Hugh Capet was crowned King of the Franks on July 3, 987, at Noyon or Reims, ending the 99-year conflict between competing noble houses. and establishing the Capetian dynasty that ruled France until 1328. As Duke of the Franks, he succeeded the last Carolingian, Louis V, transitioning power away from the Carolingian line.
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