Odo of Vitry (Eudes) (died 1158) was a French nobleman.

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and Châtelain de Vitry. His parenthood is unclear. It is sometimes stated that he was a son of André, castellan of Vitré and of Agnès de Mortain, but this appears to be based on a confusion between Vitré in

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and Vitry in

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. On the death of his brother-in-law, Gervase, he received the county of Rethel. Odo was married to

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(d. 1151), the eldest daughter of

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. They had at least four children: *

Guitier of Rethel Guitier (Ithier) of Rethel (died 1171), son of Odo of Vitry and Matilda, Countess of Rethel, nephew of Baldwin II of Jerusalem, was Count of Rethel, succeeding his mother. (His father is named as count, but it is not clear that he ever served.) ...

* Unnamed daughter who married Etienne Strabo de Neufchâtel-sur Aisne * Unnamed daughter who married a lord of Henalmont * Yvette, who married first a Milo and second Villian d'Arzillières. From 1124 until his wife's death in 1151, he ruled Rethel jointly with her. After her death, he ruled alone. Odo died in 1158, and was succeeded by his son Guitier.

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* {{S-end Counts of Rethel Year of birth unknown 1158 deaths People from Rethel 12th-century French people