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unusual facts about Hugh Capet



Pope John XV

Hugh Capet, king of France, made Arnulf archbishop of Reims in 988, even though Arnulf was the nephew of the King's bitter rival, Charles of Lorraine.


see also

Capetian

The Capetian dynasty, a term applied to all direct (male-line) descendants of Hugh Capet

Pope John XV

The Pope then sent a legate with instructions to call a council of French and German bishops at Mousson, where only the German bishops appeared, the French being stopped on the way by Hugh Capet and his son Robert.