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Odo II (French: Eudes) (985 – 15 November 1037) was the count of Blois, Chartres, Châteaudun, Champagne, Beauvais and Tours from 1004 and count of Troyes (as Odo IV) and Meaux (as Odo I) from 1022. He twice tried to make himself a king: first in Italy after 1024 and then in Burgundy after 1032.
Apr 27, 2022 · Odo II (French: Eudes le Champenois; 983 – 15 November 1037), Count of Blois, Chartres, Châteaudun, Provins, Rheims, and Tours from 1004 and Count of Troyes and Meaux (as Odo I) from 1022, was the son of Odo I of Blois and Bertha, daughter of Conrad of Burgundy.
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- Marmoutier, Bas-Rhin, Grand Est, France
Conrad I of Burgundy + Mathilde Princess of Franks. William Longsword + Sprota of Senlis. Herbastus of Arques + Cyrid of Skane. Parents. Odo I Count of Blois. 0950 -- 12 MAR 0996. Bertha of Burgundy. abt 0964 -- abt 1016. Richard I. Normandy.
Elder son of Count Odo II, who transmitted him the county, but Theobald refused to recognize King Henry I's legitimacy. As a result, the King took the county of Tours back to give it to his ally, Count Geoffrey IV of Anjou, after the battle of Nouy of 1044.
NameReignOther TitlesDescriptionTheobald I of Blois,aka Theobald the ...940–977Count of ToursCount of ChartresCount of ...Son of Theobald the Elder and Richilde.Odo I of Blois(c. 950 – died in 996)977–996Count of ToursCount of ChartresCount of ...Second son of Count Theobald I and ...Theobald II of Blois(c. 983 – 11 July ...996–1004Count of ToursCount of ChartresCount of ...Elder son of Count Odo I, her reign was ...Odo II of Blois(c. 985 – 15 Nov. 1037)1004–1037Count of ToursCount of ChartresCount of ...Younger brother of Count Theobald II, he ...May 1, 2024 · Explore genealogy for Odo II (Blois) de Blois born abt. 983 Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France died 1037 Bar Le Duc, Meuse, Lorraine, France including ancestors + descendants + 6 genealogist comments + more in the free family tree community.
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Odo II (French: Eudes le Champenois) (983 - 15 November 1037) was the Count of Blois, Chartres, Châteaudun, Beauvais and Tours from 1004 and Count of Troyes (as Odo IV) and Meaux (as Odo I) from 1022. He twice tried to make himself a king: first in Italy after 1024 and then in Burgundy after 1032.
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Odo II of Blois. Odo II of Blois, Count of Blois and Count of Chartres, was the son of Count Odo I of Blois and Bertha . His first wife was Mathilda of Normandy, illegitimate daughter of Richard I of Normandy. After her death in 1006, Odo started a quarrel with his father-in-law, about the dowry: part of the town Dreux.
