{"slug": "hugh-capet", "label": "Hugh Capet", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Capet", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q159575", "qid": "Q159575", "description": "King of the Franks", "entries": 13, "years": 12, "span": [898, 1027], "span_label": ["898 CE", "1027 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Deaths", "count": 5}, {"title": "Births", "count": 3}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 2}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 2}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "lothair-of-france", "label": "Lothair of France", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-france", "label": "Kingdom of France", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "robert-ii-of-france", "label": "Robert II of France", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "paris", "label": "Paris", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "west-francia", "label": "West Francia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "hugh-the-great", "label": "Hugh the Great", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "reims", "label": "Reims", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "holy-roman-empire", "label": "Holy Roman Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "august", "label": "August", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "aachen", "label": "Aachen", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "duchy-of-lorraine", "label": "Duchy of Lorraine", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "louis-iv-of-france", "label": "Louis IV of France", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 898, "year_label": "898 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Hugh the Great, Father of Hugh Capet and progenitor of the Capetian Kings (approximate date) (d. 956)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1346095520#Births", "title": "898", "revid": 1346095520, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 941, "year_label": "941 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Hugh Capet, first of the Capetian Kings of France (d. 996)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341512041#Births", "title": "941", "revid": 1341512041, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 956, "year_label": "956 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "June 16", "text": "June 16 – Hugh the Great, count of Paris, dies at Dourdan. He is succeeded by his eldest son Hugh Capet, who is recognized as Duke of the Franks by his cousin Lothair III, king of the West Frankish Kingdom.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364917782#Europe", "title": "956", "revid": 1364917782, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 968, "year_label": "968 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Gisela of France, Countess of Ponthieu, French princess and daughter of Hugh Capet (d. 1002)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364919231#Births", "title": "968", "revid": 1364919231, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 977, "year_label": "977 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August", "text": "August – Otto II appoints his cousin Charles, illegitimate son of the late King Louis IV (d'Outremer), as duke of Lorraine. King Lothair III – who claims the duchy as his own territory – declares war to the Holy Roman Empire. He leads an expedition into Lorraine accompanied by Hugh Capet. Lothair crosses the Meuse River and takes Aachen, sacking the imperial palace.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341908323#Europe", "title": "977", "revid": 1341908323, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 987, "year_label": "987 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "July 3", "text": "July 3 – After the last Carolingian king of West Francia, Louis V, had died in May, Hugh Capet is crowned king at Noyon.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364468366#Europe", "title": "987", "revid": 1364468366, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 988, "year_label": "988 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "April 1", "text": "April 1 – 16-year old Robert II of France (\"Robert the Pious\") is married to the much older Rozala (the widow of Arnulf II). The marriage is arranged by Robert's father, King Hugh Capet, to secure the loyalty of the County of Flanders.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364920019#Europe", "title": "988", "revid": 1364920019, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 989, "year_label": "989 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Summer – Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine, captures the city of Reims by treachery of its new archbishop, Arnulf (the illegitimate son of the late King Lothair III). King Hugh I (Capet) demands that Pope John XV discipline Arnulf. But John XV, not wishing to defy Empress Theophanu, refuses.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1357624689#Europe", "title": "989", "revid": 1357624689, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 991, "year_label": "991 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "March 29", "text": "March 29: Bishop Adalberon imprisons the treasonous Duke Charles of Lorraine and his nephew Arnulf, the Archbishop of Reims. Adalberon delivers the two men to King Hugh Capet, who imprisons them and their family in Orléans. The cities of Reims and Laon are returned to Capet.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365261005#Events", "title": "991", "revid": 1365261005, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 996, "year_label": "996 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "October 24", "text": "October 24 – Hugh I Capet, king of France (b. 941)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365261051#Deaths", "title": "996", "revid": 1365261051, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 996, "year_label": "996 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "October 24", "text": "October 24 – King Hugh I Capet dies in Paris after a 9-year reign and is interred in the Basilica of St. Denis. He is succeeded by his 24-year-old son Robert II (the Pious) as king of France. Robert tries (during his reign) to increase his power, by pressing his claim of feudal lands that become vacant. This results in many territorial disputes.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365261051#Europe", "title": "996", "revid": 1365261051, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1000, "year_label": "1000 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "In the Kingdom of France, Robert II, the son of Hugh Capet, was the first King of the Capetian royal dynasty.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373370885#Christendom", "title": "AD 1000", "revid": 1373370885, "section": "Events › Christendom"}}, {"year": 1027, "year_label": "1027 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Aurelia of Regensburg, daughter of Hugh Capet and saint", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1342215196#Deaths", "title": "1027", "revid": 1342215196, "section": "Deaths"}}]}