With Hugh's coronation, a new era began for France, and his descendants came to be named the Capetians, with the Capetian dynasty ruling France for more than 800 years ( 987 – 1848, with some interruptions ).

Thus the French crown passed from the House of Capet after the death of Charles IV to Philip VI of France of the House of Valois, a cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty,

* then to Henry III of Navarre, who became Henry IV of France, of the House of Bourbon, a cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty.

Overall, dozens of branches of the Capetian dynasty still exist throughout Europe.

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This emerging dynasty, whose members were called the Robertines, were the predecessors of the Capetian Dynasty.

Philip II spent an important part of his reign fighting the so-called Angevin Empire, which was probably the greatest threat to the King of France since the rise of the Capetian dynasty.

* 987 – Hugh Capet is crowned King of France, the first of the Capetian dynasty that would rule France till the French Revolution in 1792.

During John's reign, England lost the duchy of Normandy to King Philip II of France, which resulted in the collapse of most of the Angevin Empire and contributed to the subsequent growth in power of the Capetian dynasty during the 13th century.

 Like the French royal Capetian dynasty, the Elder Babenbergs descended from the Robertians.

The House of Bourbon (; ) is a European royal house of French origin, a branch of the Capetian dynasty ().

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Considering the significant disparity of political leverage and financial resources between Louis VII and his Angevin rival, not to mention Henry II's superior military skills, Louis VII should be credited with preserving the Capetian dynasty.

( Adalberon also played a leading role in the dynastic revolution which elevated the Capetian dynasty in the place of the Carolingians.

He was tried by the National Convention, found guilty of high treason, and executed by guillotine on 21 January 1793 as a desacralized French citizen known as " Citoyen Louis Capet ", a nickname in reference to Hugh Capet, the founder of the Capetian dynasty – which the revolutionaries interpreted as Louis ' family name.

The House of Valois () was a cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty, succeeding the House of Capet ( or " Direct Capetians ") as kings of France from 1328 to 1589.

The Capetian dynasty seemed secure both during and after the reign of Philip IV.

In June 1170, the fifteen-year-old Henry was crowned king during his father's lifetime, something originally practised by the French Capetian dynasty and adopted by the English kings Stephen and Henry II.

Hugh Capet ( c. 939 – 24 October 996 ), called in contemporary sources " Hugh the Great " (), was the first King of the Franks of the eponymous Capetian dynasty from his election to succeed the Carolingian Louis V in 987 until his death.

He is regarded as the founder of the Capetian dynasty.

The premature death of John I brought the first issue of succession of the Capetian dynasty.

He hoped for a long time for recognition of his claim to the crown of France ( as the heir-general of Philip IV through his mother, and an heir-male of the Capetian dynasty through his father ).

A member of the Capetian dynasty, he was the son of Charles of Valois ( who was the brother of King Charles IV's father Philip IV ) and the first King of France from the House of Valois.

As with his brothers before him, Charles had died without a male heir, thus ending the direct line of the Capetian dynasty.

Among the more popular sights is the Ducal Palace, the Palais des Ducs et des États de Bourgogne or " Palace of the Dukes and the States of Burgundy " (), which includes one of only a few remaining examples of the Capetian period in the region.

The House of Capet, or The Direct Capetian Dynasty, (), also called The House of France ( la maison de France ), or simply the Capets, which ruled the Kingdom of France from 987 to 1328, was the most senior line of the Capetian dynasty – itself a derivative dynasty from the Robertians.

The Carolingian kings also created a March of Neustria which was a frontier duchy against the Bretons and Vikings that lasted until the Capetian monarchy in the late tenth century.

Edward's campaign had also a dynastic rationale, as, following the death of his uncle, Charles IV of France in 1328, Edward saw himself as the Capetian heir to the Kingdom of France, but the French chose to follow an all-male line of descent from his great grandfather and the House of Valois.

See also: Kings of France family tree, List of French monarchs, Carolingians, Capetian dynasty, House of Capet, House of Valois, House of Bourbon, House of Orléans

Philip was also Count of Évreux, the heir of Count Louis of Évreux ( youngest son of Philip III of France ), and thus of Capetian male blood.

The same can be also seen in Western Europe, when families of different surnames but sharing clan origin would use similar coats-of-arms, the fleur-de-lis of the many Capetian families being perhaps the best known example.

French kings had also their personal crowns, worn after the coronation, during the banquet, like Saint Louis, Henry IV or Louis XIV, which were later donated to the treasury of the Abbey of Saint Denis near Paris, the traditional burial place of the Capetian dynasty.

A succession crisis following the death of the last Capetian monarch in 1337 led to the series of conflicts known as the Hundred Years ' War between the House of Valois and the House of Plantagenet.

Charles IV, known as the Fair ( 18 / 19 June 1294 – 1 February 1328 ), was the King of France and of Navarre ( as Charles I ) and Count of Champagne from 1322 to his death: he was the last French king of the senior Capetian lineage.

The name derives from the nickname of Hugh, the first Capetian King, who was known as Hugh Capet and was a cognatic descendant of the Carolingians.

However, the marriage – and thus one avenue of Capetian aggrandisement – failed: the couple produced only two daughters, and suffered marital discord ; driven to secure the future of the House, Louis thus divorced Aliénor ( who went on to marry Henry II of England ( 1133 – 1189 ), and be known to English history as Eleanor of Aquitaine ), and married twice more before finally securing a son, Philippe Dieu-donné (" The God-Given "), who would continue the House as Philip II Augustus ( 1165 – 1223 ), and break the power of the Angevins – the family of Aliénor and Henry II – in France.

*** House of Aviz ( 1385 – 1580 ) – illegitimate male-line descent from the Capetian Dynasty

**** House of Braganza ( 1442 – present ) – illegitimate male-line descent from the Capetian Dynasty

* Capetian House of Vermandois ( 1085 – 1212 )

* Capetian House of Courtenay ( 1150 – 1727 )

** Capetian House of Courtenay – Latin Emperors of Constantinople ( 1217 – 1283 )

* Capetian House of Anjou ( initially ruling house of Sicily, then of Naples, became ruling house of Hungary ) ( 1247 – 1382 )

** Capetian House of Anjou – Naples branch ( 1309 – 1343 )

** Capetian House of Anjou – Taranto branch ( 1294 – 1374 )

** Capetian House of Anjou – Durazzo branch ( 1309 – 1414 )

Except for the House of Braganza ( founded by an illegitimate son of King John I of Portugal, who was himself illegitimate ), all current major Capetian branches are of the Bourbon cadet branch.

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She was a member of the Capetian House of Anjou, the daughter of King Louis I of Hungary and Elizabeth of Bosnia.

Mary ( 1371 – 17 May 1395 ), the last member of the Capetian House of Anjou on the Hungarian throne, succeeded her father, Louis I, on 10 September 1382 with her mother, Elizabeth of Bosnia, as regent.

By the end of the century, both the Capetian Dynasty and the House of Anjou are relying primarily on mercenaries in their militaries.

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