Odo (or Eudes) I (died 10 August 871) was the

Count of Troyes The count of Champagne was the ruler of the County of Champagne from 950 to 1316. Champagne evolved from the County of Troyes in the late eleventh century and Hugh I was the first to officially use the title count of Champagne. Count Theobald I ...

from 852 to 859 and Count of Châteaudun through 871. His ancestry is not known for certain.

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would place him in the extended family of

Odo I, Count of Orléans Odo I (french: Eudes; also ''Hodo'', ''Uodo'', or ''Udo'' in contemporary Latin; died 25 May 834) was the Count of Orléans (''comes Aurelianensium'') following the final deposition of Matfrid until his own deposition a few years later. He belonge ...

. The most recent studies make him a son of Robert, Count of Oberrheingau and Wormsgau, and Waldrada, a daughter of Count Odo of

Orléans Orléans (;"Orleans"
(US) and Robert the Strong Robert the Strong (french: Robert le Fort; c. 830 – 866) was the father of two kings of West Francia: Odo (or Eudes) and Robert I of France. His family is named after him and called the Robertians. In 853, he was named ''missus dominicus'' ...

. Like the rest of his family, he was a loyal follower of

Charles the Bald Charles the Bald (french: Charles le Chauve; 13 June 823 – 6 October 877), also known as Charles II, was a 9th-century king of West Francia (843–877), king of Italy (875–877) and emperor of the Carolingian Empire (875–877). After a ser ...

. Though well endowed with estates in

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, like his brother Robert, he abandoned these after the

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(843) in order to rejoin Charles the Bald. In 846, he was granted lands in the region of

Châteaudun Châteaudun () is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department. It was the site of the Battle of Châteaudun during the Franco-Prussian War. Geography Châteaudun is located about 45& ...

, made

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, and wed to Wandilmodis. In 852, after the death of Aleran, Count of Troyes, he was nominated to hold his vacant office and his brother Robert succeeded him in

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. In 853, he participated in the

Capitulary of Servais The Capitulary of Servais was the implementation of an agreement between Charles the Bald and his half-brother Lothar to maintain the peace. In a conference of Charles and Lothar at Valenciennes in 853, the ''missi'' iterally, the sent oneswere re ...

as '' missi'' in conjunction with Bishop Wenilo of

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. In 858, Charles named his son

Louis the Stammerer Louis II, known as Louis the Stammerer (french: Louis le Bègue; 1 November 846 – 10 April 879), was the king of Aquitaine and later the king of West Francia. He was the eldest son of Emperor Charles the Bald and Ermentrude of Orléans. Louis t ...

to the ''

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'' and Robert, angered by his loss of influence there, revolted and called in the aid of

Louis the German Louis the German (c. 806/810 – 28 August 876), also known as Louis II of Germany and Louis II of East Francia, was the first king of East Francia, and ruled from 843 to 876 AD. Grandson of emperor Charlemagne and the third son of Louis the P ...

. Odo soon joined him. The brothers were subsequently expelled from their counties and

Troyes Troyes () is a commune and the capital of the department of Aube in the Grand Est region of north-central France. It is located on the Seine river about south-east of Paris. Troyes is situated within the Champagne wine region and is near to ...

confiscated and confided to one Rudolph. Odo may have recovered Troyes after Rudolph's death (866), but perhaps not. In any case, his brother made his submission in 861 and was given the

March of Neustria The Marches of Neustria (french: Marches de Neustrie; br, Marz Neustria; Norman: ''Maurches de Neûtrie'') were two marches created in 861 by the Carolingian king of West Francia Charles the Bald. They were ruled by officials appointed by the Mo ...

. Odo's eponymous son was found in Troyes in 876. By Wandilmodis, he left three children: *

Odo II, Count of Troyes Odo (or Eudes) II was a son of Odo I and Wandilmodis. He became the Count of Troyes on 25 October 877. Little is known of this count. His father had the county of Troyes confiscated by Charles the Bald in 858, but whether he recovered it (circa 8 ...

Robert I, Count of Troyes Robert I (died October 886), called ''Porte-carquois'', was the Count of Troyes. He was a son of Odo I, Count of Troyes, and Wandilmodis. Lay abbot of Saint-Loup, he was mentioned for the first time on 25 October 874, when he appeared in a cha ...

*a daughter who married

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References

Bibiliography

*de Saint Phalle, Édouard. "Comtes de Troyes et de Poitiers au IXe siècle : histoire d’un double échec." in

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and Katharine S. B. Keats-Rohan, ''Onomastique et Parenté dans l'Occident médiéval''. 2000. 871 deaths Counts of Troyes Counts of Anjou Year of birth unknown {{France-noble-stub