19th Generation

Family of Duke Hugh of France (463) & Hedwig of Saxony (481)

574. King Hugh Capet of France. Born ca 941. Hugh Capet died on 24 Oct 996 in Les Juifs, near Chartres. Buried in St. Denis, Paris.

Hugh, Count of Paris (956-996), Duke of France (956-987), and King of France (987-996), first of the Capetian kings of France.

ca 965/970 Hugh Capet first married Adelaide d’ Aquitaine (681) , daughter of Duc Guillaume III d’ Aquitaine (628) (ca 915/920-3 Apr 963) & Gerloc of Normandy (535) (ca 917-abt 14 Jan 962). Born ca 945/950 in Poitiers. Adelaide died on 15 Jun 1004.

Alice, also spelled Adela, or Adelaide, of Aquitaine or of Poitou.

Their children include:

725	i.	Gisele of France (ca 0965/970-ca 1000)
726	ii.	Hedwig of France (ca 969-aft 1013)
727	iii.	King Robert II of France (27 Mar 972-20 Jul 1031)
728	iv.	Adelaide of France (ca 973-)

Child:

729

Archbishop Gauzlin de Bourges (-1030)

575. Duke Eudes of Lower Burgundy. Born ca 944. Eudes died in 965.

Eudes, duke of Lower Burgundy (956-965).

In 955 Eudes married Luitgard de Vergy, daughter of Comte Gilbert d’ Autun & Ermengarde of Lower Burgundy.

576. Duke Henri of Lower Burgundy. Born ca 946. Henri died on 15 Oct 1002 in Château Pouilly-sur-Saône. Buried in St-Germain-d’Auxerre.

Henri, count of Nevers, duke of Lower Burgundy (965-1002).

Henri first married Gerberga de Mâcon, daughter of Othon de Mâcon. Gerberga died ca 986/991.

bef jun 992 Henri second married Gersende de Gascogne, daughter of Duke William de Gascogne. They were divorced in 996.

577. Beatrice of France. Born ca 939. Beatrice died on 23 Aug 987.

Beatrice, also spelled Beatrix.

ca 955 Beatrice married Duke Friedrich I of Upper Lorraine (707) , son of Count Wigeric of Aachen (ca 886-ca 920/930) & Cunigunde of France (567) (ca 890-aft 923). Born ca 912. Friedrich I died on 18 May 978.

Frederick, Count of Bar, Duke of Upper Lorrraine (959-978).

Their children include:

730	i.	[____] of Upper Lorraine
731	ii.	Henry of Lorraine (-bef 978)
732	iii.	Adalbero of Lorraine (-1004)
733	iv.	Duke Thierry I of Upper Lorriane (ca 965-ca 1027/1033)
734	v.	Ida of Lorraine (ca 970-1026)

578. Emma of France. Born ca 943. Emma died aft 19 Mar 968.

Emma married Duke Richard I of Normandy (679) , son of Duke William I of Normandy (534) (ca 893/900-17 Dec 942) & Sprota de Bretagne (ca 911-ca 939). Born on 28 Aug 933 in Fecamp, Normandy. Richard I died in Fecamp, Normandy, on 20 Nov 996; he was 63.

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