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Hugh the Great
(c. 898–956)
BIRTH
c. 898
PLACE
Unknown
DEATH
June 16–17, 956
PLACE
Dourdan, France
FAMILY
FATHER
Hugh Capet
(c. 939-996)
HOMES
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
RELIGION NOT DOCUMENTED
DENOMINATION NOT DOCUMENTED
MEMBERSHIPS
AWARDS
Hugh the Great was a powerful duke of the Franks and father of Hugh Capet, the first Capetian king of France. Hedwige of Saxony was his later wife and Hugh Capet’s mother.
EARLY LIFE
CAREER
DEATH
Hugh the Great died at Dourdan in June 956 and was buried at the Basilica of Saint-Denis. Contemporary and later annals disagree on whether his death fell on June 16 or 17. His son Hugh Capet inherited his position, with Hedwige and her brother Bruno helping govern during the son's youth.
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