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Paternal Family Tree: Capet
Hugh "Great" Capet Count Paris was appointed Count Paris.
Around 890 [his father] Robert I King West Francia (age 24) and [his mother] Beatrice Vermandois (age 10) were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Herbert Vermandois I Count Vermandois (age 41).
In 898 Hugh "Great" Capet Count Paris was born to Robert I King West Francia (age 32) and Beatrice Vermandois (age 18).
In 922 Hugh "Great" Capet Count Paris (age 24) and Judith Maine were married. She the daughter of Roger Maine I Count Maine and Rotrude Carolingian Abbess Saint Radegunde. He the son of Robert I King West Francia (age 56) and Beatrice Vermandois (age 42). They were third cousin twice removed.
On 15th June 923 [his father] Robert I King West Francia (age 57) died. On 13th July 923 his son-in-law Rudolph aka Raoul I King West Francia (age 33) was elected I King West Francia.
In 926 Hugh "Great" Capet Count Paris (age 28) and Eadhild Wessex were married. She the daughter of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons and Aelfflaed Wiltshire Queen Anglo Saxons (age 56). He the son of Robert I King West Francia and Beatrice Vermandois (age 46).
On 26th March 931 [his mother] Beatrice Vermandois (age 51) died.
In 937 Hugh "Great" Capet Count Paris (age 39) and Hedwig Saxon Ottonian (age 27) were married. She the daughter of Henry "Fowler" I King East Francia and Matilda Ringelheim Queen Consort East Francia. He the son of Robert I King West Francia and Beatrice Vermandois.
Around 938 [his daughter] Beatrice Capet was born to Hugh "Great" Capet Count Paris (age 40) and [his wife] Hedwig Saxon Ottonian (age 28).
Around 941 [his son] Hugh I King France was born to Hugh "Great" Capet Count Paris (age 43) and [his wife] Hedwig Saxon Ottonian (age 31).
Around 943 [his daughter] Emma Capet was born to Hugh "Great" Capet Count Paris (age 45) and [his wife] Hedwig Saxon Ottonian (age 33).
In 944 [his son] Otto Capet Duke Burgundy was born to Hugh "Great" Capet Count Paris (age 46) and [his wife] Hedwig Saxon Ottonian (age 34).
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
In 948 [his brother-in-law] Henry Saxon Ottonian I Duke Bavaria (age 28) was created I Duke Bavaria.
In 951 [his brother-in-law] Otto I King Germany I King Italy Holy Roman Emperor (age 38) and Adelaide Welf Holy Roman Empress (age 20) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Germany. She the daughter of Rudolph "Pious" II King Burgundy II King Italy and Bertha Swabia Queen Consort Italy. He the son of Henry "Fowler" I King East Francia and Matilda Ringelheim Queen Consort East Francia.
In 953 [his brother-in-law] Bruno Saxon Ottonian Archbishop Cologne (age 27) was appointed Archbishop Cologne.
In 954 [his son-in-law] Frederick Ardennes I Duke Lower Lorraine (age 42) and [his daughter] Beatrice Capet (age 16) were married. The difference in their ages was 26 years. She the daughter of Hugh "Great" Capet Count Paris (age 56) and [his wife] Hedwig Saxon Ottonian (age 44). They were fifth cousin once removed.
In 954 [his brother-in-law] Bruno Saxon Ottonian Archbishop Cologne (age 28) was appointed Duke Lorraine.
On 1st November 955 [his brother-in-law] Henry Saxon Ottonian I Duke Bavaria (age 35) died. His son Henry (age 4) succeeded II Duke Bavaria.
On 16th June 956 Hugh "Great" Capet Count Paris (age 58) died.
In 965 [his former wife] Hedwig Saxon Ottonian (age 55) died.
[his father] Robert I King West Francia and Aelis Unknown Queen Consort West Francia were married.
[his son] Henry Odo "Great" Capet I Duke Burgundy was born to Hugh "Great" Capet Count Paris and Hedwig Saxon Ottonian.
Kings Franks: Great x 4 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
GrandFather: Robert "Strong" King West Francia
Father: Robert I King West Francia
Hugh "Great" Capet Count Paris
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 3 Grandfather: Carloman "Pippin" King Lombardy
Great x 4 Grandmother: Hildegard Vinzgouw Queen Franks Queen Lombardy Holy Roman Empress
Great x 2 Grandfather: Bernard King Lombardy
Great x 1 Grandfather: Pepin Vermandois I Count Vermandois
Great x 2 Grandmother: Cunigunda Laon Queen Consort Lombardy
GrandFather: Herbert Vermandois I Count Vermandois
Mother: Beatrice Vermandois