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Odo I (also spelled Eudes) (c. 950 – 12 March 996), Count of Blois, Chartres, Reims, Châteaudun and Omois, lord of Provins, was the son of Theobald I of Blois and Luitgard, daughter of Herbert II of Vermandois. He received the title of count palatine from King Lothair of West Francia.
He gathered again his father's territories of Blois and Champagne by getting rid of his cousin, Count Odo, and established Champagne as a proper county. He married Gersent of Le Mans, the daughter of his father's foe.
PortraitNameReignOther TitlesTheobald I of Blois, aka Theobald the ...940–977Count of Tours Count of Chartres Count of ...Son of Theobald the Elder and Richilde.Odo I of Blois (c. 950 – died in 996)977–996Count of Tours Count of Chartres Count of ...Second son of Count Theobald I and ...Theobald II of Blois (c. 983 – 11 July ...996–1004Count of Tours Count of Chartres Count of ...Elder son of Count Odo I, her reign was ...Odo II of Blois (c. 985 – 15 Nov.1004–1037Count of Tours Count of Chartres Count of ...Younger brother of Count Theobald II, he ...Apr 27, 2022 · Odo I (also spelled Eudes, c. 950 – 12 March 996), Count of Blois, Chartres, Reims, Provins, Châteaudun, and Omois, was the son of Theobald I of Blois and Luitgard, daughter of Herbert II of Vermandois. He received the title of count palatine, which was traditional in his family, from King Lothair.
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Born around 983, Odo II was the son of Odo I of Blois and Bertha of Burgundy.He was the first to unite Blois and Champagne under one authority although his career was spent in endless feudal warfare with his neighbors and suzerains, many of whose territories he tried to annex. About 1003/1004 he married Maud, a daughter of Richard I of Normandy. Af...
Odo and his second wife, Ermengarde of Auvergne, had: 1. Theobald III,who inherited the county of Blois and most of his other possessions. 2. Stephen II, who inherited the counties of Meaux and Troyes in Champagne. 3. Bertha, who married first Alan III, Duke of Brittany, and second Hugh IV, Count of Maine
Bradbury, Jim (2007). The Capetians: Kings of France 987–1328. Hambledon Continuum.Breese, Lauren Wood (1977). "The Persistance of Scandinavian Connections in Normandy in the Tenth and Early Eleventh Centuries". Viator. University of California Press: Center for Medieval and Rena...Evergates, Theodore (2007). The Aristocracy in the County of Champagne, 1100–1300. University of Pennsylvania Press.Hallam, Elizabeth M; Everard, Judith (1980). Capetian France 987–1328. Routledge.Jan 2, 2022 · Odo I, count of Blois, born 950 at Marmoutier, Alsace, France, died March 12, 996 at Marmoutier, Alsace, France; Son of Theobald I the Trickster, count of Blois and Luitgarde of Vermandois; Brother of Hildegarde de Blois; Duke Bathel de Normandie; Thibaut III, comte de Blois; Hugo de Blois, Archbishop of Bourges and Emma of Blois;
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Odo I (also spelled Eudes) (c. 950 – 12 March 996), Count of Blois, Chartres, Reims, Châteaudun and Omois, lord of Provins, was the son of Theobald I of Blois and Luitgard, daughter of Herbert II of Vermandois. He received the title of count palatine from King Lothair of West Francia.
Odo I Count of Blois. Birthdate: estimated between 905 and 965. Death: December 03, 1050. Immediate Family: Father of Robert de Bois. Managed by:
