Hugues “le Grand”, duke of the Franks

Events

Date of Birth: probably about 898.

Place of Birth: unknown.

The estimate is given by Settipani (p. 409).

Date of Death: 16 or 17 June 956.

Place of Death: Dourdain.

The date and place are given by Baldwin.

Place of Burial: Saint-Denis.

The place is given by Baldwin.

Relationships

Father: Robert I (died 923), king of France.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (1:69), by Lewis (p. 8), by Saint-Phalle, by Settipani (p. 408), and by Baldwin.

Mother: Béatrix.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (1:69) and by Baldwin. Saint-Phalle argues that she was a Vermandois.

Spouse: a daughter of Roger, count of Maine.

This relationship is given by Baldwin, by Lewis (p. 11), and by Settipani (p. 410). Père Anselme (1:69) calls her Judith, and suggests that her supposed parentage is based on a misreading. Große calls her Judith, daughter of Roger, count of Maine.

Spouse: Eadhild, daughter of Edward “the Elder”, king of the West Saxons.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (1:69), by Lewis (p. 12), by Große, by Settipani (p. 410), and by Baldwin.

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

This relationship is given by père Anselme (1:69), by Lewis (p. 12), by Große, by Settipani (p. 410), and by Baldwin.

Children (by Hadwig):

(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.)

Béatrix married Frédéric I, count of Bar, duke of Upper Lorraine.

Hugues Capet (died 24 October 996), king of France, married Adélaïde.

Emme married in 960 Richard, leader of the Normans of Rouen.

Otto (died 23 February 965), duke of Burgundy, married Liégard, daughter of Giselbert, duke of Burgundy.

Eudes alias Henri (died 15 October 1002), duke of Burgundy, married (1) Gerberge, daughter of Lambert, count of Chalon; married (2) Gersende, daughter of Guillaume Sanche, duke of Gascony.

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 "le Grand"” in The Henry Project.

Große, R. "Hugo der Große" in Lexikon des Mittelalters. Band 5c (Stuttgart: 1991).

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

Saint-Phalle, Edouard de. “Les comtes de Gâtinais aux X^e et XI^esiècles” in Onomastique et Parenté dans l’Occident médiéval (2000) pp. 231-246.

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).