter of Edward 'the Elder', king of England, and half-sister of Athelstan, Edmund I and Edred, all kings of England. Eadhild died in 937 without progeny. At the death in 936 of Raoul, king of France and duke of Burgundy, Hugues was in possession of nearly all the region between the Loire and the Seine, corresponding to the ancient Neustria, with the exception of the territory ceded to the Normans in 911. He took a very active part in bringing Louis IV d'Outremer from the kingdom of England in 936. In 938 Hugues married Hadevich of Saxony, a daughter of emperor-elect Heinrich I 'the Fowler' and Mathilde von Ringelheim. Hugues and Hadevich had at least five children, of whom three, including Hugues Capet, would have progeny. Hugues fell out with Louis IV soon after Louis' accession, and he even paid homage to Louis' brother-in-law Otto I, emperor from 936, and supported him in his struggle against Louis. When Louis fell into the hands of the Normans in 945, he was handed over to Hugues, who released him in 946 only on condition that he should surrender the fortress of Laon. At the council of Ingelheim in 948, Hugues was condemned under pain of excommunication, to make reparation to Louis. It was not, however, until 950 that the powerful vassal became reconciled with his sovereign and returned Laon to Louis. But new difficulties arose, and peace was not finally concluded until 953. On the death of Louis IV in 954, Hugues was one of the first to recognise his son Lothar as his successor, and, at the intervention of Queen Gerberga, was instrumental in having him crowned. In recognition of this service Hugues was invested by the new king with the duchies of Burgundy (his sovereignty over which he had already been nominally recognised by Louis IV) and Aquitaine. His expedition in 955 to take possession of Aquitaine was unsuccessful, but in the same year, Giselbert, duc de Bourgogne and comte de Châlon sur Saône, acknowledged himself as Hugues' vassal and betrothed his daughter to Hugues' son Otto. At Giselbert's death on 8 April 956, Hugues became effective master of the duchy, but he died soon afterwards, on the 16 June 956 at Dourdan. In the _Divine Comedy_ Dante meets the soul of Hugues in Purgatory, lamenting the avarice of his descendants. 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

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BIOGRAPHY
Hugues was born about 900, the son of Robert I, king of France and nephew of King Eudes. His eldest son Hugues Capet would become king of France in 987. His family is known as the Robertians.

About 922 Hugues married Judith de Bourges. After her death without progeny in 925, he married Eadhild/Eadhylde of Wessex, daughter of Edward 'the Elder', king of England, and half-sister of Athelstan, Edmund I and Edred, all kings of England. Eadhild died in 937 without progeny.

At the death in 936 of Raoul, king of France and duke of Burgundy, Hugues was in possession of nearly all the region between the Loire and the Seine, corresponding to the ancient Neustria, with the exception of the territory ceded to the Normans in 911. He took a very active part in bringing Louis IV d'Outremer from the kingdom of England in 936. In 938 Hugues married Hadevich of Saxony, a daughter of emperor-elect Heinrich I 'the Fowler' and Mathilde von Ringelheim. Hugues and Hadevich had at least five children, of whom three, including Hugues Capet, would have progeny.

Hugues fell out with Louis IV soon after Louis' accession, and he even paid homage to Louis' brother-in-law Otto I, emperor from 936, and supported him in his struggle against Louis. When Louis fell into the hands of the Normans in 945, he was handed over to Hugues, who released him in 946 only on condition that he should surrender the fortress of Laon. At the council of Ingelheim in 948, Hugues was condemned under pain of excommunication, to make reparation to Louis. It was not, however, until 950 that the powerful vassal became reconciled with his sovereign and returned Laon to Louis. But new difficulties arose, and peace was not finally concluded until 953.

On the death of Louis IV in 954, Hugues was one of the first to recognise his son Lothar as his successor, and, at the intervention of Queen Gerberga, was instrumental in having him crowned. In recognition of this service Hugues was invested by the new king with the duchies of Burgundy (his sovereignty over which he had already been nominally recognised by Louis IV) and Aquitaine. His expedition in 955 to take possession of Aquitaine was unsuccessful, but in the same year, Giselbert, duc de Bourgogne and comte de Châlon sur Saône, acknowledged himself as Hugues' vassal and betrothed his daughter to Hugues' son Otto. At Giselbert's death on 8 April 956, Hugues became effective master of the duchy, but he died soon afterwards, on the 16 June 956 at Dourdan.

In the _Divine Comedy_ Dante meets the soul of Hugues in Purgatory, lamenting the avarice of his descendants.

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

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Great-grandparents

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

the Great has 3 great-grandfathers and 3 great-grandmothers recorded (6 in total).

Biological grandparents of father (4)

Parents Rutpert III … Graf in Wormsgau + Waldrada of Orléans (Marriage) of Rutpert IV … Graf in Wormsgau Duke of Francia

1 Rutpert III … Graf in Wormsgau –

2 Waldrada of Orléans –829

Parents Hugues … Comte de Tours + Ava … (Marriage) of Aelis de Tours

1 Hugues … Comte de Tours –839

2 Ava … –839

Parents of stepparent of father (2)

Parents Welf … Graf in Bavaria and Schwaben Graf von Altdorf + Eigilwig … (Marriage) of stepfather Konrad I … Graf in Argengau und Linzgau

1 Welf … Graf in Bavaria and Schwaben Graf von Altdorf –825

2 Eigilwig … –

Grandparents

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

the Great has 2 grandfathers and 1 grandmother recorded (3 in total).

Biological parents of father (2)

Marriage Rutpert IV … Graf in Wormsgau Duke of Francia + Aelis de Tours

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

2 Aelis de Tours 819–866

Stepparents of father (1)

Marriage Konrad I … Graf in Argengau und Linzgau + Aelis de Tours

1 Konrad I … Graf in Argengau und Linzgau –863

Uncles and Aunts

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

the Great has one uncle recorded.

