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Hugues LE GRAND duc des Francs duc des Francs, son of Robert CAPET Ier roi des Francs Ier roi des Francs (c. 860- ) and Béatrice DE VERMANDOIS (880-aft931), was born "28 Augt 0898" in Paris, Île-de-France, France. He married Hadwig VON SACHSEN on 14 Sep 0937 in Oder, Steinberg, Schwandorf, Bavaria, Germany. He died on 16 Jun 0956 in Dourdan, Essonne, Île-de-France, France. He was buried on 23 Jun 0956 in Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France. |
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Hugh the Great (c. 898 – 16 June 956) was the Duke of the Franks and Count of Paris. He was the son of King Robert I of France and Béatrice of Vermandois, daughter of Herbert I, Count of Vermandois. He was born in Paris, Île-de-France, France. His eldest son was Hugh Capet who became King of France in 987. His family is known as the Robertians.
In 922 the barons of western Francia, after revolting against the Carolingian king Charles the Simple (who fled his kingdom under their onslaught), elected Robert I, Hugh's father, as king of Western Francia. 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. Charles sought help in regaining his crown from his cousin Herbert II, Count of Vermandois, who instead of helping the king imprisoned him. 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. From then on Herbert II of Vermandois struggled with King Rudolph and his vassal Hugh the Great. Finally Rudolph and Herbert II came to an agreement in 935.
At the death of Rudolph 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. He took a very active part in bringing Louis IV (d'Outremer) from the Kingdom of England in 936. In 937 Hugh married Hedwige of Saxony, a daughter of Henry the Fowler of Germany and Matilda, and soon quarrelled with Louis.
In 938 King Louis IV began attacking fortresses and lands formerly held by members of his family, some held by Herbert II of Vermandois. In 939 king Louis attacked Hugh the Great and William I, Duke of Normandy, after which a truce was concluded, lasting until June. 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.
When Louis fell into the hands of the Normans in 945, he was handed over to Hugh in exchange for their young duke Richard. Hugh released Louis IV in 946 on condition that he should surrender the fortress of Laon. 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. Hugh's response was to attack Soissons and Reims while the excommunication was repeated by a council at Trier. In 953 Hugh finally relented and made peace with Louis IV, the church and his brother-in-law Otto the Great.
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. In recognition of this service Hugh was invested by the new king with the duchies of Burgundy and Aquitaine. In the same year, however, Giselbert, duke of Burgundy, acknowledged himself his vassal and betrothed his daughter to Hugh's son Otto-Henry. At Giselbert's death (8 April 956) Hugh became effective master of the duchy, but on 16 June Hugh died in Dourdan.
Hugues le Grand meurt le « XVI des calendes de juillet 956 », c'est-à-dire le 16 juin 956, au château de Dourdan. Sa sépulture se trouve dans la basilique Saint-Denis, nécropole des rois de France.
Hugh married first, in 922, Judith, daughter of Roger, Count of Maine, and his wife Rothilde, a daughter of Emperor Charles the Bald. She died childless in 925.
Hugh's second wife was Eadhild, daughter of Edward the Elder, king of the Anglo-Saxons, and sister of King Æthelstan. They married in 926 and she died in 938, childless.
Hugh's third wife was Hedwig of Saxony, daughter of Henry the Fowler and Matilda. Children: 1 Beatrice married Frederick I, Duke of Upper Lorraine. 2 Hugh Capet (c. 939–997) 3 Emma (c. 943 – aft. 968). 5 Otto, Duke of Burgundy, a minor in 956. 6 Odo-Henry (Henry I, Duke of Burgundy) (946–1002)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_the_Great https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugues_le_Grand_(Robertien)
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Hadwig VON SACHSEN was born on 4 Dec 0910 in Provinz Sachsen, Prusse, Allemagne. She died on 14 Mar 0965 in La Chapelle, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France. She and Hugues LE GRAND duc des Francs had the following children: |
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Hugues CAPET roi des Francs ( - ). Hugues was born "3 juillet 0941" in Île-de-France, France. He married Adélaïde D'AQUITAINE reine des Francs on 11 Aug 0968 in Seine-Saint-Denis. He died "29 octobre 0996" in Chartres, Eure-et-Loir, Centre, France. He was buried "24 octobre 0996" in Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France. |
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Robert CAPET Ier roi des Francs Ier roi des Francs was born c. 0860. He died "15 juin 0923" in Soissons, Aisne, Picardie, France. He was buried "15 juin 0923" in Saint-Denis-lès-Sens, Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France. He married Béatrice DE VERMANDOIS. |
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Robert I of France was born in 866 as the posthumous son of Robert the Strong, count of Anjou, and the brother of Odo, who was elected king of West Francia in 888.[1] In time West Francia evolved into the Kingdom of France;[2] and under Odo, the royal capital was fixed in Paris. Robert and Odo came from the Robertian dynasty out of which the Capetian dynasty grew.[3]
In 885 Robert participated in the defence of Paris during the Viking siege of Paris.[4] He was appointed by Odo as the ruler of several counties, including the county of Paris, and abbot in commendam of many abbeys. Robert also secured the office of Dux Francorum, a military dignity of high importance.
