Capetian dynasty has also been used as a surname for French royalty, particularly but not exclusively those of the House of Capet. One notable use was during the French Revolution, when the dethroned King Louis XVI (a member of the House of Bourbon and a direct male-line descendant of Hugh Capet) and Queen Marie Antoinette (a member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine) were referred to as "Louis and Antoinette Capet" (the queen being addressed as "the Widow Capet" after the execution of her husband). The dynastic surname now used to describe Hugh Capet's family prior to his election as King of France
Action of 24 October 1793 counter these operations, the Royal Navy sent their own frigates to sea, sometimes in squadrons and sometimes on single patrols. A French frigate squadron sent to on a cruise in the Northern Bay of Biscay in the early autumn of 1793 was commanded by Captain Zacharie Allemand and consisted of the frigates "Carmagnole", "Résolue", "Sémillante" and "Uranie" with the brig-corvette "Espiègle". On 22 October, the squadron sighted the 16-gun Spanish brig "Alcoudia" and Allemand ordered "Uranie" under Captain Jean-François Tartu to separate from the squadron and pursue the Spaniard. "Uranie" was easily able to capture "Alcoudia", taking the prisoners on