Hugh Capet
Americannoun
noun
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Hugh Capet began the Capetian dynasty of French kings that ruled France from 987 to 1328.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012
Hugh Capet, his son, and his grandson all were weak rulers, but time and geography favored the Capetians.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012
The Rise of the Capetian Kings and the Growth of Feudal Paris From 936 to the coronation of Hugh Capet at Noyon in 987, the Carlovingians exercised a slowly decaying power.
From The Story of Paris by Kimball, Katherine
Thirty-one years later the last Karoling was passed over, and Hugh Capet was crowned King at Noyon.
From The Story of Rouen by Cook, Theodore Andrea, Sir
Here Charlemagne was crowned King of the Franks in 768, and Hugh Capet elected king in 987; and here, in an important stronghold of Catholicism, as it had long been, Calvin was born in 1509.
From The Cathedrals of Northern France by McManus, Blanche
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