After Lothair and his son Louis V died, Capet was elected to become king by an assembly of nobles in at Noyons. Soon after his coronation, Capet began to lay the groundwork for a subsequent coronation of his son Robert who did eventually succeed him.
Consequently, the House of Capet was born with the crowning of Hugh Capet. Capet also did not retain strong military might and was obliged to seek assistance from his Norman alliance. Hugh Capet died in and was succeeded by his son. Within West Francia, Carolingian kings held little sway in the face of powerful noblemen.
When King Lothair died, Hugh was able to rally the support of both the noblemen and the archbishop. He was consequently crowned the King of the Franks in However, he established a Capetian dynasty which would produce the next seven kings of France in succession. His dynasty, the House of Capet, would directly rule France from to Share this:.
More Info. Popular Pages Home. Hugh was born in the winter of and was the son of Hugh the Great and Hedwige of Saxony. His grandfather was King Robert I. His grandmother was Beatrice of Vermandois. She was a Carolingian ; a daughter of Herbert I of Vermandois. By this connection he was the fifth great-grandson of Charlemagne through Pepin of Italy. While still a young man Hugh got the nickname "capet" from the cape he wore.
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