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From: john cambey dyck <>
Subject: Re: Robert 'the Devil'
Date: Wed, 1 Nov 1995 17:23:33 GMT
In-Reply-To: <4757gl$h24@nms.telepost.no>


On Tue, 31 Oct 1995, Tom Bjornstad wrote:

<snip...>
>
> No way..., Hugues (Hugo) Capet (Kapi) died in 996, as did Richard I, and was
> born ca. 940, he was a kind of Lord in 'Ile de France' which also in 987 made
> him succeed to the throne as a King of France. His direct descendants died
all
> out as a line in 1328, however some sidelines moved on until 1848. According
^^^^^^^^^^
Um, unless I miss my guess completely, the current King of Spain, Count
Henry of Paris and the Duke of Braganza are all descendents of Huges
Capet. I think they would be rather surprised to discover that their
lines died out in the 19th century.

> to R. Fawtier: The Capetian Kings of France (1968).
>
> Regards...
> Tom Bjornstad <>
>

Regards,
Cam Dyck

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