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The realm in which Hugh grew up, and of which he would one day be king, bore no resemblance to modern France. Hugh's predecessors did not call themselves rois de France ("Kings of France"), and that title was not used until the time of his distant descendant Philip II Augustus. Kings ruled as rex Francorum ("King of the Franks") and the lands over which they ruled comprised only a very small part of the former Carolingian Empire.
941
| 941 • Oda the Severe becomes Archbishop of Canterbury. |
972
Mar 27
Age: 31y
birth of childRobert II of France 1 Source ⇓ |
| 972 • Buluggin ibn Ziri is appointed viceroy in Ifriqiya, starting the Zirid Dynasty. |
987
Jul 3
Age: 46y
titleNoyon, Picardy, France ⇓ Crowned rex Francorum, king of the Franks. |
996
Oct 24
Age: 55y
| 996 • Sixteen-year-old Otto III is crowned Holy Roman Emperor by his cousin Pope Gregory V. |