<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishKatika eneo la kati, kutoka Bonde la Loire hadi Ubelgiji, Hugh Capet alifanikiwa kufikia utawala usio thabiti, na alitawazwa kuwa mfalme wa kwanza wa Ufaransa mnamo 987.  <response>: In the central region, from the Loire Valley to Belgium, Hugues Capet succeeded in achieving a precarious ascendancy, and was crowned the first king of France in 987. 