HISTORY
MEDIEVAL CHRISTIAN EUROPE
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The Capetians
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Philip I
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Philip IV
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Henry I
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Detailed explanation-1: -Hugh Capet’s rule was limited to his own domain around Paris, while the rest of the French kingdom was in the hands of powerful local lords.
Detailed explanation-2: -Founded by Hugh Capet in 987, the Capetian dynasty was the ruling house of France during the feudal period of the Middle Ages.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Bourbons were restored in 1814 in the aftermath of Napoleon’s defeat, but had to vacate the throne again in 1830 in favor of the last Capetian monarch of France, Louis Philippe I, who belonged to the House of Orléans.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Capetian monarchs of the 12th and 13th centuries systematically rebuilt monarchial power, first by securing their control over the centers of royal power based around the Île-de-France and then by expanding the scope of their authority.