death_date regent birth_date reign father death_place coronation spouse image caption predecessor succession birth_place issue successor mother burial_place monarch|name article_title
24 october 996 -lrb- aged 55 -rrb- robert ii 941 3 july 987 -- 24 october 996 hugh the great paris , france 3 july 987 , noyon adelaide of aquitaine hugokapet kronika.jpg 12th century portrayal of hugh capet louis v king of the franks paris , france hedwig ponthieu robert ii , king of the franks , countess of mons gisèle , countess of robert ii hedwige of saxony saint denis basilica , paris , france hugh capet hugh capet

hugh capet

hugh capet -lrb- c. 941 -- 24 october 996 -rrb- was the first king of the franks of the house of capet from his election in 987 until his death .
he succeeded the last carolingian king , louis v.
