House of Capet

Philip the Fair warred on popes, Boniface VIII seized and humiliated at Anagni, moved the papacy to Avignon under French control. ...

Canonized 1297, the only French king sainted. He bought the Crown of Thorns, Sainte Chapelle built to house it. Reformed justice, ...

Elected king after the last Carolingian, Hugh held little beyond the Île de France, Paris region. But his line, father to son for ...

Philip turned the Capetian monarchy into the dominant power in France. He joined the Third Crusade with Richard I but returned ear...