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Eldest son of Hugh the Great, he was a founder of the Capetian House and
lay abbot of the Abbeys of St. Martin of Tours and of St. Denis. His
surname "Capet" may derive from his abbot's cape. He was elected king by
the assembly of Senlis, but he secured the succession for his descendants
by suspending the feudal right of election. He is buried in front of the
altar in the Basilica of the Trinity at St. Denis, France. {Born in winter
of 941 per "Ancestral Roots..." [Balt., 1992] 53-20.}

Hugh married Poitou, Adelaide of on Yes, date unknown. Adelaide (daughter of William Count Of Poitou and Adele) was born in 945; died in 1004. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Hedwig, of France died after 1013.
2. Robert, King of France II was born on 27 Mar 970 in Orleans; died on 20 Jul 1031 in Meulan; was buried in St. Denis.

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Hugh was one of the founders of the Capetian House in France. He ruled
Burgundy and the heartland of France. His title was Count of Paris, Oreans,
Vexin and Le Mans, Duke of France ("The White Duke").

Prince married Hatwide Princess of Saxony in 938 in Mainz oder Ingelheim. (daughter of Henry, The Emperor of Germany I and Ringelheim, Mathilda of) died on 10 May 965. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Duke, then King

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Robert did not claim the crown on his brother's death in 898, but recognized the Carolingian king, Charles III; Robert continued to defend northern France from Norman attacks as "duke of the Franks"; about 921 he gathered support for his claim, and
drove Charles into Lorraine; 29 June 922 he was crowned at Rheims and the next year faced Charles' attempt to oust him, during which "in a stubborn and sanguinary battle near Soissons, Robert was killed, according to one tradition, in single combat
with his rival." {-Encyclopedia Britannica, 1956 Ed., 19:346} Robert's daughter, Emma, m. Raoul of Burgundy who reigned 923-936.

I married Vermandois, Beatrix de on Yes, date unknown. Beatrix (daughter of Herbert, Count of Vermandois I and de Morvois, Bertha ("Lady Beatrix")) was born in Saint-Quentin, Vermandois, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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W.H.Turton, "The Plantagenet Ancestry" (Balt.:Gen.Pub.Co.,1968),p.112,
gives Beatrix' mother as ______ "of France,"daughter of Robert the Strong,
Count of Blois (ID1428). "Ancestral Roots..." (Balt., 1992) 53-18 gives
her mother as Bertha de Morvois.

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Building on the strong base achieved by his father, Henry I further extended
Saxony and was elected German King in 919. He walled towns and built
substantial fortifications; he established markets, churches and monasteries
and encouraged learning and culture. He defended Germany against the Wends
(929), the Magyars (who invaded Thuringia in 933) and the Viking Danes (934).
He was the first to create a unified Germany.

I married Ringelheim, Mathilda of in 909. Mathilda (daughter of Dietrich Ct. of Ringelheim and Lorraine, Gisele of) was born in 894 in Memleben, Germany; died on 14 May 936 in Quedlinberg, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Count of Anjou

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Witichin is traditionally given as Robert's father, but more recent
scholarship disputes this. {See New England Historic and Genealolgical
Register, October, 1963, pp. 268-71.} Robert, Count of Anjou and Blois, was
one of the great leaders in the Carolingian period and became Rector (Lay
Abbot) of St. Martin de Marmoutier, near Tours, in 852. He was killed in
action against the Norsemen. He was created Count of Anjou and of Blois,
and acquired the countships of Auxerre and Nevers. He is remembered for his
heroic defense of the Frankish realm lying between the Seine and Loire
rivers against the Norse and Bretons. His title of "Duke" was military,
not hereditary. Modern scholarship states that he is Rutpert IV, Count in
the Wormsgau as early as 836, whose father is Rutpert III, Count of record
from 812, dead by 834. "Ancestral Roots..." (Balt., 1992), line 48, shows
his mother to be Adelaide or Aelis of Tours and Alsace (b. ca. 819, d. ca.
866), widow of Conrad I, Count of Aargau and Auxerre (d. 863) and dau. of
Hugh, Count of Tours.

Duke + Tours, Adelaide of. Adelaide (daughter of Hugh, Count of Tours III) was born in 819; died in 866. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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When she married Robert, Adelaide ("Aelis") was widow of Conrad I, Count of
Aargau and Auxerre, who died 22 March 863.

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Married:
his second wife

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Herbert was Count de Vermandois, Siegneur of Senlis, Peronne and St.
Quentin. {- ref. "Ancestral Roots of Sixty New England Colonists," by
F.L.Weis (Lancaster, Mass., 1950, p. 64).} Allstrom's "Dict. of Royal
Lineage," Vol. ii, p. 755, states that Herbert m. Richilde, dau. of Robert
the Strong who died in battle, 866/67. Herbert I was Imperial Ambassador.

I married de Morvois, Bertha ("Lady Beatrix") on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Otho (Otto) succeeded his elder brother Bruno in 880 and on the death of
Burkhard, Margrave of Thuringia in 908, obtained control of that
principality as well. Saxony became practically independent and played a
major role in the empire.

The married Bavaria, Hedwige (Edith) of on Yes, date unknown. Hedwige (daughter of Arnulf Roman Emperor of Bavaria and Italy) died on 24 Dec 903. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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She is also known as Ludgarda.

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For an alternate ancestry of this person, see ID4017 and related comments.
Dietrich was Count of Ringelheim 856-920, and was also Count of Oldenburg.

married Lorraine, Gisele of in 882. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]