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Capet

American

[key-pit, kap-it, ka-pe] / ˈkeɪ pɪt, ˈkæp ɪt, kaˈpɛ /

noun

Hugh or Fr. Hugues a.d. 938?–996, king of France 987–996.

Capet British

/ kæˈpɛt, ˈkæpɪt, kapɛ /

noun

Hugh or Hugues (yg). ?938–996 _ad , king of France (987–96); founder of the Capetian dynasty.

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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

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

Paine was always careful to call him Louis Capet, but the French deputies took the king seriously to the last.

From The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. I. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England; to which is added a Sketch of Paine by William Cobbett by Conway, Moncure Daniel

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