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Source for: Hugh Magnus of France, 24 AUG 1007 - 17 SEP 1025
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Text: Hugh Magnus
King of France (more...)
Reign19 June 1017 – 17 September 1025
Coronation19 June 1017, church of St Corneille, Compiègne
SuccessorHenry I
HouseHouse of Capet
FatherRobert II
MotherConstance of Arles
Born1007
Died17 September 1025
Compiègne
BurialSt Corneille
Hugh Magnus (French: Hugues le Grand) (1007 – 17 September 1025) was co-King of France under his father, Robert II, from 1017 until his death in 1025. He was a member of the House of Capet, a son of Robert II by his third wife, Constance of Arles.
The first Capetian King of France, Hugh Capet, had ensured his family's succession to the throne by having his son, Robert II, crowned and accepted as King during his own lifetime; father and son had ruled together as King thenceforth until Hugh Capet's death. Robert II, when his son was old enough, determined to do the same. Hugh Magnus was thus crowned King of France on 9/19 June 1017,[1] and thenceforth ruled beside his father. However, when older, he rebelled against Robert.
Hugh died, perhaps of a fall from his horse,[2] at Compiègne in 1025/1026 while preparing a rebellion against his father, aged around 18 years old.[1]
Rodulfus Glaber was fulsome in his praise of the young king, writing: "My pen cannot express all of the great and good qualities that he showed...in all things he was better than the best. No elegy can ever equal his merits."
As a King of France, he would be numbered Hugh II; however, he is rarely referred to as such.
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^ a b Thys, Laurent, Histoire du Moyen Âge français, p. 88.
^ New Cambridge Medieval History, IV:124.
The Origins of Some Angelo-Norman Families by Lewis C. Loyd, Page 50.
The Doomesday Monachorum of Christ Church Canterbury, Page 55-6.
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Name source: S190Page: Hedwig (or Advisa) of France (c. 1003–1063) was the daughter of Robert
II of France and Constance of Arles. 2013-02-03
Text: Hedwig of France, Countess of Nevers
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Hedwig (or Advisa) of France (c. 1003–1063) was the daughter of Robert II of France and Constance of Arles. She married Renauld I, Count of Nevers 1000-1040 on 25 January 1016, they had the following children:
William I of Nevers (c. 1030-1083/1097)
Henry of Nevers (died 1067)
Guy of Nevers (died 1067)
Robert of Nevers Baron of Craon (c. 1035-1098)
Adelaide of Nevers
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(c. 945 or 952 – 1004)[1] was the daughter of William III, Duke of Aquitaine and Adele of Normandy, daughter of Rollo of Normandy. 2013-02-03
Text: Adelaide of Aquitaine
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Adelaide of Aquitaine
Queen consort of France
Tenure987–996
SpouseHugh Capet
Issue
Hedwig, Countess of Mons
Robert II of France
Gisèle, Countess of Ponthieu
HouseHouse of Capet
Poitiers
FatherWilliam III of Aquitaine
MotherAdele of Normandy
Bornc. 945/952
Died1004
Adbelahide or Adele or Adelaide of Aquitaine (or Adelaide of Poitiers) (c. 945 or 952 – 1004)[1] was the daughter of William III, Duke of Aquitaine and Adele of Normandy, daughter of Rollo of Normandy.
Her father used her as security for a truce with Hugh Capet, whom she married in 969.[2] In 987, after the death of Louis V, the last Carolingian king of France, Hugh was elected the new king with Adelaide as queen. They were proclaimed at Senlis and blessed at Noyon. They were the founders of the Capetian dynasty of France.
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Adeleide and Hugh's children were:
Hedwig, Countess of Mons (or Hadevide, or Avoise) (c. 969–after 1013), wife of Reginar IV, Count of Mons
Robert II (972–1031), the future king of France. Crowned co-king 987 in order to consolidate the new dynasty
Gisèle, Countess of Ponthieu (c. 970–1002), wife of Hugh I, Count of Ponthieu
A number of other daughters are less reliably attested.
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^ "Women's Biography: Adelaide of Aquitaine, queen of the Franks". Epistolae: Medieval Women's Latin Letters. Retrieved 7 December 2011.
^ "Adelaide of Aquitaine (wife of Hugh Capet, King of France)". RoyaList Online. Retrieved 7 December 2011.