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Hughes Capet

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  • Name Hughes Capet 
    Gender Male 
    Died 24 Oct 996  "Les Juifs", near Prasville, Eure-et-Loir, Centre-Val de Loire, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Abbey de St. Denis, Paris, ÃŽle-de-France, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I6322  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Father Hugues "le Grand" 
    Mother Hedwig of Germany 
    Family ID F2768  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Alix or Adélaïde of Poitou,   d. From 15 Jun 1003 to 15 Jun 1005 
    Married From Jun 968 to Aug 968 
    Children 
     1. Robert II "le Pieux",   b. From 970 to 974, Orléans, Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jul 1031, Chateau de Melun, Melun, Seine-et-Marne, ÃŽle-de-France, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 61 years)
     2. Hawise of France
     3. Gisèle of France
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F2766  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
      “HUGUES OF FRANCE nicknamed le Grand or Capet, Duke of France, 960-987, King of France, 987-996, son of Hugues “le Grand,” Duke of France, by his 3rd wife, Hedwig, daughter of Heinrich I, King of Germany, born say 940. He married in the summer of 968 ADELAIDE OF POITOU, daughter of Guillaume I, Count of Poitou, Duke of Aquitaine, by Adèle, daughter of Rollo of Normandy. They had one son, Robert II [King of France], and two daughters, Hawise (or Hawidis/Hadwidis/Hathuidis/Hadevidam) (wife of Regnier IV, Count of Hainault) and Gisèle (wife of Hugues I, seigneur of Abbeville, Avoué of Saint-Riquier). He was consecrated King of France at Noyon 1 July 987. HUGUES CAPET, King of France, died at "Les Juifs" near Prasville, Eure-et-Loire 24 October 996, and was buried in the church of the Abbey of Saint-Denis. His widow, Adélaide, died 15 June 1003-5.
      Monumenta Germaniae Historica SS IX (1851): 366 (Historia Francorum Senonensis: "Secundo anno obiit Hugo Magnus dux Francorum apud Drodingam villam 16. Kal. Iul. [16 June], sepultusque est in basilica beati Dyonisii martiris Parisius. Cui successerunt filii eius, Hugo videlicet, Otto et Heinricus, nati ex filia Odonis regis."), 368 (Historia Francorum Senonensis sub A.D. 998: "Obiit Hugo rex, sepultusque est in basilica beati Dyonisii martiris Parisius."). Acta Sanctorum Octobris 10 (1861): 791-793 (Translatio S. Maglorii et Aliorum Ex tomo III Annalium Ord. S. Benedicti: "Hugone, Francorum duce ... qui etiam cum sua venerabili conjuge, Adelaide nomine, filia Pictavorum comitis, de progenie Caroli Magni ..."). Prou Raoul Glaber - Les cinq Livres de ses Histoires (900-1044) (1886). Molinier Obituaires de la Province de Sens 1(1) (Recueil des Historiens de la France, Obituaires 1) (1902): 319 (Abbaye de Saint-Denis: "XVII kal. jul. [15 June] - Ob. Adelaidis regina"), 329 (Abbaye de Saint-Denis: "VIIII Kal. Nov. [24 Oct.] - Ob. Hugo rex [996]"). Lot Sur le Règne de Hugues Capet et la Fin the Xe Siècle (1903). Chaume Les Origins du Daché de Bourgogne 1 (1925): 536-537 (chart). Bibliothèque de l'Ecole des Charles 115 (1957): 168-171. Schwennicke Europäische Stammtafeln 2 (1984): 11 (sub France), 76 (ancestry of Alix de Poitou). Bouchard Sword, Miter, & Cloister (1987). Medieval Prosopography 9 (1988): 1-32. Van Kerrebrouck Les Capétians 987-1328 (2000): 47-55. Tanner Fams., Friends, & Allies (2004): 310 (France ped.).”