Odo (disambiguation)
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Odo is a name typically associated with historical figures from the Middle Ages and before. Odo is etymologically related to the names Otho and Otto
, and to the French name Odon, and to the Italian names Ottone and Udo; all come from a Germanic word meaning "possessor of wealth". Odo has also been used as a name for fictional characters.
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Otto
Otto is a given name of Germanic origin meaning wealthy.-Given name:*Otto , mayor of the palace of Austrasia briefly in the mid-seventh century*Otto I, Duke of Saxony*the Ottonian dynasty...
, and to the French name Odon, and to the Italian names Ottone and Udo; all come from a Germanic word meaning "possessor of wealth". Odo has also been used as a name for fictional characters.
Nobility
- Odo the Great (died c. 735), Duke of Aquitaine
- Odo I, Count of OrléansOdo I, Count of OrléansOdo I was the Count of Orléans following the final deposition of Matfrid until his own deposition a few years later....
(died 834) - Odo I, Count of TroyesOdo I, Count of TroyesOdo I was the Count of Troyes from 852 to 859.His ancestry is not known for certain. Onomastics would place him in the extended family of Odo I, Count of Orléans. The most recent studies make him a son of Robert, Count of Oberrheingau and Wormsgau, and Waldrada, a daughter of Odo of Orléans...
(died 871) - Odo II, Count of TroyesOdo II, Count of TroyesOdo II was the Count of Troyes in 876. He was a son of Odo I and Wandilmodis.Little is known of this count. His father had the county of Troyes confiscated by Charles the Bald in 858, but whether he recovered it is uncertain, as are the circumstances of Odo's appointment. He may have inherited it...
(held the title in 876) - Odo of France (860 - 898), King of the Franks
- Odo of ToulouseOdo of ToulouseOdo was the Count of Toulouse from 872 to 918 or 919, when he died.He was a son of Raymond I of Toulouse and Bertha or of Bernard II of Toulouse....
(died 918 or 919), Count of Toulouse - Odo, Count of ParisOdo, Count of ParisOdo was a King of Western Francia, reigning from 888 to 898. He was a son of Robert the Strong, count of Anjou, whose branch of the family is known as the Robertians....
(c. 860 - 898), King of the Franks - Odo, Duke of BurgundyOdo, Duke of BurgundyOtto of Paris was duke of Burgundy from 956 to his death. Otto was son of Hugh the Great, count of Paris by his wife Hedwige of Saxony, sister of Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, and was brother of king Hugh I of France....
(944 – 965) - Odo of FézensacOdo of FézensacOdo was the second Count of Fézensac from 960 to his death.Odo was the eldest son and successor of William Garcés. Odo's younger brother Bernard received Armagnac in a partition of their father's territory....
(died 985), Count of Fézensac - Odo I, Count of BloisOdo I, Count of BloisOdo I , 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...
(950-996) - Odo I, Margrave of the Saxon OstmarkOdo I, Margrave of the Saxon OstmarkOdo I was the Margrave of the Saxon Ostmark from 965 until his death....
(died 993) - Odo II, Count of BloisOdo II, Count of BloisOdo II , Count of Blois, Chartres, Châteaudun, Provins, Rheims, and Tours from 1004 and Count of Troyes and Meaux from 1022, was the son of Odo I of Blois and Bertha, daughter of Conrad of Burgundy...
(Eudes le Champenois) (983 - 1037) - Odo II, Margrave of the Saxon OstmarkOdo II, Margrave of the Saxon OstmarkOdo II was the only son of Thietmar, Margrave of the Saxon Ostmark. He succeeded his father in January 1030. All that is known of him is that he left no issue, dying most likely prior to achieving majority. He was succeeded by his brother-in-law, Dedo...
(died 1046) - Odo of Gascony (1010 - 1093)
- Odo IV, Count of TroyesOdo IV, Count of TroyesOdo, Count of Champagne , was Count of Troyes and of Meaux from 1047 to 1066, then Count of Aumale from 1069 to 1115.-Biography:Odo was the son of Stephen II of Troyes and Meaux, and Adele...
(died 1115)
See also:
- Odo I (disambiguation)
- Odo II (disambiguation)
Clerics
- Odo of GlanfeuilOdo of GlanfeuilOdo of Glanfeuil was a ninth-century Benedictine abbot of Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, a historian, and hagiographer.He entered the Abbey of Saint Maur de Glanfeuil not later than 856 and became its abbot in 861. In 868 Odo became also Abbot of Saint-Maur-des-Fossés.In 864 he issued a "Life of St...
, abbot and hagiographer of the 9th century - Odo of ClunyOdo of ClunySaint Odo of Cluny , a saint of the Roman Catholic Church, was the second abbot of Cluny. He enacted various reforms in the Cluniac monastery system of France and Italy....
