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Herbert II of Vermandois. In 939 king Louis attacked Hugh the Great and Duke
239:, Hugh was Margrave of Neustria. He played an active role in bringing King Louis d'Outremer back from England in 936. Seeking an alliance with the Holy Roman Emperor,
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in 945, he was handed over to Hugh in exchange for their young duke
Richard. Hugh released Louis IV in 946 on condition that he should surrender the fortress of
314:(who fled his kingdom under their onslaught), elected Robert I, Hugh's father, as king of Western Francia. At the death of Robert I, in battle at
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explains that Hugh the Great remembered his father who had died for his "pretentions" and this was the cause of his short and turbulent reign.
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who probably would have challenged his election. But above all, it seems that he was shocked by the early death of his father.
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to his See at Reims. Hugh's response was to attack
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688:, Ed. & Trans. Stephen Fanning & Bernard S. Bachrach (University of Toronto Press, 2011), p. xvii
574:, transl.Bernard S. Bachrach and David S. Bachrach, (The Catholic University of America Press, 2014), 43.
794:, Ed. & Trans. Steven Fanning & Bernard S. Bachrach (University of Toronto Press, 2011), p. 32
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271:Hugh was the son of King Robert I of France and
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