Hugh Capet, King of France

941 - 996  (55 years)

• Name	Hugh Capet
  Birth	Late in 941  [1, 3]
  General Information	Hugh was also the Count of Paris, Poitou and Orleans.  [1, 2]
  Title(s)	956 (15 years)
  He became the Count of Paris. [1, 2]
  Crowned	987 (46 years)  [1, 2]
  In 987, he was crowned the first Capetian King of France.
  Reign	From 987 to 996 (46 years)  [1]
  King of France (House of Capet)
  Death	24 Oct 996	Paris, Île-de-France, France   [1, 2, 4]
  Burial	Aft 24 Oct 996	Basilica of Saint-Denis, St. Denis, Île-de-France, France Basilica of Saint-Denis, St. Denis, Île-de-France, France   [1]
  Siblings	1 sister
  + 1. Hugh Capet, King of France,   b. Late in 941   d. 24 Oct 996, Paris, Île-de-France, France  (Age 55 years) ▻ Adelainde of Poitou,  m. Between 963 and 968 + 2. Beatrice of France,   b. 939/40   d. 23 Sep 1003  (Age 63 years) ▻ Frederick I, Count of Bar and Duke of Upper Lorraine,  m. 954
  Half siblings	2 half brothers and 1 half sister (family of Hugh Magnus and "Unknown")
  > 1. Emma of Paris,   b. 943   d. 968, Normandy, France  (Age 25 years) ▻ Richard I, Duke of Normandy,  m. 960   2. Odo, Duke of Burgundy,   b. Abt 945   3. Herbert, Bishop of Auxerre
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Charibert   d. After 636  (10 x Great Grandfather)  Waldrada   d. 868, Remiremont, Grand Est, France   (3 x Great Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I2991	Roy Line, Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	24 Jun 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Birth: Weis (1982) gives his birth date as after 939. [2]

  
  

Father	Hugh Magnus, Duke of France and Normandy,   b. About 895   d. 16 Jun 956, Dourdan, Île-de-France, France (Age 61 years)
Mother	Hedwig of Saxony,   b. About 921   d. 10 May 965 (Age 44 years)
Family ID	F2382	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart




Spouse / Partner	Adelainde of Poitou,   b. 945   d. Abt 1004 (Age 59 years)
Marriage	Between 963 and 968  [1, 2, 3, 4]
Age at Marriage	He : ~ 22 years - She : ~ 18 years.
Children	1 son and 4 daughters
+   1. Robert II, King of France,   b. 27 Mar 972, Orléans, Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire, France d. 20 Jul 1031, Meulan-en-Yvelines, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France (Age 59 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Rozala of Italy;   Bertha of Burgundy;   Constance of Arles  m. 998 +   2. Hedwig, Princess of France,   b. About 972   d. After 1013 (Age 42 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Regnier IV, Count of Hainaut  m. About 996 >   3. Adele of France   d. Abt 1063  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Renaud I, Count of Nevers and Auxerre  m. 1006 - 1020 +   4. Gisela, Princess of France  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Hugh I de Montreuil, Seigneur of Abbeville  m. Abt 987 +   5. Edith of France   d. After 1013  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Rainier IV, Count of Hainaut
Family ID	F2377	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
Last Modified	26 Jan 2022




• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Hugh Capet, King of France(941 – 996) 2Hugh Magnus, Duke of France and Normandy(895 – 956) 4Robert I, Duke of France(866 – 923) 8Robert, Count of Anjou and Blois( – 866) 16Rutpert III, Count of Wormsgau and Upper Rhine(800 – 834) 17Waldrada of Orléans 9Adelaide of Alsace and Tours(819 – 866) 18Hugh II, Count of Tours(Abt 765 – 837) 19Aba or Bava(Abt 779 – 839) 5Beatrice de Vermandois(880 – ) 10Herbert I, Count of Vermandois(840 – 902) 20Pépin, Count of Senlis, Peronne and St. Quentin(817/18 – 840) 21 11Beatrice of Morvois 22Guerri I, Count of Morvois 23Eve of Roussillon 3Hedwig of Saxony(921 – 965) 6Henry I, Holy Roman Emperor(876 – 936) 12Otto, Duke of Saxony and Count in South Thuringia(845 – 912) 24Ludolph, Duke of Saxony(805 – 864) 25Oda( – 874) 13Hedwige, Princess of Bavaria( – 906) 26Arnulf, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Germany( – 899) 27Oda of Bavaria 7Saint Mechtilde von Ringelheim(900 – 968) 14Dietrich, Count of Ringelheim(Abt 872 – 917) 28son of the Threkwitigan 29Mathilda, Abbess of Horford 15Reginhilde von Friesland 30Godefrid, King of Haithabu, of Dorestad, and Rustringen 31Gisela of Lorraine( – 907)

  
  

• Event Map		Death - 24 Oct 996 - Paris, Île-de-France, France Burial - Aft 24 Oct 996 - Basilica of Saint-Denis, St. Denis, Île-de-France, France  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S60] Stuart, Roderick W., Royalty for Commoners, The Complete Known Lineage of John of Gaunt, Son of Edward III, King of England, and Queen Philippa Fourth Edition, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2002). [S59] Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 Fifth Editionif, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982). [S65] Sewell, Robert James. Sewell: A History of the Sewell Family from the Earliest Times, (unknown: manuscript, March 2008). [S63] von Redlisch, Marcellus Donald Alexander R. Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants volume 1 , (Cottonport, Louisiana: Order of the Crown of Charlemagne, 1941).