Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to the French dynasty founded by Hugh Capet.
- noun A member of this dynasty.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining or relating to the posterity of Hugh Capet, founder of the dynasty which succeeded the Frankish Carolingians on the throne of France (
a. d. 987): as, the Capetian family or dynasty; Capetian documents.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Pertaining to a French
dynasty founded by Hugh Capet - noun A member of this dynasty
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to the French dynasty founded by Hugh Capet
- noun a member of the Capetian dynasty
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Examples
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See Andrew Lewis, Royal Succession in Capetian France: Studies on Familial Order and the State (Cambridge, Mass., 1981), esp.
A Tender Age: Cultural Anxieties over the Child in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries 2005
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There is a possibility that we will reach a financial situation similar to that of the Capetian kings but I am not so certain that the current swing is strong enough to overcome the inertia of the existing ‘citizen-creditor’ state.
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He refers to specific periods of governance in French history – for example, the Capetian monarchy; and he refers to a type of governance – the absolutist monarchy.
Archive 2009-07-01 Daniel Little 2009
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He refers to specific periods of governance in French history – for example, the Capetian monarchy; and he refers to a type of governance – the absolutist monarchy.
Ontology of the French Revolution Daniel Little 2009
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Edward III, being the nephew of Charles IV, was his closest living male relative, and was at that time the only surviving male descendant of the senior line of the Capetian dynasty descending through Philip VI.
Hundred Years War Background part 2 de Brantigny........................ 2008
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Therefore, the next male of the Capetian dynasty after Charles IV, Philip of Valois, the regent after Charles IV's death, was the legitimate heir of the French crown, and was allowed to take the throne after Charles' widow who was with child gave birth to a daughter.
Hundred Years War Background part 2 de Brantigny........................ 2008
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Edward III, being the nephew of Charles IV, was his closest living male relative, and was at that time the only surviving male descendant of the senior line of the Capetian dynasty descending through Philip VI.
Archive 2008-03-02 de Brantigny........................ 2008
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The fundamental laws enshrined certain principles which bound the nation and the succession to the Crown for the first eight-hundred years of the Capetian Monarchy.
Archive 2008-01-20 de Brantigny........................ 2008
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Therefore, the next male of the Capetian dynasty after Charles IV, Philip of Valois, the regent after Charles IV's death, was the legitimate heir of the French crown, and was allowed to take the throne after Charles' widow who was with child gave birth to a daughter.
Archive 2008-03-02 de Brantigny........................ 2008
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The fundamental laws enshrined certain principles which bound the nation and the succession to the Crown for the first eight-hundred years of the Capetian Monarchy.
Salic Law and the line of Succession to Louis XX de Brantigny........................ 2008
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