Odo III. (Burgundy)
Odo III. ( French Eudes III , * 1166 ; † July 6, 1218 in Lyon ) was Duke of Burgundy from 1192 to 1218.
origin
He was the son of Duke Hugo III. of Burgundy and the Alix of Lorraine.
Life
In the fight against King Philip II August , Odo defended the castle of Châtillon-sur-Seine for his father , but could not hold it and was captured in 1187. In 1190 he took over the reign of Burgundy after his father had embarked on the third crusade . When he died in Tire in 1192 , Odo succeeded him as duke. He supported the king's marriage to Ingeborg of Denmark and was excommunicated for it. Odo used the German controversy for the throne to expand his influence to neighboring imperial territory.
Odo took part in the Albigensian Crusade in 1209. As the highest-ranking nobleman, he was in charge of the army and successfully led the sieges of Béziers (July 1209) and Carcassonne (August 1209). He then ended his participation and left the leadership to Simon IV. De Montfort .
In 1214 he fought in the battle of Bouvines , where he led the right wing of the French army. In 1218 he set out to strengthen the army of the Fifth Crusade , which was besieging Damiette in Egypt, but died in Lyons while preparing.
family
In 1194 he married Mathilde, Infanta of Portugal (* probably 1157; † 1218), daughter of King Alfonso I and Mathilde of Savoy , as well as the widow of Philip of Alsace , who he abandoned in 1195.
In 1199 he married Alix von Vergy (* probably 1182; † 1252), daughter of Hugo, Lord von Vergy, and Gillette de Trainel. Their children together were:
- Johanna (Jeanne) (* 1200; † 1223), ⚭ with Raoul II of Issoudun († before 1250), Lord of Issoudun and Count of Eu
- Alix (* 1204; † 1266), ⚭ with Robert I. Dauphin († 1262), Count of Clermont and Dauphin of Auvergne
- Hugo IV. (Hugues IV.) (* March 9, 1213 - † October 27, 1272), successor as Duke of Burgundy
- ⚭ 1229 with Jolanthe (Yolande) (* probably 1212; † October 30, 1248), daughter of Count Robert III. from Dreux
- ⚭ November 1258 with Beatrix von Champagne (* 1242; † February 1295), daughter of King Theobald I of Navarre
- Béatrice (* 1216), ⚭ Humbert III de Thoire († 1279)
Individual proof
- ^ Wilhelm Brito , Gesta Philippi Augusti , ed. by Léopold Delisle in: Recueil des Historiens des Gaules et de la France 17 (1878), p. 112
Web links
- Odo III. von Burgundy at genealogie-mittelalter.de
- Eudes de Bourgogne at fmg.ac (English)
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Hugo III |
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Hugo IV |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Odo III. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Eudes III |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Duke of Burgundy |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1166 |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 6, 1218 |
| Place of death | Lyon |