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
Hugh Capet, his son, and his grandson all were weak rulers, but time and geography favored the Capetians.
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
It was John XV. who filled the chair of St. Peter, when in 987 Hugh Capet dethroned the Carlovingian race, and made himself king of France.
From The Power Of The Popes by Daunou, Pierre Claude Fran?ois
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