Hugues D'Anjou Le Grand Le Blanc L'Abbé

• Preferred Name: Hugues D'Anjou Le Grand Le Blanc L'Abbé^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}
  
• Alternate Name: Hugh Magnus The Great Capet Of France
  
• Gender: M
  
• Burial: 23 JUN 956 in Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France at LATI: N8.92 LONG: E0.5
  
• Regent+for+'King+Lothar"+and+de+facto+ruler+of+France: BET SEP 954 AND JUN 956 in France with note: Description: Although Hugh turned down the opportunity to become king of France (a 2nd time), with the death of the King Louis IV, Hugh became regent for Louis's son Lothar and was the true ruler of France from 954 until his own death in 956. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hugh-the-Great
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Count of Paris
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: with note: Description: Duke of the Franks
  
• Death: 16 JUN 956 in Dourdan, Essonne, Île-de-France, France at LATI: N8.5296 LONG: E0.0121
  
• Occupation: Marquis de Neustrie
  
• Birth: 898 in Paris, Île-De-France, France at LATI: N8.8667 LONG: E0.3333
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Duc des Francs25 JUL 936 with note: voir sa fiche sur: https://www.wikiwand.com/fr/Hugues_le_Grand_(Robertien)
  
• FSID: LCRR-KM2
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Hugh the Great (c. 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. He was born in Paris, Île-de-France, France. His eldest son was Hugh Capet who became King of France in 987. His family is known as the Robertians.
  
  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. 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. Charles sought help in regaining his crown from his cousin Herbert II, Count of Vermandois, who instead of helping the king imprisoned him. 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. From then on Herbert II of Vermandois struggled with King Rudolph and his vassal Hugh the Great. Finally Rudolph and Herbert II came to an agreement in 935.
  
  At the death of Rudolph 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. He took a very active part in bringing Louis IV (d'Outremer) from the Kingdom of England in 936. In 937 Hugh married Hedwige of Saxony, a daughter of Henry the Fowler of Germany and Matilda, and soon quarrelled with Louis.
  
  In 938 King Louis IV began attacking fortresses and lands formerly held by members of his family, some held by Herbert II of Vermandois. In 939 king Louis attacked Hugh the Great and William I, Duke of Normandy, after which a truce was concluded, lasting until June. 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.
  
  When Louis fell into the hands of the Normans in 945, he was handed over to Hugh in exchange for their young duke Richard. Hugh released Louis IV in 946 on condition that he should surrender the fortress of Laon. 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. Hugh's response was to attack Soissons and Reims while the excommunication was repeated by a council at Trier. In 953 Hugh finally relented and made peace with Louis IV, the church and his brother-in-law Otto the Great.
  
  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. In recognition of this service Hugh was invested by the new king with the duchies of Burgundy and Aquitaine. In the same year, however, Giselbert, duke of Burgundy, acknowledged himself his vassal and betrothed his daughter to Hugh's son Otto-Henry. At Giselbert's death (8 April 956) Hugh became effective master of the duchy, but on 16 June Hugh died in Dourdan.
  
  Hugues le Grand meurt le « XVI des calendes de juillet 956 », c'est-à-dire le 16 juin 956, au château de Dourdan. Sa sépulture se trouve dans la basilique Saint-Denis, nécropole des rois de France.
  
  Hugh married first, in 922, Judith, daughter of Roger, Count of Maine, and his wife Rothilde, a daughter of Emperor Charles the Bald. She died childless in 925.
  
  Hugh's second wife was Eadhild, daughter of Edward the Elder, king of the Anglo-Saxons, and sister of King Æthelstan. They married in 926 and she died in 938, childless.
  
