Odo II of Champlitte

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Odo II of Champlitte, (died May 1204 at the Siege of Constantinople) was the first son of Odo I of Champlitte and a grandson of Hugh, Count of Champagne, although Hugh disowned Odo I.

At an assembly at Citeaux, Odo, and his brother William, joined the crusade. [1] Upon the crusade's arrival at Corfu, a disagreement as to where the crusade should be directed divided the army into two camps. [2] One that wanted follow Hugh of Saint-Pol and Prince Alexius to Constantinople, the other headed by Odo, Jacques of Avenes and Peter of Amiens, to continue on to Jerusalem. [3] After Odo arrived at Corfu he sent messengers to Brindisi to hire a fleet to take the crusade to Jerusalem. [4] Subsequent meetings between Odo, Hugh and Alexious, directed the crusade towards Constantinople. [5]

Odo participated in the siege of Constantinople, fell ill, and died shortly after in May 1204. [6] He was buried in the Hagia Sophia. [6]

He left behind a wife, Emeline of Broyes, [7] who was much younger than he, and a daughter, Oda or Odette or Euda, who married Hugh I of Ghent. Emiline was daughter of Elizabeth of Druex and Hugh III of Broyes. [8]

Notes

  1. ↑ Phillips 2004, p. 89-90.
  2. ↑ Phillips 2004, p. 138.
  3. ↑ Phillips 2004, p. 138-139.
  4. ↑ Phillips 2004, p. 139.
  5. ↑ Phillips 2004, p. 140.
  6. 1 2 Phillips 2004, p. 273.
  7. ↑ Schenk 2012, p. 240.
  8. ↑ Evergates 1999, p. 102.

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