Hugh Capet
King of the Franks · France · Lived 940 to 996 · aged 56
Hugh Capet is read about 1,479 times a day, in 77 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 15 October 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 390 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?He broke a three-century royal monopoly. In 987, after the last Carolingian king died without an heir, the Frankish nobles elected Hugh Capet instead of reaching for another distant cousin - and every French king after him, through 1848, descended from that choice.
Also in Deutsch
Photos 8
Coronation of Hugues Capet 2_-_Damaged_statue_inaugurated_in_1998_in_memory_of_the_Capetian_millennium_(Hugues_Capet_of_France_939-996).jpg?width=1200)
Avignon - Allée Abbé Georges Durand - View NW on Jardin des Doms (Rocher des Doms) - Damaged statue inaugurated in 1998 in memory of the Capetian millennium (Hugues Capet of France 939-996)
Capet Hugo
Carolingis i robertians
De Laurière - Ordonnances des Roys de France de la Troisième Race, 1723
Delpech - Hugh Capet
Diverse portretten van koninklijke figuren, RP-P-1907-5188
Donation par Hugues Capet 1 - Archives Nationales - AE-II-84Family
Parents
Hugh CapetPartners
Children
Brothers and sisters
Is this everyone?
Only relatives with a profile here are drawn, so a family can be larger than this. A line here can also be wrong.
Correct this familyAbout this person
Hugh Capet was born around 941, son of the powerful duke Hugh the Great and Hedwige of Saxony. Though he carried Charlemagne's blood through his paternal grandmother Béatrice of Vermandois and counted Otto the Great as an uncle, he was not Carolingian in the male line. When Louis V, the last Carolingian king, died in 987, the Frankish nobles elected Hugh to succeed him. He ruled as King of the Franks until his death on 24 October 996. The House of Capet he founded held the throne in direct line until 1328, then through cadet branches - with a Revolutionary interruption from 1792 to 1814 and a brief gap in 1815 - until the final crown fell in 1848.
Fame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.