  Hugh's third wife was Hedwig of Saxony, daughter of Henry the Fowler and Matilda. Children:
  1 Beatrice married Frederick I, Duke of Upper Lorraine.
  2 Hugh Capet (c. 939–997)
  3 Emma (c. 943 – aft. 968).
  5 Otto, Duke of Burgundy, a minor in 956.
  6 Odo-Henry (Henry I, Duke of Burgundy) (946–1002)
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_the_Great
  https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugues_le_Grand_(Robertien)
  
  Hugues le Grand (Robertien) (0898-0956)
  Hugues le Grand (né vers 898, mort le 16 juin 956 à Dourdan), comte de Paris, marquis de Neustrie de 923 à 956, puis duc des Francs à partir de 936, comte d'Auxerre de 954 à sa mort, il est le père d'
  
  Hugues le Grand (Robertien) (0898-0956)
  Hugues le Grand (né vers 898, mort le 16 juin 956 à Dourdan), comte de Paris, marquis de Neustrie de 923 à 956, puis duc des Francs à partir de 936, comte d'Auxerre de 954 à sa mort, il est le père d'
  
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  Hugues of Neustria, Comte de Paris was born circa 895. He was the son of Robert I, Roi des Franc
  
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  Hugh the Great (c. 898 – 16 June 956) was the Duke of the Franks and Count of Paris.
  
  Biography
  
  He was the son of King Robert I of France and Béatrice of Vermandois, daughter of Herbert I, Count of V
  
  BIO
  BIO: from http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/CAPET.htm#HuguesCapetdied996A as of 1/19/2016
  
  HUGUES “le Grand”, son of ROBERT I King of France & his second wife Beatrix de Vermandois [Carolingian] ([898]
  
  Hugh the Great (Wikipedia)
  Hugh the Great
  Duke of the Franks, Count of Paris and ancestor of the Capetian dynasty
  
  Hugh the Great (c. 898[1] – 16 June 956) was the Duke of the Franks and Count of Paris.
  
  Born: c. 898, Paris
  Die
  
  Biography
  He was the son of King Robert I of France and Béatrice of Vermandois, daughter of Herbert I, Count of Vermandois.[2] He was born in Paris, Île-de-France, France. His eldest son was Hugh Capet who beca
  
  Family
  Hugh married first, in 922, Judith, daughter of Roger, Count of Maine, and his wife Rothilde, a daughter of Emperor Charles the Bald.[2] She died childless in 925.[2]
  
  Hugh's second wife was Eadhild,
  
  === He was a French duke and son of King Rob ===
  He was a French duke and son of King Robert I. He waived succession in favor of Raoul, who ruled 923 - 936. He placed Louis IV on the French throne in 936 but later quarreled with him. He virtually ruled France after 954 until his death.
  
  === !Hugh Magnus was Count of Paris, Orleans ===
  !Hugh Magnus was Count of Paris, Orleans, Vexin and Le Mans, Duke of France.
  
  === !"Our Plafs Roots Are True" A Genealogy ===
  !"Our Plafs Roots Are True" A Genealogy of Kochert and Nieb Families, by Ethel Clift Philips, Published 1983. The information in the book is derived from church records of Rumbach and Family records. !Source is from "Neuhart Nobility", by Dennis Allen Kastens -1997 page 208. !Source Dictionary of Royal Linage, by C.M.Allstrom, 1904 and Encylcopeaedia Britannica,15th Edition 1974. 1. He was King of Burgundy.
  
  === Hugh was married to Edhilda and Hadwig. ===
  Hugh was married to Edhilda and Hadwig. It is unknown which wife bore which children
  
  === Ruled as duke over a large area of the l ===
  Ruled as duke over a large area of the lle-de-France and Loire Valley.
  
  === https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugues_le_ ===
  https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugues_le_Grand_(duc_des_Francs)
  
  Hughes the Great1 (born around 898, died on June 16, 956 in Dourdan), Earl of Paris, Marquess of Neustrie from 923 to 956, then Duke of The Franks from 936, Earl of Auxerre from 954 until his death, is the son of King Robert I and the father ofHugh Capet.
  
  Son of Robert I,King of Western Francia,and Beatrice of Vermandois,descended to the 6th degree by his mother of Charlemagne,Hugues the Great, sometimes called "Hugues the White" because of his pale complexion, was a powerful figure of the kingdom of Western Francia at the origin of the establishment of the Capetiandynasty.
  
