Hugh Capet, King of France

941 - 996  (55 years)

• Name	Hugh Capet
  Relationship	with Robert Alan Roy
  Birth	Late in 941  [1, 4]
  General Information	Hugh was also the Count of Paris, Poitou and Orleans.  [1, 2]
  Title(s)	956 (Age 15)
  He became the Count of Paris. [1, 2]
  Crowned	987 (Age 46)  [1, 2]
  In 987, he was crowned the first Capetian King of France.
  Death	24 Oct 996	Paris, Île-de-France, France   [1, 2, 5]
  Burial	—	Basilica of Saint-Denis, St. Denis, Île-de-France, France   [1]
  Siblings	1 Sibling
  + 1. Hugh Capet, King of France,   b. Late in 941   d. 24 Oct 996, Paris, Île-de-France, France  (Age 55 years) ▻ Adelainde of Poitou,  m. Between 963 and 968 + 2. Beatrice of France,   b. 939/40   d. 23 Sep 1003  (Age 63 years) ▻ Frederick I, Count of Bar and Duke of Upper Lorraine,  m. 954
  Person ID	I2991	| Roy Line, Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	26 Jan 2022

  
  

  Father	Hugh Magnus "the White", Duke of France and Normandy,   b. About 895   d. 16 Jun 956, Dourdan, Île-de-France, France (Age 61 years)
  Mother	Hedwig of Saxony,   b. About 921   d. 10 May 965 (Age 44 years)
  Marriage	About 938
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 43 years - She : ~ 17 years.
  Family ID	F2382	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Adelainde of Poitou,   b. 945   d. Abt 1004 (Age 59 years)
  Marriage	Between 963 and 968  [1, 2, 4, 5]
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 22 years - She : ~ 18 years.
  Children	+ 1. Robert II "the Pious", King of France,   b. 27 Mar 972, Orléans, Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire, France d. 20 Jul 1031, Meulan-en-Yvelines, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France (Age 59 years) + 2. Hedwig, Princess of France,   b. About 972   d. After 1013 (Age 42 years)   3. Adele of France   d. Abt 1063   4. Gisela, Princess of France   5. Edith of France   d. After 1013
  Family ID	F2377	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Jan 2022

  
  

• Notes

  Birth: Weis (1982) gives his birth date as after 939. [2]

  
  

• Event Map		Child - Robert II "the Pious", King of France - 27 Mar 972 - Orléans, Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire, France Death - 24 Oct 996 - Paris, Île-de-France, France Burial - — - Basilica of Saint-Denis, St. Denis, Île-de-France, France  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S60] Stuart, Roderick W. Royalty for Commoners, The Complete Known Lineage of John of Gaunt, Son of Edward III, King of England, and Queen Philippa Fourth Edition, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2002). [S59] Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 Fifth Editionif, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982). [S2000] ------------- Sources Below not Reviewed -------------. [S65] Sewell, Robert James. Sewell: A History of the Sewell Family from the Earliest Times, (unknown: manuscript, March 2008). [S63] von Redlisch, Marcellus Donald Alexander R. Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants volume 1 , (Cottonport, Louisiana: Order of the Crown of Charlemagne, 1941).