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 The name "Odo" in History
Odo, Bishop of Bayeux was the half-brother of William, Duke of Normandy and later William I (the Conqueror) of England.
Odo of Canterbury (died in 1200) was an English monk and theologian, known as Odo Cantianus or Odo of Kent.
Odo was released on the death of William in 1087 and attended the funeral.
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 Encyclopedia: Odo, Count of Paris   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
For his skill and bravery in resisting the attacks of the Normans at the Siege of Paris, Odo was chosen king by the western Franks when the emperor Charles the Fat was deposed in 887, and was crowned at Compiègne in February 888.
Combatants Franks Danes Commanders Odo, Count of Paris Sigfred and Rollo Strength 200 30,000 Casualties The Siege of Paris of 885 to 886 was a Viking siege of Paris, then capital of the kingdom of the West Franks.
Count Odo became the ancestor of the French royal dynasty of Capet, and thus the ancestor of all those famous kings in French history.
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 Paris   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Paris was occupied by a Gallic tribe until the Romans arrived in 52 BC The invaders referred to the previous as the Parisii but called their new city Lutetia meaning "marshy place".
The weakness of the late Carolingian kings of France led to the gradual rise in of the Counts of Paris; Odo Count of Paris was elected king of France by lords while Charles III was also claiming the throne.
In 1870 the Franco-Prussian War ended in a siege of Paris and the Paris Commune which surrendered in 1871 after a winter of famine and The Eiffel Tower the best-known landmark in Paris was in 1889 in a period of prosperity known La Belle Époque (The Beautiful period).
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 h. The West Franks under the Carolingian Kings. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Charles the Fat, son of Louis the German, already king of the East Franks (879) and emperor (876–87), was chosen king of the West Franks instead of Charles the Simple, the five-year-old brother of Louis and Carloman.
Odo (Eudes), count of Paris, marquis of Neustria (son of Count Robert the Strong), was elected king of the West Franks by one faction of magnates, to avoid a minority on the deposition (887) of Charles the Fat.
Robert, count of Paris, duke between the Seine and Loire, won the West Frankish crown with the aid of his sons-in-law, Herbert, count of Vermandois, and Rudolf, duke of Burgundy, but was killed (923), leaving a son (later Hugh the Great) too young to rule.
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 FULK - LoveToKnow Article on FULK
Upon the deposition of Charles the Fat he sided with Charles the Simple in his contest for the West Frankish dominions against Count Odo of Paris, and crowned him kin.g in his own metropolitan church at Reims after most of the nobles had gone over to Odo (893).
Upon the death of Odo he succeeded in having Charles recognized as king by a majority of the West Frankish nobility.
In 892 he obtained special privileges for his province from Pope Formosus, who promised that thereafter, when the archbishopric became vacant, the revenues should not be enjoyed by anyone while the vacancy existed, but should be reserved for the new incumbent, provided the election took place within the canonical limit of three months.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Archdiocese of Paris
The University of Paris did not yet exist, but, from the beginning of the twelfth century, the monastic schools of Notre-Dame were already famous, and the teaching of Peter Lombard, known as the Master of the Sentences, added to their lustre.
Maurice de Sully, Bishop of Paris, having accompanied the pope to the ceremony, was invited by the abbot to withdraw, and Alexander III declared in a sermon, afterwards confirmed by a Bull, thenceforth the Church of St-Germain-des-Prés was dependent only on the Roman pontiff, and subsequently conferred on the abbot a number of episcopal prerogatives.
Odo of Deuil, Suger's successor as abbot, was chaplain to Louis VII during the Second Crusade, of which he wrote a chronicle.
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 Odo, Duke of Burgundy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the king of the Franks (888 - 898), please see Odo, Count of Paris.
Odo of Paris (944–February 22, 965) was duke of Burgundy from 956 to his death.
Odo was son of Hugh the Great, count of Paris and brother of king Hugh I of France.
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 Paris   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Paris, together with its suburbs and satellite cities, forms the Greater Paris metropolitan area, with a population estimated at 11.5 million as of January 2004.