He did not claim the crown of West Francia when his brother died in 898; instead recognizing the supremacy of the Carolingian king, Charles the Simple. Charles then confirmed Robert in his offices and possessions, after which he continued to defend northern Francia from the attacks of Vikings. Robert defeated a large band of Vikings in the Loire Valley in 921, after which the defeated invaders converted to Christianity and settled near Nantes.[5]
The peace between King Charles the Simple and his powerful vassal was not seriously disturbed until about 921 when Charles' favoritism towards Hagano aroused rebellion. Supported by many of the clergy and by some of the most powerful of the Frankish nobles, Robert took up arms, drove Charles into Lotharingia, and was himself crowned king of the Franks (rex Francorum) at Rheims on 29 June 922.[6]
Robert's rule was contested by the Viking leader Rollo, who had settled in the Duchy of Normandy in 911 with the permission of Charles the Simple. During Robert's reign, Rollo remained loyal to Charles, who continued to contest his deposition.[5] Gathering an army, Charles marched against Robert, and on 15 June 923 at the Battle of Soissons Robert was killed. However, his army won the battle and Charles was captured.[7] Charles remained a captive until his death in 929. Robert was succeeded as king by his son-in-law Rudolph, Count of Burgundy, also known as Raoul.
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Béatrice DE VERMANDOIS, daughter of Herbert Ier DE VERMANDOIS comte de Soissons comte de Soissons, was born in 0880 in County of Vermandois. She died aft 26 Mar 0931 in Kingdom of Soissons, France. |
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Little in known of Beatrice, wife of Robert I, King of France. She is named in two charters (once in full, a second only in abbreviated form as 'Be.') of her son Hugh the Great. She is not referred to as queen, which seemingly places her death before her husband succeeded to the crown. The latest date of the marriage can only be indirectly dated, by the fact that Hugh was an active adult in 922. |
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Robert CAPET Ier roi des Francs and Béatrice DE VERMANDOIS had the following children: |
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Herbert Ier DE VERMANDOIS comte de Soissons comte de Soissons, son of Pépin II DE VERMANDOIS Comte de Péronne Comte de Péronne, was born in 0839 in Vermandois, France. He died on 8 Sep 0907 in Vermandois, Aisne, Picardie, France. He was buried in 0907 in Vermandois. |
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Pépin II DE VERMANDOIS Comte de Péronne Comte de Péronne, son of Bernard DE VERMANDOIS King of Italy Carolingian King of Italy Carolingian and Cunégonde DE GELLONE, was born on 12 Apr 0815 in Vermandois, Kingdom of France. He was christened bef 0818 in Vermandois, France. He died on 23 Feb 0854 in Milan, Milano, Lombardia, Italy. He was buried aft 23 Feb 0854 in Basilica di Sant'Ambrogio, Milan, Milano, Lombardia, Italy. |
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Bernard DE VERMANDOIS King of Italy Carolingian King of Italy Carolingian, son of Pepin I CARLOMAN QUENTIN King Of The Lombards King Of The Lombards, was born in 0797 in Bohain-en-Vermandois, Aisne, Austrasia, Francia. He died on 17 Apr 0818 in Milan, Milano, Lombardia, Italia. He was buried on 21 Apr 0818 in Saint Amrosius, Provincia di Milano, Lombardy, Italia. He married Cunégonde DE GELLONE. |
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Cunégonde DE GELLONE was born on 1 Jan 0797 in Bohain-en-Vermandois, Aisne, Picardie, France. She was christened c. 0800. She died on 15 Jun 0835 in Milano, Lombardia, Italie. She was buried aft 19 Jun 0835 in Milano. She and Bernard DE VERMANDOIS King of Italy Carolingian had the following children: |
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Pepin I CARLOMAN QUENTIN King Of The Lombards King Of The Lombards, son of Charlemagne King of the Franks King of the Franks and Hildegard Queen of the Franks Queen of the Franks, was born on 12 Apr 0777 in France. He was christened on 12 Apr 0781 in Roma, Lazio, Italy. He died on 8 Jul 0810 in Milano, Lombardy, Italy. He was buried aft 8 Jul 0810 in Basilica di San Zeno Maggiore, Verona, Verona, Veneto, Italy. |
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Pippin the Hunchback (b. before 770 813) was the first son of Charles the Great (CHARLEMAGNE) of his first wife (or concubine) HIMILTRUDE. Accounts describe Pippin as normally proportioned with attractive features. However, his looks were marred by a spinal deformity from which his nickname is derived.
