What is Hugh Capet of France?
{{infobox royalty| |name=Hugh Capet|image=[[Image:King Hugh Capet.jpg|200px|{{center|An artist's [[:en:wikt:depiction|depiction]] of Hugh Capet}}]]|caption=An artist's [[:en:wikt:depiction|depiction]] of Hugh Capet|succession=[[List of French monarchs#Direct Capetians (987–1328)|King of the Franks]]|reign=1 June 987 – 24 October 996|predecessor=[[Louis V of France|Louis V]]|successor=[[Robert II of France|Robert II]]|coronation=1 June 987, [[Noyon]]<br>3 July 987, [[Paris]]|birth_date={{circa|941}}|birth_place=[[Paris]], [[West Francia]]|death_date=24 October 996 (aged 55)|death_place=[[Paris]], [[Kingdom of France|France]] |issue=[[Hedwig of France, Countess of Mons|Hedwig, Countess of Mons]]<br>[[Gisèle of France, Countess of Ponthieu|Gisèle, Countess of Ponthieu]]<br>[[Robert II of France|Robert II, King of the Franks]]|house=[[Robertians|Robertian dynasty]]<br>[[House of Capet|Capet]] (founder)|father=[[Hugh the Great]]|mother=[[Hedwig of Saxony|Hedwige Liudolfing]] |burial_place=[[Saint Denis Basilica]], [[Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis|Saint-Denis]], France|signature=Signature_Hugues_Capet_Archives_Nationales_AE-II-84.jpg}} '''Hugh Capet''' ([[French language|French]]: ''Hugues Capet'') (c. 941 – 24 October 996) was [[List of French monarchs|King of the Franks]] from [[987]] until his death in 996. The [[Capetian dynasty]] he started ruled France in an unbroken line for 300 years. ==Early career== Hugh was born in the winter of 941 and was the son of [[Hugh the Great]] and [[Hedwige of Saxony]].<ref name=ESII10.11>Detlev Schwennicke, ''Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten'', Neue Folge, Band II (Marburg, Germany: J. A. Stargardt, 1984), Tafeln 10, 11</ref> His grandfather was [[Robert I of France|King Robert I]].<ref>Jim Bradbury, ''The Capetians: Kings of France, 987-1328'', (London: Hambledon Continuum, 2007), p. 69</ref> His grandmother was Beatrice of Vermandois. She was a [[Carolingian]]; a daughter of [[Herbert I of Vermandois]].<ref name=ESII10.11/> By this