Count of Paris - King of the Franks Hugh Capet

939 - 996  (57 years)

• Name	Hugh Capet  [1, 2, 3]
  Title	Count of Paris - King of the Franks
  Birth	939	Paris, Île-de-France, France   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Eden	92nd great grandson of Adam and Eve
  Death	24 Oct 996	Paris, Île-de-France, France   [1, 2, 3]
  Burial	St Denis, Cher, Centre, France   [2, 3]
  	Basilica of Saint Denis
  Person ID	I9172	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Duke of the Franks and Count of Paris Hugh Magnus,   b. 24 Aug 898, Paris, Île-de-France, France d. 16 Jun 956, Dourdan, Essonne, Île-de-France, France (Age 57 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Hedwig von Sachsen,   b. 922, Saxony, Germany d. 10 May 965, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (Age 43 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	14 Sep 938	Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany   [1, 4, 5]
  Family ID	F3239	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Queen of the Franks Adelaide de Aquitaine,   b. 945, Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France d. 15 Jun 1006, Paris, Île-de-France, France (Age 61 years)
  Marriage	Abt 968	Orléans, Loiret, Centre, France   [3, 6]
  Children	1. King of the Franks Robert Capet, II,   b. 27 Mar 972, Orléans, Loiret, Centre, France d. 20 Jul 1031, Melun, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France (Age 59 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F3183	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Adelaide Poitou,   b. 952, France d. 1004, France (Age 52 years)
  Family ID	F3184	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 939 - Paris, Île-de-France, France Marriage - Abt 968 - Orléans, Loiret, Centre, France Death - 24 Oct 996 - Paris, Île-de-France, France Burial - - St Denis, Cher, Centre, France  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Ancestors

  ~Eden-Hugh Capet On Our Path to the Garden of Eden (92nd great grandson of Adam and Eve) Hugh Capet (c. 939 – 14 Oct 996) was the King of the Franks from 987 to 996. He is the founder of 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…

  
  

  Old World

  _Hugh Capet Hugh Capet (c. 939 – 14 Oct 996) was the King of the Franks from 987 to 996. He is the founder of 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…

  
  

• Sources

  [S54] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT : Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online. [S10709] FindAGrave Old World (Famous), Hugh Capet 941-996 - King of France. French Monarch. Hugh II of France (House of Capet). Born in Paris, Île-de-France in 938, he was the founder of the third Frankish royal dynasty (the Capetians), which ruled France until 1328. Son of Hugh the Great, whom he succeeded as Duke of the Franks in 956, he was elected king and crowned at Noyon in 987. His 40 years in power were marked by constant political intrigue and struggle, both among the feudal aristocracy and with his Carolingian rivals, but his position was invariably saved by the disunity of his enemies. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11420947/hugh-capet [S951] Wikipedia: Hugh Capet, Hugh Capet. Hugh Capet[a][b] (c. 939 – 24 October 996) was the King of the Franks from 987 to 996. He is the founder and first king from the House of Capet. He was elected as the successor of the last Carolingian king, Louis V. Hugh was a descendant in illegitimate descent of Charlemagne through his paternal grandmother. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Capet [S959] Wikipedia: Hedwig of Saxony, Hedwig von Sachen. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedwig_of_Saxony [S960] Wikipedia: Hugh Magnus, Hugh Magnus. Hugh the Great (c. 898 – 16 June 956) was the Duke of the Franks and Count of Paris. He was the son of King Robert I of France and Béatrice of Vermandois, daughter of Herbert I, Count of Vermandois. He was born in Paris, Île-de-France, France. His eldest son was Hugh Capet who became King of France in 987. His family is known as the Robertians https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_the_Great [S952] Wikipedia: Adelaide of Aquataine, Adelaide de Aquataine. Adelaide was the daughter of William III, Duke of Aquitaine and Adele of Normandy, daughter of Rollo of Normandy. Her father used her as security for a truce with Hugh Capet, whom she married in 969.[2] In 987, after the death of Louis V, the last Carolingian king of France, Hugh was elected the new king with Adelaide as queen. They were proclaimed at Senlis and blessed at Noyon. They were the founders of the Capetian dynasty of France. Hugh apparently trusted in her judgement and allowed her to take part in government: he proposed her to negotiate for him with the regent of the German Empire, empress Theophanu, committing himself beforehand to their agreement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelaide_of_Aquitaine