[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":25},["ShallowReactive",2],{"zoom:p5ch1z7-991-996-melun-conspiracy-and-the-war-of-coalitions:es":3},{"period":4,"chapter":15,"zoom":18},{"id":5,"title":6,"titleEn":7,"titleEs":6,"coverArtworkId":8,"range":9,"rangeEn":9,"rangeEs":9,"cover":10},"p5","Plena Edad Media","High Middle Ages","hannibal-alpes","987 → 1453",{"fileName":11,"filePageUrl":12,"imageUrl":13,"sourceLabel":14},"Facade-notre-dame-paris-ciel-bleu.JPG","https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Facade-notre-dame-paris-ciel-bleu.JPG","/assets/p5-moyen-age-classique-cover.png","Wikimedia Commons",{"id":16,"title":17},"p5ch1","Hugh Capet: The Birth of the Capetian Dynasty (987–996)",{"id":19,"title":20,"chapterId":16,"html":21,"hasEn":22,"isFallback":23,"seoDescription":24},"p5ch1z7","991–996: Melun, Conspiracy, and the War of Coalitions","\u003Cp>Under Hugh Capet, royal authority does not impose itself through a centralised administration: it is built through alliances. The resistance of the great princes is not an accident; it is the very framework of power, and the king must survive politically if he is to make his dynasty last.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🏹 991: Melun, Coup de Force, and Coalition\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>In the spring of \u003Cstrong>991\u003C/strong>, \u003Cstrong>Odo of Blois\u003C/strong> seizes \u003Cstrong>Melun\u003C/strong> by bribing the castellan and the \u003Cem>milites\u003C/em> of the castle. The matter is serious: Melun controls an axis close to the Capetian core.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>The reaction is revealing of the new regime: a coalition forms between the king, the count of Anjou, and the duke of Normandy. Melun is retaken by the summer, and Odo falls back. The struggle continues: Odo then takes \u003Cstrong>Nantes\u003C/strong>, only for it to be retaken immediately by \u003Cstrong>Fulk Nerra\u003C/strong>.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🕵️ 993: A Plan to Capture the King\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>In \u003Cstrong>993\u003C/strong>, Odo, disappointed not to receive the title of duke of the Franks, allies with \u003Cstrong>Adalbero of Laon\u003C/strong> around a plan: capture Hugh and Robert during a projected meeting at \u003Cstrong>Metz\u003C/strong> with Emperor \u003Cstrong>Otto III\u003C/strong>, and place a Carolingian prince on the throne. The plot fails: the king and his son, warned in advance, thwart it.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🤝 995–996: Shifting Alliances and the End of a Cycle\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>Alarmed by Angevin expansion, \u003Cstrong>Richard I of Normandy\u003C/strong>, Odo of Blois, and \u003Cstrong>Baldwin IV of Flanders\u003C/strong> ally against Anjou in \u003Cstrong>995–996\u003C/strong>. This conflict, typical of the 990s, shows a kingdom governed by balances of power: the king does not abolish princely powers, he negotiates with them.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>The sequence closes with two deaths in quick succession: \u003Cstrong>Odo\u003C/strong> dies in \u003Cstrong>March 996\u003C/strong>, then Hugh in the autumn of the same year. The conflict does not disappear, but the dynasty itself holds.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🧠 Key Takeaways\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>Melun (991) shows both the vulnerability of the royal domain and the effectiveness of coalitions.\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>The plot (993) reveals that the crown is still open to challenge.\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>995–996: politics is a game of alliances more than a true “state” power.\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n",true,false,"Under Hugh Capet, royal authority does not impose itself through a centralised administration: it is built through alliances. The resistance of the great",1777502689643]