Hugh Capet
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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
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
In the tenth century it became the residence of Hugh Capet, the founder of the Capetian line of kings, and soon after increased so rapidly that it doubled in size and population.
From Zigzag Journeys in Europe Vacation Rambles in Historic Lands by Butterworth, Hezekiah
The land subject to Hugh Capet in 987, barely representing two of the modern departments The royal house of Capet. of France, in 1328 covered a space equal to fifty-nine of them.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" by Various
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