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. 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 charter of

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ceding Chaource, in Tonnerre, to the abbey. He succeeded his brother Odo II between 876 and 880. He was killed in action against the

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to the east of Paris and was succeeded by his nephew Adalelm. He was married to Gisela (died between 879 and 884), daughter of

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and Ansgard. He left no children.

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and Katharine S. B. Keats-Rohan, ''Onomastique et Parenté dans l'Occident médiéval''. 2000. *Van Kerrebrouck, Patrick. ''Nouvelle histoire généalogique de l'auguste maison de France, vol. 1: La Préhistoire des Capétiens''. 1993. {{S-end 886 deaths Counts of Troyes Year of birth unknown Place of birth unknown