Odo I (1060 – 1102
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Tarsus), also known as Eudes, surnamed Borel and called ''the Red'', was
duke of Burgundy
Duke of Burgundy (french: duc de Bourgogne) was a title used by the rulers of the Duchy of Burgundy, from its establishment in 843 to its annexation by France in 1477, and later by Holy Roman Emperors and Kings of Spain from the House of Habsbu ...
between 1079 and 1102. Odo was the second son of
Henry of Burgundy and grandson of
Robert I. He became the duke following the abdication of his older brother, Hugh I, who retired to become a
Benedictine
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monk at
Cluny
Cluny () is a commune in the eastern French department of Saône-et-Loire, in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. It is northwest of Mâcon.
The town grew up around the Benedictine
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He participated in the French expedition to the Iberian peninsula, started after the
Battle of Sagrajas
The Battle of Sagrajas (23 October 1086), also called Zalaca or Zallaqa ( ar, معركة الزلاقة, translit=Maʿrakat az-Zallāqa), was a battle between the Almoravid army led by their King Yusuf ibn Tashfin and an army led by the C ...
and ending with little accomplished in the failed
Siege of Tudela in 1087. Later, he participated in the
Crusade of 1101
The Crusade of 1101 was a minor crusade of three separate movements, organized in 1100 and 1101 in the successful aftermath of the First Crusade. It is also called the Crusade of the Faint-Hearted due to the number of participants who joined this ...
, where he died, while in Asia Minor, in 1101.
["The First Crusaders 1095-1131", Jonathan Riley-Smith]
In a charter from his expedition to the Iberian peninsula, he admitted he had withheld property belonging to the abbey of