Hugh Capet, King of France

Abt 0940 - 996  (~ 56 years)

• Name	Hugh Capet   [1]
  Suffix	King of France
  Birth	Abt 0940  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Acceded	987  [1]
  	King of France
  Death	996  [1]
  Notes	"He succeeded his father as duke of the Franks in 956 and was elected king in 987 by the Frankish nobles. Though he did not weild great power, the dynasty he founded ruled France until the Revolution, and his descendants in the male line hve occupied the thrones of Naples, Hungary, Portugal, Navarre, and Spain, among others." [1]
  Person ID	I9520	Ellingboe
  Last Modified	6 Jan 2011

  
  

• Sources

  [S144] Stone, D.C., Stone - Ancient and Medieval, (Don Charles Stone, 1995-1998), Chart 31-1 (Reliability: 3).