Hugh Capet

noun

1. Capet, Hugh.

Hugh Capet

/ ˈkeɪpɪt; ˈhjuː ˈkæpɪt /

noun

1. See Capet

Example Sentences

Elect, then, the duke, a man who is Election of Hugh Capet urged recommended by his conduct, by his nobility, and by his military following.

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Hugh Capet, Philip the bold, and Philip, the handsome, were buried beneath the choir.

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Hugh Capet is made King of France, § 96, 2.

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The process which began with the accession of Hugh Capet in 987 was practically completed by the end of the reign of Louis XI, in 1483.

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But under the last of the Carolingians it had in fact become elective, as is shown by the elections The royal power. of Odo and Robert before that of Hugh Capet.

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