Editing Capetian dynasty (section)

== Name origins and usage ==
The name of the dynasty derives from its founder, [[Hugh Capet of France|Hugh]], who was known as "Hugh Capet".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bradbury |first=Jim |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hG6vAwAAQBAJ&dq=Capetian+derives+from+its+founder%2C+Hugh%2C+who+was+known+as+%22Hugh+Capet%22&pg=PA69 |title=The Capetians: Kings of France 987–1328 |date=2007 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |isbn=978-0-8264-2491-4 |language=en}}</ref> The meaning of "Capet" (a nickname rather than a surname of the modern sort) is unknown. While folk etymology identifies it with "cape", other suggestions indicate it might be connected to the Latin word ''caput'' ("head"), and explain it as meaning "chief" or "head".{{citation needed|date=February 2008}}

Historians in the 19th century (see [[House of France]]) came to apply the name "Capetian" to both the ruling house of France and to the wider-spread male-line descendants of Hugh Capet. It was not a contemporary practice. The name "Capet" has also been used as a surname for French royalty, particularly but not exclusively those of the [[House of Capet]]. One notable use was during the French Revolution, when the dethroned [[King Louis XVI]] (a member of the [[House of Bourbon]] and a direct male-line descendant of Hugh Capet) and [[Marie Antoinette of Austria|Queen Marie Antoinette]] (a member of the [[House of Lorraine|House of Habsburg-Lorraine]]) were referred to as "Louis and Antoinette Capet" (the queen being addressed as "the Widow Capet" after the execution of her husband).