House of Capet
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11 dated entries naming House of Capet, drawn from 11 separate years between 960 CE and 1322 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.
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10th century
- 960Richard I (the Fearless), duke of Normandy, marries Emma of Paris. She is the daughter of Hugh the Great, former Duke of the Franks. The union gives him a permanent status to the House of Capet.source
- 1000In the Kingdom of France, Robert II, the son of Hugh Capet, was the first King of the Capetian royal dynasty.source
11th century
- 1060August 4 – King Henry I of France (of the House of Capet) dies after a 29-year reign in Vitry-aux-Loges. He is succeeded by his 8-year-old son Philip I ("the Amorous") as king of France. Philip is too young to rule, and his mother, Queen Anne of Kiev becomes regent. France is administered by Count Baldwin V (one of Philip's uncles) who acts as co-regent.source
12th century
13th century
14th century
- 1303Marie of Évreux, French noblewoman (House of Capet) (d. 1335)source
- 1310Margaret I, French noblewoman (House of Capet) (d. 1382)source
- 1313Blanche of France, French princess (House of Capet) (d. 1358)source
- 1314November 29 – Philip IV the Fair, King of France from the House of Capet, in a hunting accident (b. 1268)source
- 1322January 3 – Charles IV the Fair, the last member of the House of Capet and younger brother of King Philip V, becomes the new King of France upon Philip's death at Longchamp Abbey, near Paris. After Charles assumes the throne, he refuses to release his wife Blanche of Burgundy, who is imprisoned for adultery with a Norman knight, from prison, and asks that the marriage be annulled.source