(c. 878 - 942), a Roman Catholic saint - Odo of ArezzoOdo of ArezzoOdo of Arezzo or Abbot Oddo was a Medieval composer and theorist who worked in Arezzo. Little is known about his life, except that he was an Abbot in Arezzo, working under Bishop Donatus of Arezzo...
(fl. late 10th century), composer and theorist - Oda of Canterbury (died 958), Archbishop of Canterbury
- Odo of Bayeux (c. 1036 – 1097), Norman bishop and English earl
- Odo of CambraiOdo of CambraiOdo of Cambrai was a Benedictine monk, scholar and bishop. He was born at Orléans....
(1050 - 1113), Benedictine monk and bishop - Odo of UrgellOdo of UrgellOdo of Urgell was the oldest son of a family of counts of Barcelona, Spain. He became a soldier but gave this up to enter religious life. He later ascended to the position of archdeacon of Urgell in the Pyrenees and ordained by Pope Urban II, he was appointed Bishop of Urgell, and was celebrated...
(died 1122), saint and Bishop of Urgell - Odo de St AmandOdo de St AmandEudes de St. Amand was the 8th Grand Master of the Knights Templar, between 1171 and 1179.- Personal life :St Amand was born to a family from Limousin, France. He was Marshal of Jerusalem and later Viscount. He was a headstrong leader of the order, which earned him praise and resentment in equal...
, 12th century Grandmaster of the Knights Templar - Odo of DeuilOdo of DeuilOdo, Odon, or Eudes of Deuil was an historian and participant of the Second Crusade .Born at Deuil to a modest family, he became a monk and was a confidant of Suger, abbot of Saint-Denis...
, 12th century historian and crusader - Odo of CanterburyOdo of CanterburyOdo of Canterbury , also known as Odo Cantianus or Odo of Kent, was a theologian and abbot of Battle.Odo was a monk of Christ Church, who later became a subprior...
(died 1200), saint and abbot of Battle - Odo of NovaraOdo of NovaraOdo of Novara was an Italian Carthusian monk.A native of Novara, he was appointed as prior of Geirach in Slovenia. However, he experienced difficulties with Dietrich, the local bishop, who persecuted him...
(c. 1105 - 1200), Carthusian monk - Odo of ChâteaurouxOdo of ChâteaurouxOdo of Châteauroux was a French theologian and scholastic philosopher, papal legate and Cardinal. He was “an experienced preacher and promoter of crusades”. Over 1000 of his sermons survive....
(c. 1190 - 1273), French cardinal - Odo of CheritonOdo of CheritonOdo of Cheriton was a Roman Catholic preacher and fabulist.He visited Paris, and it was probably there that he gained the degree of Master...
(c. 1185 – 1246/47), Roman Catholic priest and fabulist - Pope Martin VPope Martin VPope Martin V , born Odo Colonna, was Pope from 1417 to 1431. His election effectively ended the Western Schism .-Biography:...
(1368 – 1431), born Odo or Oddone Colonna - Odo O'Driscoll, Bishop of RossRossRoss is a region of Scotland and a former mormaerdom, earldom, sheriffdom and county. The name Ross allegedly derives from a Gaelic word meaning a headland - perhaps a reference to the Black Isle. The Norse word for Orkney - Hrossay meaning horse island - is another possible origin. The area...
, Ireland (1482 - c. 1492), also known as Hugh O'Driscoll
Modern
- Odo Casel (1886–1948), also known as Johannes Casel, German Catholic theologian and monk
- Odo HirschOdo HirschOdo Hirsch is the pen name of David Kausman, an Australian author of children's books. He was born in Melbourne, where he trained to be a doctor, but moved to London, where he currently lives....
(born 1962), Australian author - Odo Marquard (born 1928), German philosopher
- Odo Russell, 1st Baron AmpthillOdo Russell, 1st Baron AmpthillOdo William Leopold Russell, 1st Baron Ampthill GCB GCMG PC , known as Lord Odo Russell between 1872 and 1881, was a British diplomat and ambassador and the first British ambassador to the German Empire. He was born in Florence in 1829 into the Russell family, one of England's leading Whig/liberal...
(1829 – 1884), British diplomat
Fictional characters
- Odo (Star Trek), a shapeshifter in the science fiction series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
- Odo Proudfoot, a cousin of Bilbo Baggins from the fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings
- Odo, founder of an anarchist political movement in Ursula K. Le Guin's science fiction novel The DispossessedThe DispossessedThe Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia is a 1974 utopian science fiction novel by Ursula K. Le Guin, set in the same fictional universe as that of The Left Hand of Darkness . The book won the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1974, both the Hugo and Locus Awards in 1975, and received a nomination for...
and her short story "The Day Before the Revolution" - Odo or Ooth, a name allegedly corrupted into Hood in the claim that Robert FitzoothRobert FitzoothRobert Fitzooth or Fitzooth, Earl of Huntingdon , is a fictitious identity for Robin Hood. The name was first published in William Stukeley's Paleographica Britannica in 1746...
was Robin Hood