=987-996.=--Hugh Capet, the Great (?-996); eldest son of Hugh the Abbot;
usurps the rights of Charles of Lorraine, uncle of Louis IV. From him
this race of kings is called Capetians.
=996-1031.=--Robert II. (971-1031); son of Hugh Capet; surnamed the
Sage; died lamented.
=1031-1060.=--Henry I. (1011?-1060); son of Robert II.
=1060-1108.=--Philip I., the Fair (1052-1108); son of Henry I.;
succeeded at eight years of age; ruled at fourteen.
=1108-1137.=--Louis VI. (le Gros) (1078-1137); son of Philip I.
=1137-1180.=--Louis VII. (1120-1180); son of Louis VI.; surnamed the
Young; reigned with his father for some years.
=1180-1223.=--Philip II., Augustus (1165-1223); son of Louis VII.;
succeeds at fifteen; crowned at Rheims in his father’s lifetime.
=1223-1226.=--Louis VIII. (1187-1226); son of Philip Augustus.
=1226-1270.=--Louis IX., or St. Louis (1215-1270); son of Louis VIII.;
succeeded at fifteen, under his mother as guardian and regent; died in
camp before Tunis.
=1270-1285.=--Philip III., the Bold (1245-1285); son of Louis IX.
=1285-1314.=--Philip IV., the Fair (1268-1314); son of Philip III.; king
in his seventeenth year.
=1314-1316.=--Louis X. (1239-1316); son of Philip IV.; surnamed _Hutin_,
an old word for headstrong, or mutinous.
=1316-1321.=--Philip the Hardy (1294-1322) second son of Philip IV.
=1322-1328.=--Charles IV., the Fair (1294-1328); youngest son of Philip
the Fair.