Hugh the Great, Duke of The Franks, Count of Paris[1]
898 - 956 (58 år)-
Navn Hugh the Great Suffiks Duke of The Franks, Count of Paris Født 898 Paris, Seine, France 
Kjønn Mann Død 16 Jun 956 Dourdan, France Person ID I501068 Haslund Sist endret 15 Jul 2019
Far Robert I of France, King of Western Francia, f. Ett Sep 866, Soissons, Cote d'Or, Bourgogne, France , d. 15 Jun 923, Soissons, Cote d'Or, Bourgogne, France (Alder < 56 år) Mor Béatrice of Vermandois, f. Ca 880, Vermandois, Normandy, France , d. Ett 26 Mar 931, Soissons, Aisne, Picardie, France (Alder ~ 51 år) Gift Ca 890 Famile ID F500320 Gruppeskjema | Familiediagram
Familie Hedwig of Saxony, f. Ca 910, Nordhausen, Vogtlandkreis, Sachsen, Deutschland , d. 10 Mai 965, La Chapelle, Dordogne, France (Alder ~ 55 år) Gift 922 Barn 1. Hugh Capet, King of the Franks, f. 940, Frankrike , d. 24 Okt 996, Les Juifs, Chartres, France (Alder 56 år)Sist endret 15 Jul 2019 Famile ID F500312 Gruppeskjema | Familiediagram
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Notater Hugh the Great (898 – 16 June 956) was the Duke of the Franks and Count of Paris.
He was the son of King Robert I of France and Béatrice of Vermandois, daughter of Herbert I, Count of Vermandois.[1] He was born in Paris, Île-de-France, France. His eldest son was Hugh Capet who became King of France in 987.[2] His family is known as the Robertians.[3]
In 922 the barons of western Francia, after revolting against the Carolingian king Charles the Simple (who fled his kingdom under their onslaught), elected Robert I, Hugh's father, as King of Western Francia.[4] At the death of Robert I, in battle at Soissons in 923, Hugh refused the crown and it went to his brother-in-law, Rudolph of France.[4] Charles, however, sought help in regaining his crown from his cousin Herbert II, Count of Vermandois, who instead of helping the king imprisoned him.[4] Herbert then used his prisoner as an advantage in pressing his own ambitions, using the threat of releasing the king up until Charles' death in 929.[5] From then on Herbert II of Vermandois struggled with king Rudolph and his vassal Hugh the Great.[4] Finally Rudolph and Herbert II came to an agreement in 935.[4]
At the death of Rudolph, King of Western Francia, in 936, Hugh was in possession of nearly all of the region between the Loire and the Seine, corresponding to the ancient Neustria, with the exceptions of Anjou and of the territory ceded to the Normans in 911.[6] He took a very active part in bringing Louis IV (d'Outremer) from the Kingdom of England in 936.[7] In 937 Hugh married Hedwige of Saxony, a daughter of Henry the Fowler of Germany and Matilda of Ringelheim, and soon quarrelled with Louis.[8]
In 938 King Louis IV began attacking fortresses and lands formerly held by members of his family, some held by Herbert II of Vermandois.[9] In 939 king Louis attacked Hugh the Great and William I, Duke of Normandy, after which a truce was concluded lasting until June.[10] That same year Hugh, along with Herbert II of Vermandois, Arnulf I, Count of Flanders and Duke William Longsword paid homage to the Emperor Otto the Great, and supported him in his struggle against Louis.[11] When Louis fell into the hands of the Normans in 945, he was handed over to Hugh in exchange for their young duke Richard.[12] Hugh released Louis IV in 946 on condition that he should surrender the fortress of Laon.[13] In 948 at a church council at Ingelheim the bishops, all but two being from Germany, condemned and excommunicated Hugh in absentia, and returned Archbishop Artauld to his see at Reims.[14] Hugh's response was to attack Soissons and Reims while the excommunication was repeated by a council at Trier.[14] Hugh finally relented and made peace with Louis IV, the church and his brother-in-law Otto the Great.[14]
On the death of Louis IV, Hugh was one of the first to recognize Lothair as his successor, and, at the intervention of Queen Gerberga, was instrumental in having him crowned.[14] In recognition of this service Hugh was invested by the new king with the duchies of Burgundy and Aquitaine.[15] In the same year, however, Giselbert, duke of Burgundy, acknowledged himself his vassal and betrothed his daughter to Hugh's son Otto-Henry.[15] On 16 June 956 Hugh the Great died in Dourdan.
Family
Hugh married first, in 922, Judith, daughter of Roger Comte du Maine & his wife Rothilde.[1] She died childless in 925.[1]
Hugh's second wife was Eadhild, daughter of Edward the Elder, king of the Anglo-Saxons, and sister of King Æthelstan.[1] They married in 926 and she died in 938, childless.[1]
Hugh's third wife was Hedwig of Saxony, daughter of Henry the Fowler and Matilda of Ringelheim She and Hugh had:
- Beatrice married Frederick I, Duke of Upper Lorraine.[a][1]
- Emma.(c. 943-aft. 968).[16]
- Otto, Duke of Burgundy, a minor in 956.[15]
- Odo-Henry I, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1002).
- Web content link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_the_Great Hugh the Great
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Kilder - [S500275] Biographical Summaries of Notable People, (MyHeritage), http://www.myheritage.no/research/collection-10182/biographical-summaries-of-notable-people?s=245426471&itemId=135136&action=showRecord&indId=individual-245426471-1501068 (Troverdighet: 4).
Hugh The Great
Kjønn: Mann
Født: 898 - Paris
Død: 16. juni 956 - Dourdan
Slektninger: ForholdNavnFødtFarRobert I of France15. aug 866MorBéatrice of Vermandois880SønnHugh Capet940SønnHenry I, Duke of Burgundy946SønnOtto, Duke of Burgundy944KoneHedwig of Saxony910
- [S500275] Biographical Summaries of Notable People, (MyHeritage), http://www.myheritage.no/research/collection-10182/biographical-summaries-of-notable-people?s=245426471&itemId=135136&action=showRecord&indId=individual-245426471-1501068 (Troverdighet: 4).