Hugh "The Great" Capet

900 - 956  (56 years)

• Name	Hugh "The Great" Capet
  Birth	900	Paris, Seine, FRA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Nickname	The Great
  Name	The Great Capet  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Death	16 Jun 956	Deurdan, Dourdan, FRA
  Person ID	I12292	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	Robert Robertian, King of West Francia commonly known as Robert I King of France,   b. Abt 866   d. 923 (Age 57 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Beatrice Of Vermandois,   b. 880   d. Aft 931 (Age > 52 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Abt 895
  Family ID	F3910	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hedwif Of Saxony,   b. Abt 922   d. 10 May 965 (Age 43 years)
  Marriage	Abt 938	Mainz, Rheinhessen, Hesse, DEU
  Children	1. Eudes (Henry) Duke Of Burgundy,   b. Aft 937  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Beatrice Of France,   b. 938   d. 1003 (Age 65 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Hugh Capet King Of France, *,   b. Abt 940   d. 24 Aug 996, Paris, Steuben, FRA (Age 56 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F3887	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Hugh, "The Great" (or Magnus) held the titles of Count of Paris and Duke of France. His third wife was Hedwig (Hedwif), Princess of Germany. (C-455, 662, 1352, 1366)

  
  

• Sources

  [S1709] Wilson, Randy, Ancestors of Edward III & Philippa. [S2999] Samuel King Hamilton, Hamiltons of Waterborough, York Couty, Maine: Their Ancestors and Descendants as transcribed by Scott R. Scribner (New England History Press, c1986). [S1439] J. Orton Buck, Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants, Vol. III (Order of the Crown of Charlemagne in the United States of America). [S30] Lenora's Homepage, members.aol.com/Pugno98/Noel36.html. [S206] United Ancestries Linked Pedigrees CD 100 (Automated Archives). [S219] Tompsett, Brian, Royal and Noble Genealogical Data on the Web at http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/GEDCOM.html.