Hugh Capet

How to use Hugh Capet in a sentence

• Among the latter is Hugh Capet, whose red head is seen far in near the steps.

  The Saxons | Edwin Davies Schoonmaker

• If Hugh Capet dispossess the legitimate heir of Charlemagne, he becomes the root of a race of heroes.

  A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) | Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)

• This distinguished warrior was the ancestor of Hugh Capet, afterwards king of France.

  Historical Tales, Vol 5 (of 15) | Charles Morris

• They say his ghost haunts Noyon, and was always there whenever a king was crowned, or elected—as Hugh Capet was.

  Everyman's Land | C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson

• The throne of France was granted before to Hugh Capet, by a few bishops and nobles.

  Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. V, No. XXV, June, 1852 | Various