Before the fagade of Versailles we see at a glance the grandeur of the capetian kings and the necessity of the Revolution.
"Castilian Days"
John Hay
Among all the families of the king's secretaries, no person will be found to dispute the throne with this capetian princess.
"A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 7 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version""
François-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire) Commentator: John Morley Tobias Smollett H.G. Leigh
The vassal was here more powerful than his liege lord: the situation which had enabled Hugh Capet to depose the Carlovingian princes seemed to be renewed, and that with much greater advantages on the side of the vassal; and when England was added to so many provinces, the French king had reason to apprehend, from this conjuncture, some great disaster to himself and to his family: but in reality, it was this circumstance, which appeared so formidable, that saved the capetian race, and, by its consequences, exalted them to that pitch of grandeur which they at present enjoy.
"The History of England, Volume I"
David Hume