King of the Francs (996-1031).

Son of Hugues Capet, it had been associated with the throne by this one as of 987. In spite of its devotion (which was worth its nickname to him), he was opposed during several years to the pope Gregoire V which, into 997, excommunicated it to have repudiated his wife, Rosala (or Suzanne) of Provence, in order to marry his Berthe cousin of Burgundy. He finally had to incline himself and separate from Berthe. He married in third Constance weddings of Provence (1003).

Second king capétien, Robert II the Piles, although it had real political qualities, remained much less powerful than his large feudatories, against whom its successors had to carry out, to impose itself, a tough fight. He could nevertheless give a territorial base to the capétien field.