ROBBINS-AGNEW:Information about Hugues of Neustria, Comte de Paris
Hugues of Neustria, Comte de Paris (b. 895, d. 09 Jun 956)
Notes for Hugues of Neustria, Comte de Paris:Hugh, The Great (d. 956), was duke of the Franks and count of Paris, son of King Robert I of France and nephew of King Odo. His eldest son was Hugh Capet who became King of France in 987.
Hugh's first wife was Eadhild, daughter of Edward the Elder, king of England, and sister of King Athelstan. At the death of Rudolph, duke of Burgundy, in 936, Hugh was in possession of nearly all the region between the Loire and the Seine, corresponding to the ancient Neustria, with the exception of the territory ceded to the Normans in 911. He took a very active part in bringing Louis IV (d'Outremer) from the Kingdom of England in 936, but in the same year Hugh married Hedwige of Saxony, a daughter of Henry the Fowler of Germany and Matilda of Ringelheim, and soon quarrelled with Louis.
Children of Hugues of Neustria, Comte de Paris are:
- Hugues de Paris, Roi de France, b. 938, d. 24 Oct 996, Saint-Denis, Ile de France, France..
- Beatrice, b. 939.