The Early Capetian Kings
The Article link below is to an article I have written for History is Know; it covers the early Capetian kings and their rise to power and growing tension between the Norman-Platagent Dynasty of England.
Who became kings after the battle of Hastings and the killing of Godwin Dyndatsy in 1066 CE and the Norman Conquest, which created the Angle-Norman realm from 1066 CE to 1204 CE.
Sample to the Introduction to the Article
The early Capet kings of France were kings without a kingdom; they inherited the Crown from the failing Karling/Carolingian dynasties who ruled as kings from 751 CE to 987 CE, with Hugh Capet being elected the king of the Franks in 987 CE. The first Caption King was the Duke of France, Count of Paris.
He only ruled the lands around Paris surrounded by the mighty Dukes of Normandy and Counts of Flanders to the north and the Crown lands being boxed in by the county of Balos and champagne with the Count of Flanders to the East.
The Capet dynasties were kings without a kingdom (Hallam & West, 2020). It would not be until the late rule of Philip I of France (1059 CE to 1108 CE), Louis VI of France [1108 CE to 1137 CE) and Louis VII of France (1137 CE to 1180 CE) that the Captions got control of their lands around Paris and started being more active under the lands under the dominion.
However, the dynasty did lose Catalonia, which was initially part of the Frankish kingdom.
The link to the main Article The Rise of Capetian Power and its Contribution to the Hundred Years War
