Editing Hugh Capet (section)

==Descent and inheritance==
Hugh was the son of [[Hugh the Great]], [[Duke of the Franks]], and [[Hedwige of Saxony]], daughter of the [[King of Germany|German king]] [[Henry the Fowler]].{{sfn|Bernhardt|1993|loc=Genealogical table 1}} His birth date is not given by any source, but modern scholars often date his birth to circa 941.<ref>''[[iarchive:kingsoffrancethe00unse/page/1/mode/1up|The Kings of France, their wives and mistresses]]'': "941" </ref> The son of Hugues Le Grand, duke of Francia, Hugh Capet is traditionally considered the founder of the third dynasty of French Kings, the Capetians".<ref name="ESII-10.11">Detlev Schwennicke, ''Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten'', Neue Folge, Band II (Marburg, Germany: J. A. Stargardt, 1984), Tafeln 10, 11</ref> He was born into a well-connected and powerful family with many ties to the royal houses of France and Germany.{{efn|For a fuller explanation of the descent and relationships of Hugh, see the genealogical tables in {{Harvnb|Riché|1993|pp=367–375}}.}}

Through his mother, Hugh was the nephew of [[Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor]]; [[Henry I, Duke of Bavaria]]; [[Bruno the Great]], Archbishop of Cologne; and finally, [[Gerberga of Saxony]], Queen of France. Gerberga was the wife of [[Louis IV of France|Louis IV, King of France]] and mother of [[Lothair of France]] and [[Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine]].

His paternal family, the [[Robertians]], were powerful landowners in the [[Île-de-France]].<ref name="CKOF69">{{Cite book |last=Bradbury |author-link=Jim Bradbury |first=Jim |title=The Capetians: Kings of France, 987–1328 |date=2007 |publisher=Hambledon Continuum |location=London |page=69}}</ref> His grandfather had been [[Robert I of France|King Robert I]].<ref name="CKOF69" /> [[Odo, Count of Paris|King Odo]] was his granduncle and [[Emma of France]], the wife of [[Rudolph of France|King Rudolph]], was his aunt.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Riché |first=Pierre |title=The Carolingians; A Family Who Forged Europe |date=1993 |publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press |page=371 |translator-last=Allen |translator-first=Michael Idomir |author-link=Pierre Riché}}</ref> Hugh's paternal grandmother [[Beatrice of Vermandois]] was a patrilineal descendant of Charlemagne.<ref name="ESII-10.11" />{{Sfn|Riché|1993|pp=371, 375}}