Odo (Eudes) (d. after 1061),

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, son of

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, and Constance of France. Odo's maternal grandfather was Robert the Pious, King of France, and his paternal great-grandfather was

Hilduin I, Count of Montdidier Hilduin I (died before 956), Count of Montdidier. It is unknown who the parents of Hilduin were. Hilduin was the founder of the House of Montdidier, which produced the Counts of Montdidier, Dammartin and Roucy. There is considerable confusion as ...

. Philip I, King of France, donated the village of

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to the

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in exchange for Combs by charter dated 1061, which recounts that

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had granted Comb-la-Villes to ''Hilduino…comiti de Monte qui vocatur Desiderius'', who died before his benefactor (i.e., before 956), and that Henry I, King of France, had regranted Combs to ''Manasses nepos supradicti Hilduini comitis'' anasses, grandson of Hilduinjust as ''suus avunculus Hilduinus''

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had held it, noting that ''Odo comes filius prefati Manassetis'' do, son of Manassesnow claimed the property. It is not known if Odo married or had issue. Upon his death, Odo was succeeded as Count of Dammartin by his brother

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Sources

* Mathieu, J. N., ''Recherches sur les premiers Comtes de Dammartin'', Mémoires publiés par la Fédération des sociétés historiques et archéologiques de Paris et de l'Ile-de-France, 1996
Medieval Lands Project, Comtes de Dammartin (Montdidier)
Counts of Dammartin 1061 deaths Date of birth unknown {{Europe-noble-stub