Siblings of father (1)

Parents Konrad I … Graf in Argengau und Linzgau + Aelis de Tours

1 Konrad II … Count of Auxerre –876

Uncles and Aunts by marriage

generation +1 no blood relationship

the Great has one aunt by marriage recorded.

Siblings-in-law of father (1)

Brother Konrad II … Count of Auxerre

1 Waldrada … –

Parents

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

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

Biological parents (2)

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

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

2 Beatrice … 880–931

Stepparents (1)

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

1 Aelis … –

Parents-in-law

generation +1 no blood relationship

the Great has 2 fathers-in-law and 2 mothers-in-law recorded (4 in total).

Marriage with Hadevich von Sachsen (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

Marriage with Eadhild of Wessex (2)

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

Co-parents-in-law

same generation no blood relationship

the Great has no co-parents-in-law recorded.

Partners

same generation no blood relationship

the Great has 2 female partners recorded.

Partner of the Great (2)

1 Hadevich von Sachsen 922–965

2 Eadhild of Wessex –937

Partner chains

same generation no blood relationship

the Great has no members of a partner chain recorded.

Siblings

same generation relationship coefficient: 50.0% (Full siblings)

the Great has one sister recorded.

Half siblings (1)

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

1 Adela Liégarde van Neustrië 900–931

Siblings-in-law

same generation no blood relationship

the Great has 1 brother-in-law and 3 sisters-in-law recorded (4 in total).

Siblings of partners (4)

Marriage with Hadevich von Sachsen

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

2 Gerberga von Sachsen 913–984

Marriage with Eadhild of Wessex

1 Eadgifu of Wessex 896–951

2 Eadgyth of Wessex –946

Co-siblings-in-law

same generation no blood relationship

the Great has 4 co-brothers-in-law and 2 co-sisters-in-law recorded (6 in total).

Partners of siblings-in-law (6)

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

1 Eadgyth of Wessex –946

2 Saint Aelis de Bourgogne 931–999

Partners of Gerberga von Sachsen

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

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

Partners of Eadgifu of Wessex

1 Charles III the Simple … King of France 898-823 879–929

Partners of Eadgyth of Wessex

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

Cousins

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

the Great has one male first cousin recorded.

Children of half siblings of father (1)

Parents Konrad II … Count of Auxerre + Waldrada …

1 Rudolf I … King of (Upper) Bourgogne –912

Nephews and Nieces

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

the Great has 7 nephews and 5 nieces recorded (12 in total).

Children of siblings (4)

Sister 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

Children of siblings of partners (8)

Brother Otto I the Great … Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire of partner Hadevich von Sachsen

1 Liudolf … Duke von Schwaben 930–957

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

Sister Gerberga von Sachsen of partner Hadevich von Sachsen

1 Gerberga de Lorraine 930–978

2 Alverade de Lorraine 930–

3 Mahaut de France 943–982

4 Charles … Duc de Lorraine 953–993

Sister Eadgifu of Wessex of partner Eadhild of Wessex

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

Brother Edmund I the Magnificent … King of England 939-946 of partner Eadhild of Wessex

1 Edgar the Peaceful … King of England 959-975 943–975

Children

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

the Great has one son recorded.

Biological children (1)

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

1 Hugues Capet King of France 987-996 940–996

Children-in-law

generation -1 no blood relationship

the Great has one daughter-in-law recorded.

Partners of biological children (1)

Son Hugues Capet King of France 987-996

1 Aelis … 950–1006

Grandchildren

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

the Great has 1 grandson and 1 granddaughter recorded (2 in total).

Biological grandchildren (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

Grandchildren-in-law

generation -2 no blood relationship

the Great has 1 grandson-in-law and 1 granddaughter-in-law recorded (2 in total).

Partners of biological grandchildren (2)

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

1 Reginar IV … Count in Hainault 950–1013

2 Constance de Provence 986–1032

Summary for the shown extended family

The extended family of the Great has 48 members (including the Great). (additional members of the partner chains are not counted) Some of them are member in more than one part of the extended family.

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Family with parents
father Parents Rutpert IV … Graf in Wormsgau Duke of Francia Aelis de Tours	Robert I … King of France 922-923 866–923
mother	Beatrice … 880–931
himself	Hugues the Great … Duke of The Franks Comte de Paris 900–956

Father’s family with Aelis …
father Parents Rutpert IV … Graf in Wormsgau Duke of Francia Aelis de Tours	Robert I … King of France 922-923 866–923
stepmother	Aelis … –
half-sister Family Heribert II … Comte de Meaux Soissons et Vermandois Adalbert the Pious … Comte de Vermandois Adela van Vermandois Robert of Vermandois Liutgarde de Vermandois	Adela Liégarde van Neustrië 900–931

Family with Hadevich von Sachsen
himself	Hugues the Great … Duke of The Franks Comte de Paris 900–956
wife Parents Heinrich I der Vogler … Emperor Elect of the Holy Roman Empire 919-936 Mathilde von Ringelheim	Hadevich von Sachsen 922–965
son Family Aelis … Hedwige de France Robert II le Pieux … King of France 996-1031	Hugues Capet King of France 987-996 940–996

Family with Eadhild of Wessex
himself	Hugues the Great … Duke of The Franks Comte de Paris 900–956
wife Parents Edward I the Elder … King of England 899-925 Aelflaed …	Eadhild of Wessex –937

Descendants

Hugues the Great … Duke of The Franks Comte de Paris(900–956)
- Hadevich von Sachsen938
  - Hugues Capet King of France 987-996(940–996)
- Eadhild of Wessex926
  - No children