Odo of Burgundy, in French ''Eudes de Bourgogne'' (1230 – 4 August 1266), was the

Count of Nevers The counts of Nevers were the rulers of the County of Nevers, which became a French duchy in 1539, with the rulers of the duchy calling themselves dukes. History The history of the County of Nevers is closely connected to the Duchy of Burgundy. ...

Auxerre Auxerre ( , ) is the capital of the Yonne department and the fourth-largest city in Burgundy. Auxerre's population today is about 35,000; the urban area (''aire d'attraction'') comprises roughly 113,000 inhabitants. Residents of Auxerre are r ...

and Tonnerre and son of

Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy Hugh IV of Burgundy (9 March 1213 – 27 or 30 October 1272) was Duke of Burgundy between 1218 and 1272 and from 1266 until his death was titular King of Thessalonica. Hugh was the son of Odo III, Duke of Burgundy and Alice de Vergy. Issue Hugh m ...

and Yolande of Dreux. In 1265, Odo became one of the last European barons to lead a crusading force to the

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. Among his fifty knights was

Erard of Valery Erard may refer to: * St. Erard or Erhard of Regensburg, bishop of Regensburg in the 7th century * Erard I, Count of Brienne (1060 - 1114) * Sébastien Érard Sébastien Érard (born Sebastian Erhard, 5 April 1752 – 5 August 1831) was a Frenc ...

. He defended

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when Sultan

Baybars I Al-Malik al-Zahir Rukn al-Din Baybars al-Bunduqdari ( ar, الملك الظاهر ركن الدين بيبرس البندقداري, ''al-Malik al-Ẓāhir Rukn al-Dīn Baybars al-Bunduqdārī'') (1223/1228 – 1 July 1277), of Turkic Kipchak ...

harassed it on 1 June 1266 in advance of his besieging Safad. He died at Acre on 7 August 1266 and was buried in the church of Saint Nicholas. He left all his wealth to pay his followers and to endow hospitals and religious institutions. He was described by the

Templar of Tyre Templar of Tyre (french: Templier de Tyr) is the conventional designation of the anonymous 14th-century historian who compiled the Old French chronicle known as the ''Deeds of the Cypriots'' (French: ''Gestes des Chiprois''). The ''Deeds'' was writt ...

as a "holy man", and his tomb attracted veneration. Within a year of his death, the poet

Rutebeuf Rutebeuf (or Rustebuef) (fl. 1245 – 1285) was a French trouvère (poet-composers who worked in France's northern dialects). Early life He was born in the first half of the 13th century, possibly in Champagne (he describes conflicts in Troyes i ...

wrote a ''Complainte du comte Eudes de Nevers'', a lament for a valiant knight and also for the city that lost its defender. Burgundy passed to Odo's brother,

Robert The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honou ...

Marriage and children

Odo married

Maud of Dampierre Matilda II, Countess of Nevers (1234/35–1262), also known as Maud of Dampierre or Mathilda II of Bourbon, was a sovereign Countess of Nevers, Countess of Auxerre, Countess of Tonnerre. Matilda was a daughter of Archambaud IX of Bourbon a ...

and they had: *

Yolande, Countess of Nevers Yolande II or Yolande of Nevers (), (December 1247 – 2 June 1280) was ruling Countess of Nevers between 1262 and 1280. Life She was the daughter of Odo of Burgundy, and Matilda II, Countess of Nevers.Guida Myrl Jackson-Laufer, ''Women Ru ...

(1247–1280), married (1)

John Tristan, Count of Valois John Tristan (8 April 1250 – 3 August 1270) was a French prince of the Capetian dynasty. He was ''jure uxoris'' count of Nevers from 1265 and of Auxerre and Tonnerre from 1268. He was also in his own right Count of Valois and Crépy, as an ap ...

, and (2) Count

Robert III of Flanders Robert III (1249 – 17 September 1322), also called Robert of Béthune and nicknamed The Lion of Flanders (''De Leeuw van Vlaanderen''), was the Count of Nevers from 1273 and Count of Flanders from 1305 until his death. History Robert was the ol ...

Margaret, Countess of Tonnerre Margaret of Burgundy () (1250 – 4 September 1308) was Queen of Sicily and Naples by marriage to Charles I of Sicily. She was also a ruling Countess of Tonnerre from 1262 until 1308. Life The second daughter of Odo, Count of Nevers, and Maud ...

(1250–1308), married King

Charles I of Naples Charles I (early 1226/12277 January 1285), commonly called Charles of Anjou, was a member of the royal Capetian dynasty and the founder of the second House of Anjou. He was Count of Provence (1246–85) and Forcalquier (1246–48, 1256–85) i ...

Adelaide, Countess of Auxerre Adelaide of Auxerre (1251–1290) was ruling Countess of Auxerre in 1262-1290. Alice Saunier-Seïté, Les Courtenay. Destin d'une illustre famille bourguignonne, éditions France-Empire, 1998 (ISBN 2-7048-0845-7) She was a daughter of Eudes of Bu ...

(1251–1290), married John I of Chalon, Lord of

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*Joan (1253–1271), died young

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