Odo (died 985) was the second

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from 960 to his death. Odo was the eldest son and successor of William Garcés. Odo's younger brother

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in a partition of their father's territory. Odo spent his first years pillaging neighbouring lands and committing a number infractions against the

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. For this he was nicknamed ''Falta'' or the Fool by ecclesiastical chroniclers. In his later life he made amends by donating the church of Saint-Martin de Berdale to the canons of Saint-Marie. He was succeeded by his only son,

Sources

*''Histoire de la Gascogne'', l'Abbé J-J Montlezun, 1846–50
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*''L'art de vérifier les dates des faits historiques, des inscriptions, des chroniques, &c'', vol. 9, 1818, pp.296 ff.
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