Capet
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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He went to Paris in 1912 to study with Lucien Capet, a famed quartet violinist, but returned home to his family days before Germany invaded Belgium.
From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2023
The Capet family ruled only a small territory, but at its heart stood Paris.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012
Hugh Capet began the Capetian dynasty of French kings that ruled France from 987 to 1328.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012
Strictly speaking, no French ex-head of state has appeared in court since Louis XVI– Louis Capet as he was by this stage — apart from Marshal Pétain, Hitler's collaborationist, self-deluding leader in 1940-44.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 7, 2011
And so they spent a number of days upon this very unprofitable discussion, which ended in a vote which put Citizen Capet and Citizen William both upon the table.
From The Rise of the Dutch Kingdom 1795-1813 by Van Loon, Hendrik Willem
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