Hugues Capet, king of France

Events

Date of Birth: about 940.

Place of Birth: unknown.

The date is given by Baldwin, by Settipani (p. 415), and by Glocker (pp. 288-289).

Date of Death: about 24 October 996.

Place of Death: villa “Les Juifs” near Prasville.

The place and date are given by Baldwin.

Place of Burial: Saint-Denis.

The place is given by Baldwin and by Goetz.

Relationships

Father: Hugues “le Grand”, duke of the Franks.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (1:69), by Hlawitschka, by Lewis (p. 9), by Glocker (pp. 288-289), by Settipani (p. 410), and by Baldwin.

Mother: Hadwig, daughter of Heinrich I, king of Germany.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (1:69), by Hlawitschka, by Lewis (p. 9), by Glocker (pp. 288-289), by Settipani (p. 410), and by Baldwin.

Spouse: Adélaïde (died between 1003 and 1005).

This relationship is given by père Anselme (1:70), by Settipani (p. 415), and by Baldwin. Her parentage is not known for certain. Glocker gives her father as Guillaume I of Poitou, which Baldwin regards as probable. Lewis (p. 12) states that she was a sister of William IV, duke of Aquitaine and count of Poitou.

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from Baldwin.)

Robert II (died 20 July 1031), king of France, married (1) Rozala, daughter of Berengario II, king of Italy; married (2) Berthe, daughter of Conrad, king of Burgundy; married (3) Constance, daughter of Guillaume, count of Provence.

Hedwig married (1) Régnier IV, count of Hainaut; married (2) Hugues III, count of Dagsburg.

Gisèle married Hugues I, lord of Abbeville.

References

Anselme de Sainte-Marie. Histoire Généalogique et Chronologique de la Maison Royale de France, des Pairs, Grands Officiers de la Couronne, de la Maison du Roy et des Anciens Barons du Royaume. 9 Volumes (Paris: 1726-1733).

Baldwin, Stewart. “Hugues Capet” in The Henry Project.

Glocker, Winfrid. Die Verwandten der Ottonen und ihre Bedeutung in der Politik: Studien zur Familienpolitik und zur Genealogie des Sächsischen Kaiserhauses (Böhlau Verlag: Köln, 1989).

Goetz H.-W.. "Hugo Capet" in Lexikon des Mittelalters. Band 5c (Stuttgart: 1991).

Hlawitschka, Eduard. Vom Frankenreich zur Formierung der europäishen Staaten- und Völkergemeinschaft 840-1046: Ein Studienbuch. (Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft: Darmstadt, 1986).

Lewis, Andrew W. Royal Succession in Capetian France: Studies on Familial Order and the State, (Harvard University Press, 1981).

Settipani, Christian (with Patrick Van Kerrebrouck). La préhistoire des Capétiens 481-987. Première Partie (Volume 1 of Nouvelle Histoire Généalogique de l’Auguste Maison de France, 1993).

Tanner, Heather J. Families, Friends, and Allies: Boulogne and Politics in Northern France and England c. 879 - 1160. (Brill: 2004).