The title Duke (and Prince) of the Franks has been used for three different offices, always with "duke" implying military command and "prince" implying ...
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Hugh the Great ( c. 898 – 16 June 956) was the duke of the Franks and count of Paris. He was the most powerful magnate in France.
1839 sculpture of Charles by Jean Baptiste Joseph De Bay père, located in the Palace of Versailles. Duke and Prince of the Franks. Reign, 718 – 22 October 741.
Hugh Capet was the King of the Franks from 987 to 996. He is the founder of and first king from the House of Capet. The son of the powerful duke Hugh the ...
The Franks were a western European people during the Roman Empire and Early Middle Ages. They began as a Germanic people who lived near the Lower Rhine, ...
Hugh the Great or Hugues le Grand (895–16 June 956) was duke of the Franks and count of Paris. Hugh the Great. Hugh as depicted in a 14th century family ...
The Franks, Germanic-speaking peoples that invaded the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century, were first led by individuals called dukes and reguli.
Duke of the Franks and Count of Paris (c. 898–956)
Once he took the throne, Louis wanted to free himself from the tutelage of Hugh the Great, who, with his title of duke of the Franks was the second most ...
Hugh the Great (died June 16/17, 956) was the duke of the Franks, count of Paris, and progenitor of the Capetian kings of France. He was the most powerful ...