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{{infobox person
{{infobox person
|name=Hugh Capet
|name=Hugh Capet
|birth_date=938/941
|birth_date=938
|birth_place=Paris
|birth_place=Paris
|death_date=24 October 996 (aged c. 54 - 58)
|death_date=October 14, 996 (aged 57/58)
|death_place=Paris
|death_place=Paris
|spouse=Adelaide of Aquitaine (m. 969)
|spouse=Adelaide of Aquitaine (m. 969)
'''Hugh Capet''' (c. 938/941 - 996) ruled 987–996, was the first of the Capetian kings of [[France]].
'''Hugh Capet''' (c. 938 - 996) ruled 987–996, was the first of the Capetian kings of [[France]].
He was the son of Hugh the Great (d. 956), count of Paris, he intrigued against the Carolingian king Lothair (r. 954-86) and on the death (987) of Lothair's son, Louis V, was elected king by the magnates. He then had to contend with Charles, duke of Lower Lorraine, the legitimate Carolingian claimant who had been passed over. Charles was finally imprisoned in 991. To ensure the succession, Hugh made his son Robert II (d. 1031) joint sovereign.
He was the son of Hugh the Great (d. 956), count of Paris, he intrigued against the Carolingian king Lothair (r. 954-86) and on the death (987) of Lothair's son, Louis V, was elected king by the magnates. He then had to contend with Charles, duke of Lower Lorraine, the legitimate Carolingian claimant who had been passed over. Charles was finally imprisoned in 991. To ensure the succession, Hugh made his son Robert II (d. 1031) joint sovereign.