Capet
Americannoun
noun
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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
Hugh Capet began the Capetian dynasty of French kings that ruled France from 987 to 1328.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012
The Capet family ruled only a small territory, but at its heart stood Paris.
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
The process which began with the accession of Hugh Capet in 987 was practically completed by the end of the reign of Louis XI, in 1483.
From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Bolton, Herbert Eugene
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