![]() ![]() ![]() At the death of his step-brother King Rudolph (Raoul), duke of Burgundy, in January 936, Hugh was in possession of nearly all the region between the Loire and the Seine, corresponding to the ancient Neustria, with the exception of the territory ceded to the Normans in 911. Hugh's first wife was Eadhild, daughter of Edward the Elder, king of England, and sister of King Athelstan. He was sometimes called Hugh the White because of his pale complexion - he was a powerful figure in the Kingdom of West Francia.) (French Wikipedia notes that he was the Count of Paris, Marquis of Neustria 923-956, Duke of the Franks 936-956, and Comte d'Auxerre 954-956, and was a forefather of the Capets. ![]() His eldest son was Hugh Capet who became King of France in 987. He was born in Paris, Ile-de-France, France. Hugh the Great (898 – 16 June 956) was duke of the Franks and count of Paris, son of King Robert I of France (with Beatrice de Vermandois) and nephew of King Odo. ![]() Half brother of Adèle de France and Emma de Franceĭuc des Francs 922-956, de Bourgogne, d'Aquitaine, Comte de Paris, Marquis de Neustrie 922-956, Duke of the Franks, Greve av Paris och Orléans, Regent 0954, duc de bourgogne, d aquitaine, des francs comptes de paris, duc des francs, compte de parisįrom the English Wikipedia page on Hugh the Great (with references to additional material on the French Wikipedia page : Husband of Raingarde Eadhilde of Wessex Hedwige of Saxony and Judith du Maineįather of Heribert Capet, évêque d'Auxerre Hugues Capet, roi des Francs Emma de France Eudes, duc de Bourgogne Henri I Le Grand, duc de Bourgogne and 1 other and Beatrix de France « less Son of Robert I, king of West Francia and Béatrice de Vermandois Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France Lithuanian: Hugas Didysis, Frankų Kunigaikštis, French: Hugues "le Grand" de Paris, duc des Francs, comte de Paris, Spanish: Hugo "El Grande", Duque de Francia, conde de Paris, Portuguese: Marques NêustriaHugo IO GrandeConde de Paris ![]()
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