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Hugh Capet

940 - 996

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Hugh Capet (; French: Hugues Capet [yɡ kapɛ]; c. 940 – 24 October 996) was the King of the Franks from 987 to 996. He is the founder of and first king from the House of Capet. The son of the powerful duke Hugh the Great and his wife Hedwige of Saxony, he was elected as the successor of the last Carolingian king, Louis V. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hugh Capet has received more than 1,967,399 page views. His biography is available in 74 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 71 in 2019). Hugh Capet is the 297th most popular politician (up from 301st in 2019), the 124th most popular biography from France (down from 121st in 2019) and the 34th most popular French Politician.

Hugh Capet is most famous for being the first King of France. He was the first ruler of the Capetian dynasty, which ruled France from 987 to 1328.

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  • 74

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  • 3.63

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Hugh Capet ranks 297 out of 19,576. Before him are Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor, Mars, George III of the United Kingdom, Moshe Dayan, Charles I of Austria, and Woodrow Wilson. After him are Konstantin Chernenko, Philip III of Spain, Peter III of Russia, Charles VI of France, Mahmud II, and Slobodan Milošević.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 940, Hugh Capet ranks 1. After him are Ferdowsi, Abu al-Wafa' Buzjani, Mieszko I of Poland, Géza, Grand Prince of the Hungarians, Eadwig, Leopold I, Margrave of Austria, Doubravka of Bohemia, Baldwin III, Count of Flanders, Abu-Mahmud Khojandi, Abū Sahl al-Qūhī, and Henry III, Duke of Bavaria. Among people deceased in 996, Hugh Capet ranks 1. After him are Pope John XV, Richard I of Normandy, Al-Aziz Billah, Stephen Držislav of Croatia, Odo I, Count of Blois, and Herman I, Count Palatine of Lotharingia.

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In France

Among people born in France, Hugh Capet ranks 124 out of 6,770. Before him are Charles VIII of France (1470), Roman Polanski (1933), Anatole France (1844), Jean Cocteau (1889), Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (1708), and Guy de Maupassant (1850). After him are Charles VI of France (1368), Thérèse of Lisieux (1873), Louis XII of France (1462), Henri Poincaré (1854), Saint Sebastian (300), and Joseph Fourier (1768).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Hugh Capet ranks 34. Before him are Henry II of France (1519), Georges Danton (1759), Philippe Pétain (1856), Charles VII of France (1403), Charles VIII of France (1470), and Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (1708). After him are Charles VI of France (1368), Louis XII of France (1462), Charles V of France (1338), Joachim Murat (1767), Louis XVIII of France (1755), and Godfrey of Bouillon (1060).

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