  After the death without descent, in January 936, of his brother-in-law King Raoul,Hughes the Great chose not to run for the crown of Western Francia, which was nevertheless within his reach, to the extent that he had, in Neustria and even in Francia, "a power that prevailed over any other great"2. But Hughes preferred to recall to the throne the young son of Charles III the Simple, Louis IV of Overseas,who had followed his mother during his exile in England. He hoped to govern in the place of his nephew by marriage (he had married in 926 the sister ofEdwige of Wessex,the mother of Louis IV), now his obligated, and to have a much greater power, asregent, than if he had obtained a promotion that would not have been without worrying the other greats of the kingdom. Moreover, it allowed him to counter the ambitions of his uncle, Herbert II of Vermandois,in the struggle for hegemony in West Francia. On Sunday, June 19, 936,Louis IV was crowned and crowned king by Artaud,thearchbishop of Reims. The coronation ceremony took place in theabbey church of St. Vincent de Laon,his hometown and stronghold of his Carolingianfamily.
  
  A month later, on July 25, 936, Louis IV gave Hughes the means to manifest in the kingdom his pre-eminence over the other princes, granting him the title of dux Francorum, Duke of Franks. The meaning of this title was clarified on December 26 of the same year by a document in which Louis IV pointed out that it made Hugh "in all our regna,the second after us"2, likened to a "viceroy" of position equivalent to the mayor of the Palace under the last Merovingians3. The diplomas of July, by claiming that he was the lay abbot of Saint-Germain d'Auxerre and master ofAutun,two fundamental elements of the Burgundy principality,had already accentuated his power by challenging the legitimacy ofHugh the Black to proclaim himself prince of a Burgundy that he thought he had inherited from his brother King Raoul2.
  
  However, the preponderance of Hugh the Great eventually infuriated the young king who, seeking to emancipate himself, took up arms to fight him. Hugues then allied himself with Herbert de Vermandois and Guillaume Longue-Épée, Duke of Normandy3. In 940,Louis IV was beaten near Reims and then, in 945,captured by the Normans and handed over to Hughes who entrusted him to Thibaud de Blois. Hughes released him under pressure from Roman Emperor OttoN I,but obtained the city of Laon in exchange.
  
  In 946he settled the succession of Herbert II of Vermandois between the children ofVermandois, his nephews, and thus weakened the power of the dynasty. [wished ref] At the synod ofIngelheim in 948, third in the series after those of Verdun and Mouzon, essentially aimed at settling the issue of the remonesomal seat, Louis IV managed to excommunicate Hugues the Great4,5,6
  
  Already having the suzeraineté over Burgundy that Louis IV had granted him in 9437, he obtained confirmation of his title of "Duke of the Franks"3 andAquitaine (of which he assumed the tutelage of 954 upon his death in 956)in exchange for his agreement, after the death of Louis IV in 954, to the rise of Lothaire to the throne of West Francia.
  
  Hughes the Great died on the "XVI of the calends of July 956", that is, on June 16, 956,at Dourdan Castle8. Its burial is in the Basilica of Saint-Denis, necropolis of the kings of France.
  
  Unions and posterity
  From his concubine Raingarde de Dijon, daughter of Raoul Count of Dijon and later wife of Ansoud 11st Le Riche known as "Ansoud L'Auxerrois", Viscount of Auxerre9He had:
  
  Herbert or Héribert (†996) who was bishop of Auxerre.
  He married a daughter of Roger of Maine around 914,then around 926 to Eadhild of Wessex (or Edith), daughter ofEdward the Elder,and finally to Hedwige of Saxony (922-965,daughter ofHenry I the Birder) around 937,of which he had:
  
  Beatrice, marriedto Frederick I, Earl of Bar and Duke of Haute-Lotharingie ;
  Hugh Capet,King of the Franks in 987,and posterity ;
  Emma, marriedto Richard I, Duke of Normandy,and posterity;
  Otton, Duke of Burgundy;
  Eudes-Henri, Duke of Burgundy. He leaves a posterity with at least one illegitimate child (Eudes de Beaune († after August 25, 1005), Viscount de Beaune), probably two illegitimate children (Henri de Vergy? († 1023), Robertian lineage (?) of Vergy's family); and adopts Othon-Guillaume future Earl of Burgundy, son of his first wife andAldebert ex-king of Italy, the first husband of the latter10.
  
