Odo (or Eudes) (also ''Odon'' or ''Odonus'') was the
count of Toulouse
The count of Toulouse ( oc, comte de Tolosa, french: comte de Toulouse) was the ruler of county of Toulouse, Toulouse during the 8th to 13th centuries. Originating as vassals of the kingdom of the Franks, Frankish kings,
the hereditary counts ru ...
from 872 to 918 or 919, when he died.
He was a son of
Raymond I of Toulouse
Raymond I (died 865) was the Count of Limoges (from 841), Rouergue and Quercy (from 849), and Toulouse and Albi (from 852). He was the younger son of Fulcoald of Rouergue and Senegund, niece of William of Gellone through his sister Alda.
In 852, ...
and Bertha, or of
Bernard II of Toulouse
Bernard II (died 877), known as the Calf, was the count of Toulouse, Rouergue, Limoges, Nîmes, Carcassonne, Razès, and Albi. He was the son of Raymond I and Bertha. The dates of his reign are disputed: either 865–877 or 864–872.
In ...
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He married Garsenda, daughter of
Ermengol of Albi Ermengol in Catalan, Armengol or Armengod in Spanish, Ermengaud in French, Ermengau in Occitan, and Hermengaudius in Latin is a Germanic given name of Gothic origin meaning "ready for battle". The name was Arabised during the Middle Ages as أر٠...
, and probably had three children. His sons were
Raymond II, whom he associated in the countship by giving him
Rouergue (before 898), and
Ermengol, who inherited that same province. It has been suggested for onomastic reasons that Odo was the father of Garsenda, wife of
Wilfred II of Barcelona
Wilfred II (or Borrell I) (''Wifredo II Borrell I'' in Spanish) (''Guifré II Borrell I'' in Catalan), also known as "Wifred" and/or "Borrel", was count of Barcelona, Girona, and Ausona from 897 to 911, after his father, Wilfred I the Hairy. His ...
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919 deaths
Counts of Toulouse
Year of birth unknown
House of Rouergue
9th-century people from West Francia
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