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Hugh Capet Biography

Hugh Capet (c.939-996) King of France from 987 to 996. He became the founder of the Capetian dynasty.

John Clark Ridpath, Ridpath's History of the World, Vol. II (New York: Merrill & Baker, 1897) 599. (Election of Hugh Capet, drawn by A. de Neuville.)

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