  === Hugh the Great ===
  Hugh the Great
  From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
  
  For other people named "Hugh the Great", see Hugh the Great (disambiguation)
  Hugh, The Great (d. 956), was duke of the Franks and count of Paris, son of King Robert I of France and nephew of King Odo. His eldest son was Hugh Capet who became King of France in 987.
  
  Hugh's first wife was Eadhild, a sister of the English king, Athelstan. At the death of Rudolph, duke of Burgundy, in 936, Hugh was in possession of nearly all the region between the Loire and the Seine, corresponding to the ancient Neustria, with the exception of the territory ceded to the Normans in 911. He took a very active part in bringing Louis IV (d'Outremer) from England in 936, but in the same year Hugh married Hedwige, (who was daughter of King Henry I of Germany and sister of the emperor Otto the Great) and soon quarrelled with Louis.
  
  Hugh even paid homage to Otto, and supported him in his struggle against Louis. When Louis fell into the hands of the Normans in 945, he was handed over to Hugh, who released him in 946 only on condition that he should surrender the fortress of Laon. At the council of Ingelheim (948) Hugh was condemned, under pain of excommunication, to make reparation to Louis. It was not, however, until 950 that the powerful vassal became reconciled with his suzerain and restored Laon. But new difficulties arose, and peace was not finally concluded until 953.
  
  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. In recognition of this service Hugh was invested by the new king with the duchies of Burgundy (his suzerainty over which had already been nominally recognized by Louis IV) and Aquitaine. But his expedition in 955 to take possession of Aquitaine was unsuccessful. In the same year, however, Giselbert, duke of Burgundy, acknowledged himself his vassal and betrothed his daughter to Hugh's son Otto. At Giselbert's death (April 8, 956) Hugh became effective master of the duchy, but died soon afterwards, on the 16th or 17th of June 956.
  
  In the Divine Comedy Dante meets the soul of Duke Hugh in Purgatory, lamenting the avarice of his descendants.
  
  This article incorporates text from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, which is in the public domain.
  
  === d. 956, French duke; son of King Robert ===
  d. 956, French duke; son of King Robert I and father of Hugh Capet. Excluded from the succession on his father's death by his brother-in-law Raoul, he supported the candidacy of Louis IV, the Carolingian heir, after Raoul's death (936). Hugh hoped to rule through this weak king who had been raised in England. Louis IV attempted to increase his strength, however, and his reign was marked by warfare between king and vassal, in which Hugh, excommunicated (948) at the insistence of Louis, was forced to submit (950). Although Hugh never held the title of king, his vast possessions made him the virtual ruler of France.
  
  === Hugh was too young to rule when his fath ===
  Hugh was too young to rule when his father Robert was killed in 923. Rudulf Duke of Burgundy, helped to place Robert King of Normandy. Hugh declined the throne and became the power behind the throne until his death. His title was Duke of the French. He was in charge of all Governmental functions, territorial sovereignty and he held the Nothern Barens under his power. He served with three kings until his death. Hugh Cabet then assumed his duties until his election as King. The emergence of the new house of Cabet was the triumph of a family already distinguished over a decadent rival.
  
  === Hugh the Great was Count of Paris/Duke ===
  Hugh the Great was Count of Paris/Duke of France during the reign of several of the Carolingian kings of France. His son, Hugh Capet, started the French Capetian dynasty. [Internet source: http://www.ghg.net/shetler/oldimp/513.html]
  
  === Article Wikipedia Hugues le Grand, né en ===
  Article Wikipedia
  Hugues le Grand, né en 897 à Fontaines-en-Sologne, mort à Dourdan en 956, comte de Paris, marquis de Neustrie de 923 à 956, puis duc des Francs, comte d'Auxerre de 954 à sa mort.
  
  Il est le fils de Robert Ier, roi de France, et de Béatrice de Vermandois.
  
  On l'appelait aussi parfois :
  
  * Hugues le Blanc à cause de son teint pâle
  * Hugues l'Abbé à cause de ses nombreux monastères ( Saint-Denis, Saint-Martin de Tours, Saint-Germain-des Prés) dont il était l'abbé laïque.
  
