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GREAT, Hugh the

GREAT, Hugh the

Male 898 - 956  (58 years)

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  • Name GREAT, Hugh the  [1] 
    Birth 898  Isle, Aube, Champagne-Ardenne, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    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 Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    ROBERTIEN, COUNT OF WORMSGAU, Rutpert 'Robert' III of Worms,   b. Abt 800, Wormsgau, Saxony, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Dec 834, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (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 12 Jun 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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Jun 923, Soissons, Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years)
    Other Partners: WESTERN FRANCIA, Aelis  
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother VERMANDOIS, Beatrice,   b. 880   d. 931, Soissons, Aisne, Picardie, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Marriage 895  Versailles, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    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: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
    Family ID F1796  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 12 Jun 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 898 - Isle, Aube, Champagne-Ardenne, France Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 16 Jun 956 - Dourdan, Essonne, Île-de-France, France Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
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    Hugh the Great

    Documents
    Hugh the Great - Wikipedia    		Hugh the Great - Wikipedia
    Safari - Dec 10, 2017 at 11:23 PM    		Safari - Dec 10, 2017 at 11:23 PM

    Histories
    Hugh the Great    		Hugh the Great
    Hugh the Great    		Hugh the Great

  • 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.”

  • Sources 
    1. [S1801] Wikipedia, Record of Hugh the Great.
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_the_Great
      Hugh the Great - Wikipedia      		 Hugh the Great - Wikipedia



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