Paris is the most populous urban area in the European Union and is the second largest metropolitan area in Europe (after Moscow, and along with London), and is ranked approximately as the 20th most populous metropolitan area in the world.
In fact, the last time Paris was enlarged was in 1860 when Napoleon III and the prefect Haussmann annexed the then suburban communes surrounding Paris, such as Montmartre or Auteuil, extending the area of the city from 34.50 km² (13.3 sq.
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 Gerald of Aurillac   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
For Odo, the times were so hard, that he was convinced that the age of the AntiChrist had come, and in' this age, the saints will cease to work their wonders.
Eudes (or Odo), Count of Paris and hero of the Viking siege of 885, seized the title of King, although the South continued to recognize Charles the Simple.
Odo considers this mercy; it must have meant extreme humiliation for Arlald to be treated with such contempt.
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 Eudes and the Siege of Paris
Odo was given the title of count of Paris when he reached his majority.
Paris was ruled by Bishop Gauzlin when the city was attacked by a Viking force under Sigirid.
Odo, the future king, was sent to Charles, emperor of the Franks,[8] to implore help for the stricken city.
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 Wikinfo | Odo, Count of Paris
Odo, or Eudes, king of the Franks from 888 to 898, was a son of Robert the Strong, count of Anjou (d.
866), and is sometimes referred to as duke of France and also as count of Paris.
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 Paris -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Image:IMG 0133(Eiffel in Evening).jpg Paris is the capital city of France, as well as the capital of the Île-de-France région, whose territory encompasses Paris and its suburbs.
Paris is pronounced /ˈpʰæɹɪs/ in English, and Image:Ltspkr.png/paʀi/ in French.
The inhabitants of Paris are known as Parisians in English, as Parisiens (Image:Ltspkr.png/paʀizjɛ̃/) in French.
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 Han's Homepage - Chapter Genealogy, Capet
He became Count of Paris, Count of Anjou and Blois, or Margrave of the area between the Seine and Loire rivers.
Count Boudewijn V of Flanders, the second husband of Philippe's aunt Adélaïde, was appointed Regent of France, together with Queen-Mother Anna and the Archbishop of Reims.
Count Boudewijn was informed of his predecessor's death sooner than the French king, and had not wasted any time to organise the defence of his area against the expected French attack.
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 Wikinfo | Charles III of France   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Instead, Odo, Count of Paris, succeeded Charles the Fat.
Nonetheless, Charles became king at the death of Odo in 898.
The kingdom of Charles the Simple was almost identical with today's France, but he was obliged to concede what would become known as Normandy to the invading Norsemen.
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 Paris Bio, Pictures, News and RSS Feeds at BlinkBits.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Paris in January is a different place from the Paris you know in the spring, summer or fall.
In fact, the last time Paris was enlarged was in 1860 when Napoleon III and the prefect Haussmann annexed the then suburban communes surrounding Paris, such as Montmartre or Auteuil, extending the area of the city from 34.50 kmandsup2; (13.3 sq.
Paris and London, which were once the largest cities in the world, are now only approximately the 20th largest metropolitan areas in the world, but when looking at GDP figures, both metropolitan areas still stand in the top 5 of the largest gross metropolitan products in the world.
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 GOSLIN - LoveToKnow Article on GOSLIN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
In 883 or 884 he was elected bishop of Paris, and foreseeing the dangers to which the city was to be exposed from the attacks of the Northmen, he planned and directed the strengthening of the defences, though he also relied for security on the merits of the relics of St Germain and St Genevieve.
When the attack finally came (885), the defence of the city was entrusted to him and to Odo, count of Paris, and Hugh, abbot of St Germain lAuxerrois.
Goslin died soon after the preliminaries of the peace had been agreed on, worn out by his exertions, or killed by a pestilence which raged in the city.
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 Search Results for "Odo"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Odo, count of Paris, French king: see Eudes....
He studied at Reims and became a monk at Cluny.
He defended Paris against the Norsemen (885), and after the deposition of...
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 Issue of the So-called 'Holy Roman Empire'
Charles 'the Fat' failed to come to the assistance of defenders of Paris during a 885-886 siege by Vikings.
