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Source: Hugh Capet (939-996), Wikipedia

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Hugh Capet (/ˈkæpeɪ/; French: Hugues Capet [yg kapɛ]; c. 939 – 14 October 996) was the King of the Franks from 987 to 996. He is the founder and first king from the House of Capet. The son of the powerful duke Hugh the Great and his wife Hedwige of Saxony, he was elected as the successor of the last Carolingian king, Louis V. Hugh was descended from Charlemagne's sons Louis the Pious and Pepin of Italy through his mother and paternal grandmother, respectively, and was also a nephew of Otto the Great. The realm in which Hugh grew up, and of which he would one day be king, bore little resemblance to modern France. Hugh's predecessors did not call themselves kings of France, and that title was not used by his successors until the time of his descendant Philip II. Kings ruled as rex Francorum ("King of the Franks"), the title remaining in use until 1190. Hugh Capet died on 14 October 996 in Paris,[5] and was interred in the Saint Denis Basilica. Hugh Capet married Adelaide, daughter of William Towhead, Count of Poitou.

Hugh Capet (/ˈkæpeɪ/; French: Hugues Capet [yg kapɛ]; c. 939 – 14 October 996) was the King of the Franks from 987 to 996. He is the founder and first king from the House of Capet. The son of the powerful duke Hugh the Great and his wife Hedwige of Saxony, he was elected as the successor of the last Carolingian king, Louis V. Hugh was descended from Charlemagne's sons Louis the Pious and Pepin of Italy through his mother and paternal grandmother, respectively, and was also a nephew of Otto the Great. The realm in which Hugh grew up, and of which he would one day be king, bore little resemblance to modern France. Hugh's predecessors did not call themselves kings of France, and that title was not used by his successors until the time of his descendant Philip II. Kings ruled as rex Francorum ("King of the Franks"), the title remaining in use until 1190. Hugh Capet died on 14 October 996 in Paris,[5] and was interred in the Saint Denis Basilica. Hugh Capet married Adelaide, daughter of William Towhead, Count of Poitou.