Odo, Count of Nevers

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Odo, Count of Nevers

Seal of Odo of Nevers
Spouse(s) Maud of Dampierre
Noble family House of Burgundy
Father Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy
Mother Yolande of Dreux
Born 1230
Died 1266
Acre
Coats of Arms of Eudes of Burgundy, Count of Nevers and Auxerre

Odo of Burgundy (1230 4 August 1266) was Count of Nevers and Auxerre and the heir of Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy. His mother was Yolande of Dreux.[1] He died at Acre on 7 August 1266.[2]

He never inherited the duchy, due to his death before his father; Burgundy was thereafter ruled by Odo's brother Robert. Odo married Maud of Dampierre and had three daughters, all of whom became rulers of their parents' counties:

References

  1. 1 2 (FR)Michelle Bubenicek, Quand les femmes gouvernent: droit et politique au XIVe siècle:Yolande de Flandre, Droit et politique au XIV siecle, (Ecole des Chartes, 2002), 54.
  2. Jaroslav Folda, Crusader Art in the Holy Land, From the Third Crusade to the Fall of Acre, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), 356.

See also

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