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Hugh the Great, d. 956, French duke; son of King Robert I Robert I, c.865–923, French king (922–23), son of Count Robert the Strong and younger brother of King Eudes. He inherited from Eudes the territory between the Seine and the Loire rivers.
..... Click the link for more information. and father of Hugh Capet Hugh Capet , c.938–996, king of France (987–96), first of the Capetians. He was the son of Hugh the Great, to whose vast territories he succeeded in 956.
..... Click the link for more information. . Excluded from the succession on his father's death by his brother-in-law Raoul Raoul , d. 936, duke of Burgundy, king of France (923–36). Elected king to succeed his father-in-law, Robert I, Raoul fought the Normans and the Hungarians, who repeatedly invaded France.
..... Click the link for more information. , he supported the candidacy of Louis IV Louis IV or Louis d'Outremer [Fr.,=Louis from overseas], 921–54, French king (936–54), son of King Charles III (Charles the Simple).
..... Click the link for more information. , 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.

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