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- ↑ Charles Cawley (Medieval Lands, Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, 2006-2016) (30 September 2018). "FRANCE, CAPETIAN KINGS". 2006. Archived 2018-09-30 at the Wayback Machine .
- ↑ Christian Settipani. La Préhistoire des Capétiens (Nouvelle histoire généalogique de l'auguste maison de France). P. Van Kerrebrouck, 1993. p 402-403
- ↑ Charles Cawley (Medieval Lands, Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, 2006-2016) (30 September 2018). "FRANCE, CAPETIAN KINGS". 2006. Archived 2018-09-30 at the Wayback Machine .
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