| Thus the Capetian dynasty had its rise in the person of Hugh Capet. |
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| The name is derived from the nickname of Hugh, the first Capetian King, who was known as Hugh Capet. |
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| The Carolingian dynasty ruled France until 987, when Hugh Capet, Duke of France and Count of Paris, was crowned King of the Franks. |
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| The direct line of the House of Capet came to an end in 1328, when the three sons of Philip IV all failed to produce surviving male heirs to the French throne. |
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| In 987 his son Hugh Capet was elected king and the Capetian dynasty began. |
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| Lothar managed to increase his power, but this was reversed with the coming of age of Hugh Capet, who began forming new alliances of nobles and eventually was elected as king. |
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| To complicate matters, much of the Angevin empire was held by Henry only as a vassal of the King of France of the rival line of the House of Capet. |
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| With her death in 1392, the House of Capet finally came to an end. |
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