Odo I, Count of Blois
Odo I, Count of Blois | |
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Theobald I of Blois | |
| Mother | Luitgard |
Odo I (also spelled Eudes) (c. 950 – 12 March 996),
Herbert II of Vermandois.[1] He received the title of count palatine from King Lothair of West Francia
.
Like his relations, the
Archbishop of Reims, over the castle of Coucy
, he received the castle to hold it from the archbishop.
In the 970s, in the wars for control of
Count Conan I
affirmed the rights of his family in the region. Around 977, his father died and he succeeded in the counties his father held at the time of his death.
In 987, Odo supported
Fulk Nerra, assembled against him and retook Melun in late 991.[3]
Near 995, he entered into a war against Fulk, who was already at war with
Baldwin IV of Flanders. Even his old enemy, Richard of Normandy joined in the war on Fulk. In the winter of 995 – 996, they besieged Langeais, however Odo became ill and was taken to the monastery of Marmoutier at Tours where he died on 12 March 996.[4][5]
Family
He married
Conrad of Burgundy and Matilda of France.[6]
Their children were:
- Theobald II (c. 982–1004)[7]
- Odo II (c. 983–1037)[8]
- Agnes, married Viscount Geoffrey II of Thouars[9]
- Robert (died between 980 and 996)
References
- ^ Bradbury 2007, p. 56.
- ^ Bachrach 1993, p. 28.
- ^ a b Bachrach 1993, p. 38.
- ^ Bachrach 1993, p. 58-59.
- ^ Bennett et al. 2005, p. 184.
- ^ Bourchard 1999, p. 342.
- ^ Dunbabin 1985, p. 390.
- ^ Weinfurter 1999, p. 46.
- ^ Abel 2012, p. 860.
Sources
- Abel, Mickey (2012). "Emma of Blois as Arbiter of Peace and the Politics". In Martin, Therese (ed.). Reassessing the Roles of Women as 'Makers' of Medieval Art and Architecture. Vol. 1. Brill.
- Bradbury, Jim (2007). The Capetians: The History of a Dynasty. Hambledon Continuum.
- Bachrach, Bernard S. (1993). Fulk Nerra, the Neo-Roman Consul, 987-1040: A Political Biography of the Angevin Count. University of California Press.
- Bennett, Matthew; Bradbury, Jim; DeVries, Kelly; Dickie, Iain; Jestice, Phyllis, eds. (2005). Fighting Techniques of the Medieval World: Equipment, Combat Skills and Tactics. St. Martin's Press.
- Bourchard, Constance Brittain (1999). "Burgundy and Provence 879-1032". In Reuter, Timothy (ed.). The New Cambridge Medieval History. Vol. III. Cambridge University Press.
- Dunbabin, Jean (1985). France in the Making, 843-1180. Oxford University Press.
- Weinfurter, Stefan (1999). The Salian Century: Main Currents in an Age of Transition. Translated by Bowlus, Barbara M. University of Pennsylvania Press.