Due to his disability, Pippin was never a strong contender to succeed his father to the Frankish throne. Nevertheless, Charles treated his son well, giving him precedence over his younger brothers as was appropriate for his age. Pippin was an amiable fellow, and he grew to be a well-liked member of Charles' court. The hunchbacked prince probably held some hope for succession from his father. In addition, Pippin was an easy target for discontented nobles, who lavished sympathies on him and lamented the treatment his mother had received when Charles had divorced her in favor of a Lombard princess. Thus, in 780, Charles formally disinherited Pippin and had the pope baptize his third son, CARLOMAN, as Pippin. This move may have been prompted by Charles' third wife and the mother of Carloman, HILDEGARDE. The hunchbacked prince was a threat to her sons' succession, both due to Charles' doting attitude toward him and his name (Frankish succession had alternated between Charleses and Pippins for the last four generations).
Pippin was allowed to remain at court, and Charles continued to give the boy precedence over his younger brothers. Pippin also remained a popular "friend" of discontented nobles, and in 792, several counts played upon Pippin's dislike for his brothers to convince the deformed prince to play the figurehead in their rebellion. The conspirators planned to kill Charles, his wife Hildegarde, and his three sons. Pippin the Hunchback would then be set upon the throne as a more sympathetic (and more easily manipulated) king. The day of the assassination, Pippin pretended to be ill in order to meet with the plotters. The scheme nearly succeeded, but a Lombard deacon named Fardulf ultimately exposed it.
King Charles held an assembly at Regensburg to try the conspirators, and all were found guilty of high treason and ordered executed. Charles seemed still to have held fond feelings for his first son, however, for Pippin's sentence was commuted. Instead, Pippin was forced to enter the monastery of Prüm to live out the rest of his life as a monk. Pippin died there some twenty years later.
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Charlemagne King of the Franks King of the Franks, son of Pépin III King of the Franks King of the Franks and Berthe DE LAON Queen of the Franks Queen of the Franks, was born on 2 Apr 0748 in Franconian Empire. He died on 28 Jan 0814 in Royal Palace, Aachen, France. He was buried on 28 Jan 0814 in Palatine Chapel of Aachen, France. He married Hildegard Queen of the Franks. |
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Hildegard Queen of the Franks Queen of the Franks was born in 0757 in Kraichgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. She died on 30 Apr 0783 in Thionville, Seine-et-Oise, France. She was buried in May 0783 in Abbaye Saint-Arnould, Metz, France. She and Charlemagne King of the Franks had the following children: |
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Pépin III King of the Franks King of the Franks, son of Charles MARTEL Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia and Chrodtrud, was born on 2 Apr 0714. He died on 24 Sep 0768 in Saint-Denis, royaume des Francs. He was buried aft 24 Sep 0768 in Saint-Denis Basilica, Saint-Denis, France. He married Berthe DE LAON Queen of the Franks. |
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Pepin the Short (Pepin III), c. 714-768, first Carolingian king of the Franks (751-68), son of Charles Martel and father of Charlemagne. Succeeding his father as mayor of the palace (741), he ruled Neustria, Burgundy, and Provence, while his brother Carloman (d. 754) received Austrasia and what came to be Thuringia. In 743 the brothers chose Childeric III, a Merovingian, as nominal king of all the Franks. With their help St. Boniface effected far-reaching reforms that strengthened the Frankish church and advanced the conversion of the Saxons. After Carloman had retired (747) to religious life, Pepin, with the consent of the pope, St. Zacharias, forced Childeric into a monastery and had himself proclaimed king (751). In return for recognition by the pope, Pepin defended Rome against the Lombards (754, 756), from whom he wrested the exarchate of Ravenna and other cities. These he ceded to the pope, thus laying the foundation of the Papal States. Pepin also extended his territories and subdued Aquitaine.
https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/FRANKSMaiordomi.htm#PepinLeBrefFranksA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepin_the_Short https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n84128337/ https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84128337.html http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1840857/ https://viaf.org/viaf/264661907/#skos:Concept https://wikimonde.com/article/P%C3%A9pin_le_Bref
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Berthe DE LAON Queen of the Franks Queen of the Franks was born c. 0720 in Laon, France. She died on 12 Jul 0783 in Choisy-au-Bac, Neustrie, royaume des Francs. She was buried on 16 Jul 0783 in Basilique Saint-Denis, Saint-Denis, France. She and Pépin III King of the Franks had the following children: |
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Charles MARTEL Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia was born c. 0688 in Quierzy, Aisne, Austrasia, Frankish Empire. He died on 22 Oct 0741 in Quierzy Royal Palace, Franconian Empire. He was buried aft 22 Oct 0741 in Church of the royal abbey of Saint Denis, Neustria, kingdom of the Franks. He married Chrodtrud. |
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Chrodtrud was born c. 0688 in Wormsgau, Franconian Empire. She died on 22 Oct 0725 in Trier, Austrasia, France. She was buried in 0725 in Abbey of Saint-Arnould, Metz, France. She and Charles MARTEL Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia had the following children: |