GREAT, Hugh the
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Name GREAT, Hugh the [1] Birth 898 Isle, Aube, Champagne-Ardenne, France Gender Male Relation to Me 33 GGF Royalty & Nobility Duke of the Franks and Count of Paris Death 16 Jun 956 Dourdan, Essonne, Île-de-France, France Patriarch & Matriarch ROBERTIEN, COUNT OF WORMSGAU, Rutpert 'Robert' III of Worms, b. Abt 800, Wormsgau, Saxony, Germanyd. 7 Dec 834, France
(Age 34 years) (Great Grandfather)
MORVOIS, Bertha de, b. 30 Aug 845 d. 15 Jun 923 (Age 77 years) (Grandmother)Person ID I7297 My Genealogy Last Modified 15 Jul 2024
Father FRANCE, Appointed by Odo as the ruler of several counties, including the county of Paris, and abbot in commendam of many abbeys. Robert also secured the office of Dux Francorum, a military dignity of high importance. Robert I of, b. 15 Aug 866, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France d. 15 Jun 923, Soissons, Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne, France
(Age 56 years)
Other Partners: WESTERN FRANCIA, AelisRelationship natural Mother VERMANDOIS, Beatrice, b. 880 d. 931, Soissons, Aisne, Picardie, France (Age 51 years)
Relationship natural Marriage 895 Versailles, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France Family ID F78 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family SAXONY, Hedwige of, b. 910 d. 10 May 965 (Age 55 years) Children 1. CAPET, Hugh, b. 941 d. 24 Oct 996 (Age 55 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] Family ID F1796 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 15 Jul 2024
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Event Map Birth - 898 - Isle, Aube, Champagne-Ardenne, France Death - 16 Jun 956 - Dourdan, Essonne, Île-de-France, France = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - He was the most powerful man in the kingdom of France (West Francia) during the reign of Louis IV d’Outremer and the early years of King Lothar.
Son of a king (Robert I), father of another (Hugh Capet), and brother-in-law of three more (Rudolf of France, Athelstan of England, and Otto of Germany), Hugh possessed such vast territories that he could easily have assumed the crown on the death of Rudolf in 936, though perhaps at the cost of giving up his numerous counties and abbeys. Preferring to work from behind the throne, he instead suggested the accession of Louis IV, son of the deposed Charles III the Simple, who named him, in return, “duke of the Franks.”
- He was the most powerful man in the kingdom of France (West Francia) during the reign of Louis IV d’Outremer and the early years of King Lothar.
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Sources - [S1801] Wikipedia, Record of Hugh the Great.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_the_GreatHugh the Great - Wikipedia
- [S1801] Wikipedia, Record of Hugh the Great.