940, Hugh
born in France, s/o 6051528792. Hugues des Francs & 6051528793. Hedwig of Germany.
~952,
Adelaide born in France.
9/12/954, King Lothair succeeded King Louis IV as King
of the West Franks. [Lothair and Hugh were 1st cousins, their
mothers were sisters.]
956, Richard
I of Normandy named as the guardian of Hugh. [Richard betrothed to Hugh’s
sister Emma.]
6/16/956,
Hugh’s father died; Hugh a minor.
956, Hugues
suceeded as Count of Paris, and to Orleans, Senlis, and Dreaux; and all of Nuestria.
956, Hugh’s
brother created ‘Henri, Duc des Burgundy’ by King Lothair. [After the death of
Henri without heirs, Hugh’s son Robert would eventually conquer Burgundy.]
958, ‘rex
[Hugh] et mater sua et Ugo filius Ugonis et mater sua’ attended a hearing ‘apud
Marziacum vicum iuxta Nevernis … contra Guillelmum comitem Aquitaniæ post missa
sancti Martini.’
960, Hugh
installed as Duc des Francs/dux Francorum by Lothaire, King of the West
Franks.
2/2/962, Otto I, King of Germany, crowned ‘Emperor of
the Romans’ in Rome. [Otto I the uncle of both King Lothair and Hugh
Capet, being the brother of both of their mothers.]
968, Richard
I of Normandy [married to Hugh’s sister Emma] recognized Hugh Capet as his
overlord.
[––Hugh
& Adelaide––]
By 971, Hugh
married Adelaide.
5/7/973, Otto II succeeded Otto I as Holy Roman
Emperor. [Otto II age 18 at the death of his father.]
974, Duc
Hugh the primary ruler of West France under King Lothair.
977, Duc Hugh
gave the towns of Couvin, Fraisne, Nîme, Eve and Bens [Belgium] as her dowry on
the marriage of his daughter Hedwige [Avoie] to Reginar IV, comte de Hainaut.
978, Duc
Hugh commanded the army which retook the kingdom of Lotharingia from Otto II
King of Germany.
980, King
Lothair, without Hugh’s input, made a peace agreement with King Otto II of
Germany.
981, Duc
Hugh became an ally of Otto II.
5/981, Duke
Hugh Capet captured Montreuil from Arnulf II of Flanders. (S) Friends, Family
and Allies, Tanner, 2004, P42.
981 at
Amiens, Saint Valery appeared to Hugh in a dream and told him ‘thy children
shall be kings to the seventh generation.’ (S) Pictorial Ancient History of the
World, Frost, 1846, P180. [Hugh had translated the relics of the Saint
personally on his shoulders.]
12/7/983, Otto II King of Germany died; leaving
a 3-year old as his successor. King Lothair attacked Lotharingia; but Duke Hugh
refused to participate.
984, Duke
Hugh sent his son Robert to school at Reims. (S) Rethinking France, V4, Nora, 2010,
P10.
5/985 at
Compiegne, King Lothair tried Archbishop Aldalbero of Reims for treason. Duke
Hugh arrived with a army, rescued the archbishop, and dispersed the assembly.
985, Hugues’
widowed sister Beatrice, intervened with Hugues over the capture of her son by
French troops during the siege of Verdun, and actively attempted to resolve the
Franco/German conflict over Lotharingia by diplomatic means.
3/2/986, King Lothair succeeded by his son King louis
V.
5/22/987 at
Compiegne, During another trial of Archbishop Aldalbero of Reims for treason, King Louis V died [end of the Carolingian
line.] Duke Hugh took charge of the assembly and declared the archbishop
aquitted.
5/29/987 at
Senlis, Hugh succeeded King Louis V.
[The election opposed by Charles, Duke of Lotharingia, Louis V’s uncle.
Hugh easily won with the support of Archbishop Aldalbero of Reims and Baldwin
IV of Flanders.]
6/1/987,
King Hugh ‘Capet’ crowned at Noyon.
