Hugh Capet, King of West Francia

941 - 998  (~ 57 years)

• Name	Hugh Capet   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Suffix	King of West Francia
  Birth	Abt. 941	Paris, Paris, Île-de-France, France   [2, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Fact	founder of the Elder House of Capet  [4]
  Title	King of West Francia  [3]
  Title	987  [4]
  	King of France
  Death	24 Oct 998	Paris, Paris, Île-de-France, France   [2, 4]
  Person ID	I1241	Trastámara Genealogy
  Last Modified	27 May 2025

  
  

  Father	Hugh the Great, Duke of the Franks,   b. Abt. 898, Paris, Paris, Île-de-France, France d. 16 Jun 956, Dourdan, Essonne, Île-de-France, France (Age ~ 58 years)
  Mother	Hedwig of Saxony,   b. Abt. 910, Memleben, Burgenlandkreis, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany d. Aft. 958 (Age ~ 49 years)
  Marriage	937  [2, 4]
  Family ID	F538	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Adelaide of Aquitaine,   b. Abt. 945, Paris, Paris, Île-de-France, France d. 24 Oct 998, Paris, Paris, Île-de-France, France (Age ~ 53 years)
  Children	+ 1. Gisèle of France, Countess of Ponthieu ,   b. Abt. 968 + 2. Hedwig of France, Countess of Mons,   b. Abt. 970   d. Aft. 1013 (Age ~ 44 years) + 3. Robert II of France, King of France,   b. Abt. 972, Orléans, Loiret, Centre, France d. 20 Jul 1031, Meulan, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France (Age ~ 59 years)
  Family ID	F480	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 May 2025

  
  

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  Hugh Capet

  
  

• Sources

  [S95] "Robert II of France," Wikipedia, last modified 5 Dec 2024, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_II_of_France. [S121] "Hugh the Great," Wikipedia, last modified, 9 Jan 2025, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_the_Great. [S253] "Henry the Fowler," Wikipedia, last modified 10 May 2025, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_the_Fowler. [S262] "Hedwig of Saxony," Wikipedia, last modified 23 Dec 2024, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedwig_of_Saxony.