943-44, Odo
[Eudes I] born in Blois, s/o §§Comte Thibaut II of Blois (b.913,
m.943, d.975) & Ctss
Luitgardis of Vermandois
[Carolingian. See (9876543210).]
9/12/954, King Lothair succeeded King Louis IV as King
of the West Franks.
964-5,
Bertha born in Burgundy, d/o §§King Conrad I of Burgundy [Welf, (d.10/19/993)]
& Queen Mathilde of France [(b.941), Carolingian, See (9876543210).]
By 962,
Odo’s eldest brother Thibaut killed in battle; Odo became the successor [his
older brother Hugh became Archbishop of Bourges – died 986.]
975, Odo’s
father died.
978, Eudes
I, comte de Blois, Chartres, Tours and Meaux. (S) Coinage of the European
Continent, V1, Hazlitt, P282.
979,
Count Odo of Blois issued a charter that concluded with
the phrase ‘enacted publicly in the city of Tours.’ (S) Lordship in the County
of Maine, Barton, 2004, P117.
[–––Odo & Bertha–––]
~980, Odo
married Bertha [neice of King Lothair.] (S) Capetians, Bradbury, 2007, P42.
2/977, ‘Odo
comes’ signed a charter of Chartres Saint-Père.
10/977,
‘Odoni comitis’ signed a charter relating to Bourgeui.
2/5/978,
Property donated to ‘Sancti Petri’ with the consent of … ‘comite Odone.’
By 983,
Odo’s maternal uncle Herbert ‘the old’ died. Odo and his cousin Herbert ‘the
young’ shared the inheritance of the lands northeast of Paris [the Vermandois.]
(S) France in the Making, Dunbabin, 2000, P191.
983,
‘Heriberti Trecassini et Oddonis comitis filii Tedbaldi’ were enemies of
‘Adelbero Remonis archiepiscopus.’
985,
‘Ottonem’ and ‘Heribertum’ made peace with the archbishop.
Aft. 985, Odo’s
mother died.
6/8/986, Louis V ‘the Lazy’ succeeded King Lothair of
the West Franks.
986, ‘Odo comes’ restored ‘villam ... Culturas’ to Marmoutier,
subscribed by ‘Berte comitissæ uxoris eius, majoris filii eius Teutboldi.’ [Odo
& Berte – Odo’s father and mother.]
986-7, Odo and Herbert part of the council of the Queen of France.
7/3/987, Hugh [Capet] succeeded Louis V [Carolingian] as King of the
West Franks.
989, ‘Odonis
comitis [Odo I], Rotberti filii eius [eldest son], Tetbaldi filius eius [2nd
son], Odonis alterius filius [Odo II-Eudes], Hugonis vicecomitis
Castridunensis, Raherii de Montigniaco’ subscribed the by which ‘Robert Vicomte
de Blois’ donated property to the abbey of Evron.
990, Odo and
King Hugh Capet made a peace agreement. (S) Fulk Nerra, Bachrach, 1993, P38.
991, King
Hugh Capet gave Odo the county of Dreux. (S) Capetians, Bradbury, 2007, P77.
991,
Foulques Nerra (1512882176) asked Eudes, Count of Blois, for
permission to build a shelter for his hunting dogs on Eudes's land. (S) Road from the
Past, Caro, 1996, P158. [Foulques turned the ‘shelter’ into the fortress of
Langeais.]
992 at
Orsay, Bouchard of Vendôme, and Geoffrey, count of the Gâtinais, engaged and
defeated the army of Odo I of Blois.
4-5/993, Odo
and Bishop Adalbero of Laon arranged a meeting at Metz with King Hugh of France
and his son Robert, intending to take them prisoner [which was unsuccessful
because the conspiracy was uncovered by the King].
5/20/994,
Odo encamped at Tours.
6/994, Odo
began a siege of Langeais, where Fulk was in personal command of the defending
forces.
9/994, King
Hugh of France supported Fulk’s campaigning by relieving the siege of Langeais
by Odo I of Blois, who became ill.
995, Odo
began a 2nd siege of Langeais.
[Undated],
‘Odonis comitis filii Theobaldi comitis’ subscribed the charter by which
Ragnfred, Bishop of Chartres, donated property to Chartres Saint-Père.
7/4/995, Odo
died; buried at the Abbaye de Saint Martin, Marmoutier, Tours.
[–––Bertha–––]
996,
Confirmation by ‘comitissæ Berthæ’ of the donation by ‘Odo comes’ of property
for the construction of the abbey of Bourgeuil, with the consent of ‘filiorum
suorum Teobaldi.’ [Odo’s elder brother.]
Aft. 10/996,
Odo’s mother remarried to her cousin, King Robert II “the pious” of France.
[Not approved by the church.]
998, Pope
Gregory V called on King Robert to repudiate his wife on grounds of
consanguinity.
1001, King
Robert refused to divorce Bertha, and the kingdom of France was excommunicated.
9/1001,
Queen Bertha formally divorced from King Robert.
8/1003, King
Robert designated Bertha’s eldest son Theobald as bishop of Chartres.
1004, ‘Bertæ
reginæ, Odonis comitis filii eius’ subscribed the charter of ‘Gislebertus
prepositus.’
1005,
‘Odonis comitis, Ermengardis uxoris eius, Bertæ reginæ’ subscribed the charter
by which ‘comitem Odonem’ donated property to ‘Sancti Petri.’
1008,
Robert, accompanied by his 2nd wife Bertha, travelled to Rome to
seek a divorce from Constance and remarriage to Bertha. [Which was denied.]
10/1010,
Queen Bertha [Odo’s mother] and Odo accepted an invitation to the the court of
Duke William of Aquitaine.
Aft. 5/1012,
Bertha died. (S) England Under the Angevin Kings, V1, Norgate, 1887, P155.
(S)
Foundation for Medieval Genealogy.
Child
of Eudes and Bertha:
i. Eudes II of Blois (1279354120), born 983 in
Blois. [3rd son]
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