7/3/987,
King Hugh consecrated at Reims. [The kingdom of France existed as 15 independently-governed
principalities.]
12/25/987,
Robert II designated as heir to his father. [Hugh wanted to ensure ‘Capet’
succession without an election.]
4/1/988,
Robert II crowned at the cathedral of Sainte-Croix in Orléans [‘rex designatus’
King of the Franks – the beginning of a Capetian tradition to crown the eldest
son before the death of the father.]
5/988,
Charles Duke of Lotharingia captured Laon [and then Reims] from King Hugh.
988, By
arrangement of King Hugh, Robert II married Rosalie di Ivrea [who was quickly
repudiated.]
5/988, At
the court of King Hugh at Braine-le-Compte, King Hugh Capet championed Baldwin
IV’s succession in Flanders, which was challenged by his cousin Count Arnulf of
Gent.
988, By
arrangement of King Hugh, his son Robert II married widow Rosalie di Ivrea.
Rosalie was given Montreuil-sur-Mer by the county of Flanders as her dowry.
989, Hugh
traveled to Reims to see Archbishop Aldalbero, who had become ill. Hugh arrived
the day the archbishop died. Hugh appointed Arnulf, s/o King Lothair, and
nephew of Charles, Duke of Lotharingia, as archbishop – hoping to appease
Charles.
990, A peace
agreement between King Hugues of France, and Duke William IV of Aquitaine and
Odo I of Blois.
990-1,
Archbishop Arnulf arranged for his uncle Charles, Duke of Lotharingia, to
capture Reims.
3/29/991 at
Laon, King Hugh captured Charles, Duke of Lotharingia, and his supporter,
Arnulf, archbishop of Reims, with the help of Ascelin, bishop of Laon.
[Charles, Duke of Lotharingia, died in prison the same year.]
6/991, King
Hugh invoked a synod at Reims [in the abbey of St-Basile at Vierzy] which
deposed Arnulf. Hugh replaced Arnulf with Gerbert of Aurillac.
991, King
Hugh Capet gave Odo of Blois the county of Dreux. (S) Capetians, Bradbury,
2007, P77.
991-2, King
Hugh of France, with Fulk Nerra, Bouchard of Vendome, and Richard, count of
Normandy, captured Melun and Chateaudun [where the defeated were treated
severely].
992, King
Hugh and Pope John XV in conflict over the appointment of Gerbert of Aurillac
at Reims. [This appointment would not acceptable because it was made by a
‘French’ council of Bishops.]
993 at
Chelles, King Hugh called a new council and re-affirmed the appointment of
Gerbert of Aurillac at Reims.
4-5/993, Odo
I of Blois and Bishop Adalbero of Laon arranged a meeting at Metz with King
Hugh of France and his son Robert, intending to take them prisoner [which was
unsuccessful because the conspiracy was uncovered by the King].
993, King
Hugh of France encourged Fulk Nerra of Anjou to attack Brittany and Touraine.
(S) Cambridge Medieval History, Reuter, 1999, P391.
9/994, King
Hugh of France supported Fulk Nerra’s campaigning by relieving the siege of
Langeais by Odo I of Blois.
7/4/995,
King Hugh’s nemesis Odo I of Blois died.
10/24/996,
King Hugh died at villa ‘Les Juifs’, near Prasville, Eure-et-Loire; returning
from a pilgrimage to the tomb of Saint Maieul; buried église de l'Abbaye royale
de Saint-Denis.
[––Adelaide––]
6/15/1004,
Adelaide died.
(S)
Foundation for Medieval Genealogy. (S) The Capetians, Bradbury, 2007.
Family notes:
Adelaide is usually given as d/o William III ‘Tête
d’Etoupes’, aka ‘William I, comte de
Poitou.’ However, there is strong circumstantial evidence that William IV was
not her brother.
Child
of Hugh and Adelaide:
i. Robert II Capet of France (1512882198), born
3/27/972 at Château de Melun in France.
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