Odo of France
Odo | |
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Robertian | |
Father | Robert the Strong |
Mother | Adelaide of Tours |
Odo (
Family and inheritance
Odo was the eldest son of
In 882 or 883 Odo married
Reign
For his skill and bravery in resisting the attacks of
Odo continued to battle against the Vikings and defeated them at Montfaucon, but was soon involved in a struggle with powerful Frankish nobles who supported the claim of Charles the Simple to the throne.[9][11]
In 890 Odo granted special privileges to the County of Manresa in Osona.[12] Because of its position on the front line against the Moorish aggression, Manresa was given the right to build towers of defence known as manresanas or manresanes. This privilege was responsible for giving Manresa its unique character, distinct from the rest of Osona, for the next two centuries.[citation needed]
To gain prestige and support, Odo paid homage to East Francia's King Arnulf in 888.[13][14] Despite this, in 894 Arnulf declared his support for Charles the Simple, and after a conflict which lasted three years, Odo was compelled to come to terms with his rival and surrender a district north of the Seine to him.[9] Odo died in La Fère on 1 January 898.[15]
In popular culture
A character named Count Odo is portrayed by Owen Roe
Count Odo appears in The Siege of Paris, the second expansion to the 2020 video game Assassin's Creed Valhalla.[18]
Odo appears in the game Crusader Kings III as a bookmarked character. Players can play as him from the year 867, when he is ten years old, and may gain an achievement for leading his dynasty to rule the Kingdom of France.
Notes
References
- ^ Medieval France: An encyclopedia: "Odo (ca.857-898), King of the West Franks (r.888-898) "
- ^ Jim Bradbury. The Capetians: Kings of France 987-1328. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2007. p 28-32
- ^ Riche 1983, table 4.
- ^ Jackman 2008, p. 42.
- ^ Ernest Lavisse, Histoire de France, tome ii. (Paris, 1903)
- ^ E. Favre, Eudes, comte de Paris et roi de France (Paris, 1893)
- ^ Carl Johan Lamm. Oriental Glass of Mediaeval Date Found in Sweden and the Early History of Lustre-painting. Akad. Förl., 1941. p 41
- ^ Christian Settipani. La Préhistoire des Capétiens (Nouvelle histoire généalogique de l'auguste maison de France). P. Van Kerrebrouck, 1993. p 402-403
- ^ a b c public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Odo, king of the Franks". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 20 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 4–5. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the
- ^ Gwatking, H. M., Whitney, J. P., et al. Cambridge Medieval History: Volume III—Germany and the Western Empire. Cambridge University Press:London(1930)
- ^ Jim Bradbury. The Capetians: Kings of France 987-1328. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2007. p 31-32
- ^ Michel Zimmermann. Western Francia: the southern principalities. In: The New Cambridge Medieval History: Volume 3, C.900-c.1024. Edited by Rosamond McKitterick, David Abulafia, Michael C. E. Jones. p 433
- ^ Anthony Guggenberger. A General History of the Christian Era: The papacy and the empire. B. Herder, 1909. p 162
- ^ Paul Edward Dutton. The Politics of Dreaming in the Carolingian Empire. University of Nebraska Press, 1994. p 229
- ^ Jim Bradbury. The Capetians: Kings of France 987-1328. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2007. p 32
- ^ "Owen Roe".
- ^ worldhistory.org
- ^ "Assassin's Creed: Valhalla -- The Siege of Paris - Review". IGN. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
Sources
- Jackman, Donald C. (2008). Comparative Accuracy. Editions Endlaplage.
- Riche, Pierre (1983). The Carolingians: A Family who Forged Europe. Translated by Allen, Michael Idomir. University of Pennsylvania Press.
External links
- Media related to Odo of France at Wikimedia Commons