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Capet
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The surname of Hugh, the founder, in 987, of the third dynasty of French kings, which continued to rule France till 1328, though the name is applied both to the Valois dynasty, which ruled till 1589, and the Bourbon, which ruled till 1848, Louis XVI. having been officially designated as a Capet at his trial, and under that name sentenced to the guillotine.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Capet'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​c/capet.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Capet'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​c/capet.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.