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Hugh Capet — First king of the Capetian dynasty, king of the Franks from 987 to 996
Duke of the Franks, elected king by the aristocracy and the Church on the last Carolingian’s death, he held only a narrow domain from Paris to Orléans. By having his son crowned in his lifetime he turned an elective crown into a hereditary one, and his line reigned for eight centuries. (Editorial synthesis)
Hugh Capet was born around 941 (Julian calendar). (source: Larousse)
Hugh Capet died in October 996 (Julian calendar). (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
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