The title Duke (and Prince) of the Franks (Latin: dux (et princeps) Francorum) has been used for three different offices, always with "duke" implying...

996) 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 Great...

Otto of Burgundy (944 – 22 February 965) was Duke of Burgundy from 956 to his death. Otto was a son of Hugh the Great, duke of the Franks, and his wife...

his death. He took the title Duke and Prince of the Franks upon his conquest of all the Frankish realms. The son of the powerful Frankish statesman Ansegisel...

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. Son of King Robert I of France...

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...

937) was an English princess, the second wife of Hugh, duke of the Franks. She was a daughter of Edward the Elder, king of the Anglo-Saxons and his second...

vassal of Hugh the Great, duke of the Franks. Theobald I was the son of Theobald the Elder of Blois, who from 908 on was Viscount of Tours, and of Richildis...

after victory over the western kingdom of Neustria, the Austrasian mayor, Pippin of Herstal, took the title Duke of the Franks to signify his augmented...

Carolingian dynasty. The principality of Hugh the Great, Duke of the Franks and Robert II's paternal grandfather, marked the apogee of the Robertians until...

wife of Charles the Simple, king of West Francia Eadhild, wife of Hugh the Great, duke of the Franks Eadgyth, wife of Emperor Otto I Ælfgifu, wife of Louis...

or the Kingdom of the West Franks (Latin: regnum Francorum occidentalium) constitutes the initial stage of the Kingdom of France and extends from the year...

arrangement with her brother-in-law Hugh the Great, Duke of the Franks and Count of Paris, who had been an adversary of Lothair's father. In exchange for supporting...

716 – 17 August 754) was the eldest son of Charles Martel, mayor of the palace and duke of the Franks, and his wife Chrotrud of Treves. On Charles's death...

of Neustria, and later king of West Francia 923–956: Hugh the Great (898–956), also Duke of the Franks 956–987: Hugh Capet (939–996), later King of the...

encompassed the north of Radbod's Frisia. He was defeated in a short war by the forces of Charles Martel, the duke of the Franks, in the Battle of the Boorne...

etc. The name's popularity in the Middle Ages ultimately derives from its use by Frankish nobility, beginning with Duke of the Franks and Count of Paris...

titled "duke of the East Franks" (dux Francorum orientalium) In 1168 the duchy of Franconia was bestowed by the Emperor Frederick I on the Bishopric of Würzburg...

compared to that of Duke of the Franks worn by Robertians and that made them second in the Kingdom after the king of the Franks. Styled "Franks Count" is claiming...

city of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco and electric power industrialist James Buchanan Duke established The Duke Endowment...

The Kingdom of the Franks (Latin: Regnum Francorum), also known as the Frankish Kingdom, the Frankish Empire (Latin: Imperium Francorum) or Francia, was...

served as Duke of the Franks and was elected King in 987. Except for the Bonaparte-led Empires, every monarch of France was a male-line descendant of Hugh...

"The Hammer", was a Frankish political and military leader who, as Duke and Prince of the Franks and Mayor of the Palace, was the de facto ruler of the...

reunited. Odo was the eldest son of Robert the Strong, Duke of the Franks, Margrave of Neustria, and Count of Anjou and Adelaide of Tours. After his father's...

was the consort of Pepin of Herstal, the mayor of the palace and duke of the Franks, from about 670. She was the daughter of Hugobert, seneschal of Clovis...

Charles the Simple, King of the West Franks, c. 918; Eadflæd, nun at Wilton Abbey; Eadhild, married Hugh the Great, Duke of the Franks in 926; Eadgyth (died...

and reguli. The earliest group of Franks that rose to prominence was the Salian Merovingians, who conquered most of Roman Gaul, as well as the Gaulish territory...

(October 7, 1998). The Greatest Moments of Florida Gators Football. ISBN 9781571671967. "Carl Franks - Football Coach". "Grilled Franks: Duke fires football...

to Charles the Bald's kingdom of the West Franks. Under the Ancien Régime, the duke of Burgundy was the premier lay peer of the Kingdom of France. Beginning...

Hugh the Great (c.898–956) was Duke of the Franks and father of king Hugh Capet. Hugh the Great or Hugh Magnus may also refer to: Hugh, Margrave of Tuscany...