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Personal data Hugo "de Grote" van Capet 

  • He was born in the year 895 in Parijs, Frankrijk.
  • (Geschiedenis) .Source 1
    Hugo de Grote (Fontaines-en-Sologne, 897 – Dourdan, 16 juni 956) was in zijn tijd de machtigste edelman in Frankrijk. Hij weigerde tot driemaal toe om koning te worden maar gaf er de voorkeur aan om zwakkere koningen op de troon te plaatsen en direct zijn eigen belangen te kunnen behartigen.

    Hugo was de zoon van Robert I van Frankrijk en Beatrix van Vermandois. Na het overlijden van zijn vader in de Slag bij Soissons in 923, werd hem de kroon aangeboden. Hij weigerde echter, en zijn zwager Rudolf I van Frankrijk werd toen tot koning gekozen. Hugo was toen markgraaf van Bretagne, graaf van Parijs, Troyes, Orléans, en lekenabt van Saint-Denis, Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Marmoutier, Saint-Martin te Tours, Carmery, Villeloin. In de volgende jaren werd hij hertog van Neustrië en verwierf hij ook nog de graafschappen Autun, Auxerre, Nevers, Sens, Chalon en Mâcon. Na het kinderloos overlijden van Rudolf in 936 weigerde Hugo opnieuw de kroon maar vroeg Lodewijk IV van Frankrijk, die als kind door zijn moeder in Engeland in veiligheid was gebracht, om koning te worden. Hugo bedong voor zichzelf natuurlijk een positie van uitzonderlijke macht en invloed, onder de nieuwe koning. In 938 werd hij benoemd tot mede-hertog van Bourgondië.

    Daarna kwam Hugo in conflict met Lodewijk, die probeerde een zelfstandige positie als koning te verwerven. Hugo sloot in 940 met Herbert II van Vermandois en met Willem I van Normandië een bondgenootschap tegen Lodewijk IV. Ze belegerden Reims en versloegen de koning toen die probeerde om de stad te ontzetten. In plaats van Lodewijk erkenden ze Otto I de Grote als koning. Uiteindelijk werd er in 942 te Visé een vrede bemiddeld door Otto en zijn zuster Gerberga van Saksen, die met Lodewijk was getrouwd. Toen de Normandiërs Lodewijk in 945 gevangennamen, droegen ze hem over aan Hugo. En die liet Lodewijk pas in 946 vrij toen die de stad Laon aan hem had afgestaan. In dat jaar gebruikte Hugo de dood van Herbert II van Vermandois om diens erfenis te versnipperen over diens kinderen, zodat geen van hen nog zo machtig zou kunnen worden als hun vader. De Universele Synode van Ingelheim dreigde Hugo in 948 met excommunicatie als hij Lodewijk niet zou compenseren. De excommunicatie is ook een korte tijd daadwerkelijk uitgesproken maar Lodewijk kreeg Laon terug en geleidelijk verzoenden Hugo en Lodewijk zich met elkaar. Na het overlijden van Lodewijk in 954 weigerde Hugo opnieuw de kroon maar steunde het regentschap van Gerberga. In ruil daarvoor werd Hugo tot hertog van Bourgondië en Aquitanië benoemd. Een expeditie naar Aquitanië om zijn gezag als hertog te vestigen mislukte, maar Bourgondië erkende hem wel als hertog.

    Hij werd begraven in de Kathedraal van Saint-Denis.
  • (Levens event) .Source 2
    Hugh the Great or Hugues le Grand (898 – 16 June 956) was duke of the Franks and count of Paris.
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    He was the son of King Robert I of France and Béatrice of Vermandois, daughter of Herbert I, Count of Vermandois.[1] He was born in Paris, Île-de-France, France. His eldest son was Hugh Capet who became King of France in 987.[2] His family is known as the Robertians.[3]

    In 922 The barons of western Francia, after revolting against the Carolingian king Charles the Simple who fled his kingdom, elected Robert I, Hugh's father, as King of Western Francia.[4] At the death of Robert I, in battle at Soissons in 923, Hugh refused the crown and it went to his brother-in-law, Rudolph of France.[4] Charles, however, sought help in regaining his crown from his cousin Herbert II, Count of Vermandois, who instead of helping the king imprisoned him.[4] Herbert then used his prisoner as an advantage in pressing his own ambitions, using the threat of releasing the king up until Charles' death in 929.[5] From then on Herbert II of Vermandois struggled with king Rudolph and his vassal Hugh the Great.[4] Finally Rudolph and Herbert II came to an agreement in 935.[4]

    At the death of Rudolph, King of Western Francia, in 936, Hugh was in possession of nearly all of the region between the Loire and the Seine, corresponding to the ancient Neustria, with the exceptions of Anjou and of the territory ceded to the Normans in 911.[6] He took a very active part in bringing Louis IV (d'Outremer) from the Kingdom of England in 936.[7] In 937 Hugh married Hedwige of Saxony, a daughter of Henry the Fowler of Germany and Matilda of Ringelheim, and soon quarrelled with Louis.[8]

    In 938 King Louis IV began attacking fortresses and lands formerly held by members of his family, some held by Herbert II of Vermandois.[9] In 939 king Louis attacked Hugh the Great and William I, Duke of Normandy, after which a truce was concluded lasting until June.[10] That same year Hugh, along with Herbert II of Vermandois, Arnulf I, Count of Flanders and Duke William Longsword paid homage to the Emperor Otto the Great, and supported him in his struggle against Louis.[11] When Louis fell into the hands of the Normans in 945, he was handed over to Hugh in exchange for their young duke Richard.[12] Hugh released Louis IV in 946 on condition that he should surrender the fortress of Laon.[13] In 948 at a church council at Ingelheim the bishops, all but two being from Germany, condemned and excommunicated Hugh in absentia, and returned Archbishop Artauld to his see at Reims.[14] Hugh's response was to attack Soissons and Reims while the excommunication was repeated by a council at Trier.[14] Hugh finally relented and made peace with Louis IV, the church and his brother-in-law Otto the Great.[14]

    On the death of Louis IV, Hugh was one of the first to recognize Lothair as his successor, and, at the intervention of Queen Gerberga, was instrumental in having him crowned.[14] In recognition of this service Hugh was invested by the new king with the duchies of Burgundy and Aquitaine.[15] In the same year, however, Giselbert, duke of Burgundy, acknowledged himself his vassal and betrothed his daughter to Hugh's son Otto-Henry.[15] On 16 June 956 Hugh the Great died in Dourdan
  • He died on June 16, 956 in Dourdan, Frankrijk, he was 61 years old.
  • A child of Robert I van Bourgondie and Beatrix Vermandois
  • This information was last updated on February 5, 2013.

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(2) He is married to Judith van Maine.

They got married in the year 914, he was 19 years old.Source 1


(3) He is married to Eadhild van Wessex.

They got married in the year 926, he was 31 years old.Source 1


(4) He is married to Hedwig van Saksen-Ludolf.

They got married on September 14, 937, he was 42 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Emma van Capet  ????-> 968
  2. Beatrix van Capet  938-1005 
  3. Hugo Capet  940-996 

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