Hugh Capet

American  

noun

1. Capet, Hugh.

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Hugh Capet British  

/ ˈkeɪpɪt, ˈhjuː ˈkæpɪt /

noun

1. See Capet

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Example Sentences

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

But57 though Lothair followed him as King of the French, Hugh Capet was ruling in 956 as Duke of Paris, and it was to Hugh that Duke Richard of Normandy did homage for his fief.

From The Story of Rouen by Cook, Theodore Andrea, Sir

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

On the 18th of May, 1804, Napoleon was declared Emperor of the French, and an overwhelming majority of the electoral votes of France confirmed him in his usurpation of the throne of Hugh Capet.

From A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges by Lord, John