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Eudes (duke Of Cantabria)
Eudes, French for Odo, may refer to: Given name * Odo the Great (died 735-740), Duke of Acquitaine * Odo I, Count of Orléans (died 834) * Odo I, Count of Troyes (died 871) * Odo II, Count of Troyes, Count of Troyes from 877 to 879 * Odo I of Beauvais (died 881), Abbot of Corbie and Bishop of Beauvais * Odo of France (c. 857-898), King of Western Francia * Odo, Count of Toulouse (died 919) * Odo I, Count of Blois (c. 950–996) * Otto, Count of Vermandois (979–1045) * Odo II, Count of Blois (983–1037) * Odo, Count of Penthièvre (c. 999–1079), also Count of Brittany * Eudes, birth name of Pope Urban II (c. 1035–1099) * Odo, Count of Champagne (c. 1040–1115) * Odo I, Duke of Burgundy (1060–1102) * Odo II of Beauvais (died 1144), Bishop of Beauvais * Odo III of Beauvais (died 1148 or 1149), Bishop of Beauvais * Odo II, Viscount of Porhoët (died 1170), second husband of Bertha, Duchess of Brittany, and her consort * Odo of St Amand (1110–1180), Grand Master of the Kn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odo The Great
Odo the Great (also called ''Eudes'' or ''Eudo'') (died 735–740), was the Duke of Aquitaine by 700. His territory included Vasconia in the south-west of Gaul and the Duchy of Aquitaine (at that point located north-east of the river Garonne), a realm extending from the Loire to the Pyrenees, with the capital in Toulouse. He fought the Carolingian Franks and made alliances with the Moors to combat them. He retained this domain until 735. He is remembered for defeating the Umayyads in 721 in the Battle of Toulouse. He was the first to defeat them decisively in Western Europe. The feat earned him the epithet "the Great". He also played a crucial role in the Battle of Tours, working closely with Charles Martel, whose alliance he sought after the Umayyad invasion of what is now southern France in 732. Early life His earlier life is obscure, as are his ancestry and ethnicity. One theory suggests that he was of Roman origin as contemporary Frankish chroniclers refer to his father as an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |