Odo, Count of Nevers

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]

Odo, Count of Nevers
Seal of Odo of Nevers
Born	1230
Died	1266 Acre
Noble family	House of Burgundy
Spouse(s)	Maud of Dampierre
Issue	Yolande II, Countess of Nevers Margaret, Countess of Tonnerre Adelaide, Countess of Auxerre
Father	Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy
Mother	Yolande of Dreux

Coats of Arms of Eudes of Burgundy, Count of Nevers and Auxerre

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

1. Bubenicek 2002, p. 54.
2. Folda 2005, p. 356.
3. Paviot 2006, p. 897.
4. 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.

See also

• Dukes of Burgundy family tree