Capet

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Capet is the dynastic surname of the medieval French royal house that began with Hugh Capet and ruled France for centuries.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Capet canonical 8

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dynastic surname ⓘ
royal house name ⓘ
associatedTitle King of France ⓘ
King of the Franks ⓘ
associatedWith French monarchy ⓘ
medieval France ⓘ
broaderTerm European royal dynastic surnames ⓘ
coreTerritory Île-de-France ⓘ
country France ⓘ
dynastyBeganWith Hugh Capet’s accession to the French throne ⓘ
endOfDirectLine 1328 ⓘ
endOfDirectLineRuler Charles IV of France ⓘ
firstBearer Hugh Capet ⓘ
hasBranch House of Bourbon ⓘ
House of Valois ⓘ
hasCadetBranch Capetian House of Anjou ⓘ
linked to: House of Anjou

Capetian House of Burgundy ⓘ
historicalRole consolidation of royal authority in France ⓘ
historicalSignificance foundation of long-lasting French royal dynasty ⓘ
inception 987 ⓘ
languageOfOrigin Old French ⓘ
namedAfter Hugh Capet ⓘ
notableMember Hugh Capet ⓘ
Louis IX of France ⓘ
Louis VI of France ⓘ
Louis VII of France ⓘ
Louis VIII of France ⓘ
Philip I of France ⓘ
Philip II of France ⓘ
Philip III of France ⓘ
Philip IV of France ⓘ
Robert II of France ⓘ
partOf Capetian dynasty ⓘ
politicalSystem feudal monarchy ⓘ
region Western Europe ⓘ
religiousContext Roman Catholic monarchy ⓘ
ruledEntity Kingdom of France ⓘ
startOfDynasty Hugh Capet ⓘ
successorDynasticName Bourbon ⓘ
Valois ⓘ
timePeriod High Middle Ages ⓘ
Late Middle Ages ⓘ
late 10th century ⓘ
usedBy Capetian dynasty ⓘ
House of Capet ⓘ
linked to: Capetian dynasty
usedFor direct Capetian line ⓘ
medieval French kings ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hugh Capet → familyName → Capet ⓘ
Philip of France (son of Philip II and Agnes) → house → Capet ⓘ