11th-century Bishop of Bayeux and half-brother of William the Conqueror
Odo fighting in the Battle of Hastings as shown in the Bayeux TapestryScene in the Bayeux Tapestry showing Odo rallying Duke William's troops during the Battle of Hastings. Latin tituli above: HIC ODO EP[ISCOPU]S BACULU[M] TENENS CONFORTAT PUEROS ("Here Bishop Odo, holding a club, gives strength to the boys"). Duke William is also shown wielding a club during the battle in another scene.
Odo of Bayeux (died 1097) was Bishop of Bayeux in Normandy, and was also made Earl of Kent in England following the Norman Conquest. He was the maternal half-brother of duke, and later king, William the Conqueror, and was, for a time, William's primary administrator in the Kingdom of England, although he was eventually tried for defrauding the William's government. It is likely Odo commissioned the Bayeux Tapestry a large tableau of the Norman Conquest, perhaps to present to his brother William. He later fell out with his brother over Odo's support for military adventures in Italy. William, on his deathbed, freed Odo. Odo died in Palermo Sicily on the way to crusade.
OdoofBayeux (died 1097) was Bishop ofBayeux in Normandy, and was also made Earl of Kent in England following the Norman Conquest. He was the maternal...
Bayeux (French pronunciation: [bajø]) is a commune in the Calvados department in Normandy in northwestern France. Bayeux is the home of the Bayeux Tapestry...
958), Archbishop of Canterbury OdoofBayeux (died 1097), brother of William the Conqueror, Bishop ofBayeux and Earl of Kent Odoof Cambrai (1050–1113)...
one of his favourite noblemen. From her marriage to Herluin she had two sons: Odo, who later became Bishop ofBayeux, and Robert, who became Count of Mortain...
(1001–1066) was the stepfather of William the Conqueror and the father ofOdoofBayeux and Robert, Count of Mortain, both of whom became prominent during...
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with whom she had two sons – OdoofBayeux and Count Robert of Mortain – and a daughter whose name is unknown. One of Herleva's brothers, Walter, became...
Bishop ofBayeux, half-brother of William the Conqueror and Lanfranc, Archbishop of Canterbury and others. Odo de Bayeux was previously Earl of Kent and...
half-brother of William the Conqueror. The rebels, led by William the Conqueror's half-brothers OdoofBayeux and Robert, Count of Mortain, with Odo the stronger...
Montgomery the earl of Shrewsbury and Hugh d'Avranches the earl of Chester . Likewise, the king's half-brother OdoofBayeux was made earl of Kent to guard...
III, until he comes of age. Spring – A rebellion led by William the Conqueror's half-brothers OdoofBayeux and Robert (2nd Earl of Cornwall), begins against...
1080 14 May – Walcher, Bishop of Durham, is killed by rebel Northumbrians; King William I sends his half-brother OdoofBayeux to pacify Northumbria. Autumn...
bishop OdoofBayeux, he exclaimed "What! He is a clergyman." Lanfranc retorted that "You will not seize the bishop ofBayeux, but confine the earl of Kent...
knights named on the Bayeux tapestry. He is believed to have been a vassal ofOdoofBayeux. He is recorded as holding land from Odo in Kent in the Domesday...
Conqueror named his half-brother, OdoofBayeux (c. 1036–1097), who was also Bishop ofBayeux, the new Earl of Kent. However, Odo was twice removed from this...
Following the Norman Conquest, the manor of Peckham was granted to OdoofBayeux and held by the Bishop of Lisieux. It was described as being a hamlet...
meantime encountered a much superior force under the warrior bishops OdoofBayeux and Geoffrey de Montbray (the latter ordered that all rebels should...
Turold of Rochester was a Norman knight known from the Domesday Book and possibly also the Bayeux tapestry. He was a vassal of Bishop OdoofBayeux and is...
Hastings. The Bayeux Tapestry was probably commissioned by William the Conqueror's half-brother, Bishop Odo, possibly at the same time as Bayeux Cathedral's...
2nd Earl of Hereford (1071–1074) Earl of Huntingdon Earl of Northampton Waltheof, Earl of Northumbria (1065–1076) Earl of Kent OdoofBayeux (1067–1082)...
and OdoofBayeux in 1071 and was himself sued in (1076), when acting as the king's agent and with the king's license, look lands for OdoofBayeux, the...
Crusade Robert of Rouen, who became Bishop of Ramle-Lydda after its capture by the Crusaders. OdoofBayeux, Bishop ofBayeux and half-brother of William the...
the public. The Bayeux Tapestry is an embroidered narrative of the events leading up to Hastings probably commissioned by OdoofBayeux soon after the...
rebellion led by Thomas' old mentor OdoofBayeux. Thomas also attended the trial for rebellion of the Bishop of Durham, William de St-Calais, Thomas'...
Ralph was bottled up in Norwich Castle by the combined efforts ofOdoofBayeux, Geoffrey of Coutances, Richard fitzGilbert, and William de Warenne. Norwich...
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