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Hugh Capet of France
King of the Franks
- Child of Hugh the Great and Hedwig of Saxony
- Married to Adelaide of Aquitaine
- Dated 940 CE – 24 October 996 CE
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- 3 June 987 CE – 24 October 996 CE king of Franks Succeeded Louis V of France · Succeeded by Robert II of France
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The family as a list · 13
Family 13
- child of (child) Hedwig of Saxony mother of Hugh Capet
- child of (father) Hugh the Great Duke of the Franks and Count of Paris (c. 898–956)
- of the house Capetian dynasty descendants of King Hugh Capet of France in the male line
- parent of (child) Aurelia of Regensburg Roman Catholic Austrian saint
- parent of (child) Gisèle de France 10th-century Countess of Ponthieu
- parent of (child) Hedwig of France, Countess of Mons Countess of Mons, Hugh Capet's daughter
- parent of (father) Robert II of France king of the Franks from 996 to 1031
- sibling of Beatrice of France (938-1003)
- sibling of Emma of Paris Duchess consort of Normandy (c. 943–968)
- sibling of Henry I, Duke of Burgundy Duke of Burgundy from 965 to 1002
- sibling of Heribert I d'Auxerre bishop of Auxerre
- sibling of Otto, Duke of Burgundy Duke of Burgundy
- married to Adelaide of Aquitaine French noble woman and queens consort
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