Odo, count of Paris, marquis de Neustria was the son of Robert 'the Strong', a powerful duke of France ('Ile-de-France').
Odo is, therefore, considered the first of the 'Robertian' dynasty of early French kings.
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 The Royal Ancestry of Laura Leighton Adams, wife of Charles Bruce Capron - Person Page 47   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Robert the White of Amiens Count of Vexin, Valois, and Amiens; advocate of St Germain des Pres and Jumieges b.
Baldwin II of Flanders (died September 10, 918) was count of Flanders from 879 to 918.
Humbert I, Count of Maurienne, Marquis of Italy b.
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 Odo on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The songs of entertainers and the song of the angels: vernacular lyric fragments in Odo of Cheriton's 'Sermones de festis.'
Odo, Franklin: No Sword to Bury: Japanese Americans in Hawai'i during World War II.(Book Review)
A Legacy of Change; Franklin Odo debuts his latest book, 'No Sword to Bury: Japanese Americans in Hawai'i during World War II'
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 CalendarHome.com - January 13 - Calendar Encyclopedia
There are 352 days remaining (353 in a leap year).
888 - Odo, Count of Paris becomes King of the Franks.
1328 - Edward III of England marries Philippa, daughter of the Count of Hainault.
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The Aragonese kings of the Barcelonan dynasty ruled as well Catalonia (which included Roussillon, nowadays the dŽpartement of PyrenŽes-Orientales in France), the city of Montpellier, the kingdom of Valencia, the kingdom of Majorca, the kingdom of Sicily, and Sardinia.
The title of Count of Barcelona belonged to the Aragonese monarch after Alfonso II inherited it from his father Ramon Berenguer IV.
Wrote the Libre dels feyts 1276 - 1285 Peter III, conquered Sicily 1285 - 1291 Alfonso III, conquered Minorca 1291 - 1329 James II 1327 - 1336 Alfonso IV 1336 - 1387 Peter IV.
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 Rxpress - 887 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Charles the Fat is deposed from the entire Carolingian Empire.
Odo, Count of Paris ascends to the throne of Western Francia (mordern France)
Berengar of Friuli ascends to the throne of Italy
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 Hugh Magnus "the Great" CAPET "Count of Paris"
956), duke of the Franks and count of Paris, son of King Robert I of France and nephew of King Odo or Eudes, was one of the founders of the power of the Capetian house in France.
At Giselbert's death (April 8, 956) Hugh became effective master of the duchy, but died soon afterwards, on the 16th or 17th of June 956.
Hugh was passed over as King by the electing officials in 923, but he could have easily assumed the crown, since he soon possessed vast territories from the inheritance of all his father's lands.
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 Rulers of France
His brother, Carloman, ruled as king of the Eastern Franks from 768 until his death in 771.
Not counted in regular line of kings of France by some authorities.
Reentered Paris, March 1815, after escape from Elba; Louis XVIII fled to Ghent.
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 Odo- WordWeb dictionary definition
- Urban II, Odo of Lagery, Otho, Otho of Lagery
Type of: Bishop of Rome, Catholic Pope, Holy Father, pontiff, pope, Roman Catholic Pope, Vicar of Christ
Encyclopedia: Odo, Bishop of Bayeux Odo Odo, Duke of Burgundy Odo, Count of Paris
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 webGED: Family Tree   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
spouse: Walaho Iv, Count of Wormsgau (*0824 -)
father: Robert 1, Count of PARIS(*0830 - ~0866)
----------child: Robert 1, Count of PARIS (*0830 - ~0866)
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 webGED: Family Tree
spouse: Robert 1, Count of PARIS (*0830 - ~0866)
----------child: Odo, Count of PARIS (~0865 - 0898)
----------child: Arnolph 1, "Count of FLANDERS" (*0903 - 0965)
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 Infamous Moment of Roman Catholic History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
There was a quarrel between the Archbishops of Cologne and Hamburg concerning the Bishopric of Bremen.
In the contest between Odo, Count of Paris and Charles the Simple for the French crown, the pope sided with Charles.
Formosus persuaded Arnulf of Carinthia to advance to Rome and liberate Italy.
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