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Hugh Capet
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Hugh Capet was the King of the Franks from 987 to 996. He is the founder of and first king from the House of Capet, the dynasty he founded ruling France for nearly nine centuries, from 987 to 1328 in the senior line and until 1848 via cadet branches. The son of the powerful duke Hugh the Great and Hedwige of Saxony, he was elected as the successor of the last Carolingian king, Louis V; he was descended from Charlemagne's son Pepin of Italy through his paternal grandmother Beatrice of Vermandois, and was also the nephew of Otto the Great.
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1. Wikipedia: Hugh Capet
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He is the founder of and first king from the House of Capet.
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c. 941
1. Wikipedia: Hugh Capet
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24 October 996
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King of the Franks from 987 to 996
Wikipedia: Louis V of France
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Dying childless, Louis V was the last Carolingian monarch in West Francia.
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