Odo of Burgundy, in French Eudes de Bourgogne (1230 – 4 August 1266), was the Count of Nevers, Auxerre and Tonnerre and son of Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy and Yolande of Dreux.[1]
In 1265, Odo became one of the last European barons to lead a crusading force to the Holy Land. Among his fifty knights was Erard of Valery. He defended Acre when Sultan Baybars I harassed it on 1 June 1266 in advance of his besieging Safad. He died at Acre on 7 August 1266 and was buried in the church of Saint Nicholas.[2] He left all his wealth to pay his followers and to endow hospitals and religious institutions. He was described by the Templar of Tyre as a "holy man", and his tomb attracted veneration. Within a year of his death, the poet Rutebeuf wrote a Complainte du comte Eudes de Nevers, a lament for a valiant knight and also for the city that lost its defender.[3]
Burgundy passed to Odo's brother, Robert.
Marriage and children
Odo married Maud of Dampierre[1] and they had:
- Yolande, Countess of Nevers (1247–1280), married (1) John Tristan, Count of Valois, and (2) Count Robert III of Flanders[1]
- Margaret, Countess of Tonnerre (1250–1308), married King Charles I of Naples[4]
- Adelaide, Countess of Auxerre (1251–1290), married John I of Chalon, Lord of Rochefort
- Joan (1253–1271), died young
References
- ^ a b c Bubenicek 2002, p. 54.
- ^ Folda 2005, p. 356.
- ^ Paviot 2006, p. 897.
- ^ Jamison & Clementi 1992, p. 325.
Sources
- Bubenicek, Michelle (2002). Quand les femmes gouvernent: droit et politique au XIVe siècle:Yolande de Flandre, Droit et politique au XIV siecle. Ecole des Chartes.
- Folda, Jaroslav (2005). Crusader art in the Holy Land : from the Third Crusade to the fall of Acre, 1187-1291. Cambridge University Press.
- Jamison, Evelyn Mary; Clementi, Dione (1992). Studies on the History of Medieval Sicily and South Italy. Scientia Verlag.
- Paviot, Jacques (2006). "Odo of Burgundy (d. 1266)". In Murray, Alan V. (ed.). The Crusades: An Encyclopedia. Vol. 2. ABC-CLIO.
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