  Après la mort sans descendance du roi Raoul, Hugues le Grand rappelle sur le trône le fils de Charles III le Simple, Louis IV d'Outremer qui avait suivi sa mère lors de son exil Angleterre. Croyant pouvoir gouverner à la place de Louis IV, il le fait élire roi afin de contrer les ambitions de Herbert II de Vermandois dans laccession au trône de Francie Occidentale. Le dimanche 19 juin 936, il est couronné et sacré roi par larchevêque de Reims Artaud. La cérémonie du sacre a lieu dans léglise abbatiale de Saint-Vincent de Laon, sa ville natale et fief de sa famille carolingienne.
  
  Le 26 juillet 936, Louis IV lui donne le titre de dux francorum duc des Francs. Cependant la personnalité d'Hugues le Grand finit par exaspérer le jeune roi qui, cherchant à s'émanciper, va prendre les armes pour le combattre. Hugues s'allie alors avec Herbert de Vermandois et Guillaume Longue-Épée, duc de Normandie. En 940 Louis IV est battu près de Reims puis capturé par les Normands et remis à Hugues en 945, qui le confie à Thibaud de Blois. Hugues libère sous la pression de l'empereur, mais obtient la ville de Laon en échange.
  En 946, il règle la succession d'Herbert de Vermandois entre les enfants de celui-ci, qui sont ses neveux, et affaiblit ainsi la puissance de la dynastie. Ayant déjà la suzeraineté sur la Bourgogne depuis novembre 942, il obtient en échange de sa non-opposition à la montée de Lothaire sur le trône de France, celle de l'Aquitaine dont il en assure la tutelle de 954 à sa mort en 956. Lors du synode d'Ingelheim, Louis IV fait excommunier Hugues le Grand en 948.
  
  Il eut Raingarde pour maîtresse, dont il eut Herbert (mort en 996). Il se maria à une fille de Roger du Maine vers 914, puis à Eadhilda de Wessex vers 926 (ou Édith, fille d'Édouard l'Ancien, et enfin à Hedwige de Saxe (922-965, fille d'Henri Ier l'Oiseleur) vers 937, dont il eut :
  
  * Béatrice, mariée à Frédéric Ier, comte de Bar et duc de Haute-Lotharingie
  * Hugues Capet, roi de France en 987
  * Emma, mariée à Richard Ier, duc de Normandie
  * Otton et Eudes-Henri, ducs de Bourgogne.
  
  Il est souvent surnommé le faiseur de rois et est souvent considéré comme le véritable fondateur de la dynastie Capétienne.
  
  duc des Francs
  
  === r.Hugh Magnus, b. ca. 895, d. Deurdan 16 ===
  r.Hugh Magnus, b. ca. 895, d. Deurdan 16 Jun, 956, bur. St. Denis, Count of Paris, Orleans, Vexin and Le Mans, Duke of France, m. (3) at Mainz oder Ingelheim 938 Hedwig (141-19), d. aft. 965, dau of Henry I (141- 18), the Fowler, King of the Saxons.[Weis "60 Colonists", line 53-19.] r.HUGH MAGNUS, Count of Paris, d. in June 956; m. (third) Hedwig, Princess of Germany, dau. of Henry I, the Fowler, Emperor of Germany. ["Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants" Vol. III by Buckand Beard, p. 34.] b.Hugh Magnus, was Count of Paris, Orleans, Vexin and Le Mans, and Duke of France.
  
  === He waved his pretensions to the throne a ===
  He waved his pretensions to the throne and devoted himself to the rule of his own extensive territories. Hugh was the greatest power in the kingdom and he preferred to exercise this power by having his cousin Louis IV appointed king. The reign of Louis IV was marked by war between king and vassal, in which Hugh, excommunicatied at the instance of Louis was forced to make submission in 950. From 954 until his death he virtually ruled France.

• m. 14 SEP 937

1. Hugues Capet Roi des Francs, b. 941 in Paris, France     d. 24 OCT 996 in Paris, France
2. Béatrix de France, b. 938 in Champagne, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France     d. 23 SEP 1003 in Paris, Île-de-France, France

• m. 922

• m. ABT 926 in Paris, France

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