Odo from Champlitte
Odo von Champlitte (French: Eudes de Champlitte ; * 1123 , † after 1187) was a feudal lord in the 12th century.
Odo was the son of Isabella of Burgundy, a daughter of Stephan "Tollkopf" of Burgundy , who had been married to the powerful Count Hugo of Champagne since 1110 . Two years after Odo's birth, he and his mother were cast out by Count Hugo, who evidently denied his paternity by Odo and thus accused his wife of adultery. The large county of Champagne therefore passed to Hugo's nephew, Theobald IV of Blois , in 1125 . Odo could only take over his mother's inheritance, the castle of Champlitte , which was in the Free County of Burgundy and thus part of the Holy Roman Empire .
Apparently Odo tried to assert claims on the Champagne against the Count of Blois, in any case King Louis VII of France justified his war against him in Odo's name. The King of France, however, was defeated by the Count of Blois-Champagne and made peace with him in 1143, whereby Odo's claims were dropped.
From 1170 Odo is attested in the possession of the Vice County Dijon , which he inherited from an uncle of his wife Sibylle. He had several children with her, including two Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade :
- Odo II "le Champenois" from Champlitte († May 1204 before Constantinople )
- Wilhelm von Champlitte († 1209), Vice Count of Dijon and Prince of Achaia
literature
- Henry d'Arbois de Jubainville: Histoire des ducs et des comtes de Champagne. Volume 7 (A. Durand, 1869)
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| SURNAME | Odo from Champlitte |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Eudes de Champlitte (French) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Lord of Champlitte, Vice-Count of Dijon |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1123 |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1187 |