Duke Hugh Paris FRANCE, I

   Other names for Hugh were PARIS Count, FRANCE Duke, "The Great", "Magnus" and Hughes.

   Ancestral File Number: 9G85-JJ. User ID: 2420447320.

   General Notes:

"Magnus", "The Great", Count of PARIS, Duke of FRANCE.

Not Married Concubine Raingarde France.

BOOKS
Barber Grandparents: 125 Kings, 143 Generations, Ted Butler Bernard and Gertrude Barber Bernard, 1978, McKinney TX, p83: "347Q Hugh Capet `The Great', Duke of the Franks and Count of Paris, (S of 333, F of 345 & 357); married first Eadhild, daughter ofEdward I, King of England, without issue; married second Hedwig, daughter of Henry the Fowler, Emperor of Germany."

Kings and Queens of Great Britain, Genealogical Chart, Anne Taute and Romilly Squire, Taute, 1990: "Edhild, Daughter of EdwardKing of England and Aelflaed,Mar Hugh The Great Count of Paris, Died 956."

The New Columbia Encyclopedia, 1975, p1284, Hugh Capet: "He was the son of Hugh the Great, to whose vast territories he succeeded in 956."
p1285, Hugh the Great: "Died956, 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."

The Story of Civilization, Will Durant, Vol IV, The Age of Faith, Bk IV, The Dark Ages, Ch XIX, The Decline ofthe West, Sec III, France, p475: "When the last Carolingian king Louis V died without issue (987), the nobles and prelates of France sought leadership in some other line than the Carolingian. They found it in the descendants of a marquess of Neustria significantly named Robert the Strong (Died 866)...A grandson, Hugh the Great (Died 956), had acquired by purchase or war almost all the region between Normandy, the Seine, and the Loire as his feudal realm, and had wielded more wealthand power than the kings..."

ANCESTRAL FILE
Ancestral File Ver 4.10 9G85-JJ Hughes Born Abt 900, Child Edith Born Abt ?867.

   Marriage Information:

Hugh married Judith before 13 Sep 910 in , , France. (Judith was born about 902 and died on 15 Oct 1001.)

   Marriage Information:

Hugh also married Duchess Edhild England FRANCE, daughter of King Edward Wessex ENGLAND, I and Queen Aelflaed Wessex ENGLAND, before 13 Sep 910-926. (Duchess Edhild England FRANCE was born about 908 in , Wessex, England and died on 14 Sep 937 in , , France.)

   Marriage Information:

Hugh also married Princess Hedwig Saxony GERMANY, daughter of King Henry GERMANY, I and Queen Saint Matilda Westphalia GERMANY, before 14 Sep 938 in Mainz Oder, Ingelheim, Rhineland, Germany. (Princess Hedwig Saxony GERMANY was born about 910-915 in , Saxony, Germany, died on 14 Mar 965 in Aix-La-Chapelle, , France and was buried on 1 May 965.)

   Marriage Information:

Hugh also married Concubine Raingarde France. (Concubine Raingarde France was born about 902 and died after 23 Aug 994 in Castle, Toucy, Auxerre, France.)

   Marriage Information:

Hugh also married Richelde. (Richelde was born about 902.)