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Capet, Hugo or Hugh c.938-996
King of France

As Duke of Francia, he was elected King of France on the death of the last Carolingian Louis V (987). The Capetian dynasty he founded ruled France until 1328.

Bibliography: Robert Fawtier, Capetian Kings of France (1960)