Odo II (Burgundy)

Odo II ( French Eudes II , * probably 1118; † September 27, 1162 ) was Duke of Burgundy from 1143 to 1162; he was the son of Duke Hugo II and Mathilde von Mayenne .

When King Ludwig VII ascended the throne in 1137, he refused the feudal oath, but was obliged to do so by Pope Hadrian IV . In 1147 he took part in the siege of Lisbon in favor of his cousin Alfonso I of Portugal . He was nevertheless a predatory ruler and because of his offenses he had to make a pilgrimage to the Holy Land , on which he died. He was buried in the Cîteaux monastery .

Marriage and offspring

In 1145 he married Marie von Champagne, daughter of Theobald II , Count of Champagne , and Mathilde of Carinthia . Her descendants were:

• Alix (* probably 1146; † 1192)

1. ⚭ 1164 Archambault de Bourbon († 1169), son of Archambault VII. († 1171/73), Lord of Bourbon ,
2. ⚭ II) Eudes de Deols († around 1208), Lord of Boussac

• Hugo III (* probably 1148; † 1192), 1162 Duke of Burgundy, 1183 Dauphin of Viennois , Count of Albon and Grenoble

1. ⚭ 1165, repudiated 1183, Alix von Lothringen († probably 1200), daughter of Duke Matthew I of Lorraine
2. ⚭ 1183 Beatrix , 1162 Dauphinée von Viennois Countess of Albon and Grenoble (* probably 1161, † December 15, 1228), heiress of Guigues V.

• Mathilde (Mahaut, † July 22, 1202)

1. ⚭ Robert IV. Count of Auvergne († 1194, House of Auvergne )

Web links

• Odo II., Duke of Burgundy at medieval-genealogie.de
• Eudes de Bourgogne at fmg.ac (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
Hugo II	Duke of Burgundy 1143–1162	Hugo III