For the Duke of Burgundy (956-965), please see Odo, Duke of Burgundy. For the king of the Franks (888 - 898 please see Odo Count of Paris.

Odo
King of Western Francia
The Coronation of Odo, from the Grandes Chroniques de France
Reign	888–898
Coronation	February 888, Compiegne
Titles	Count of Paris
Born	c. This article is about the year AD 888 For other uses see 888 (disambiguation. Events By place Europe A Magyar army headed by Álmos besieges Kiev. 860
Died	1 January 898
Place of death	La Fère, France
Predecessor	Charles the Fat
Successor	Charles III
Consort	Théodrate of Troyes
Royal House	Robertian
Father	Robert the Strong
Mother	Adelaide of Tours

Odo (or Eudes I) (c. This article is about the year 860 For the area code see Area code 860. New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC Events By place Europe A Magyar army headed by Álmos besieges Kiev. La Fère is a commune in the Aisne department in Picardie in France. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Charles the Fat (Carolus Pinguis 13 June 839 – 13 January 888) was the King of Alemannia from 876 King of Italy from Charles III ( September 17, 879 – October 7, 929) called the Simple or the Straightforward (from the contemporary Théodrate of Troyes (868 &ndash 903 was the wife of Odo Count of Paris. The Robertians, or Robertines, were a Frankish predecessor family of whatbecame the Capetians. Robert IV the Strong (also known as Rutpert) ( 820 - September 15, 866) was Margrave in Neustria. 860 – January 1, 898) was a king of the Franks (888 - 898). New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC Events By place Europe A Magyar army headed by Álmos besieges Kiev. The Franks or Frankish people (Franci or gens Francorum) were West Germanic tribes first identified in the 3rd century as an Ethnic group This article is about the year AD 888 For other uses see 888 (disambiguation. Events By place Europe A Magyar army headed by Álmos besieges Kiev. He was a son of Robert the Strong, count of Anjou, and is sometimes referred to as duke of France and also as count of Paris. Robert IV the Strong (also known as Rutpert) ( 820 - September 15, 866) was Margrave in Neustria. List of Counts of Anjou First creation 870&ndash1203 House of Ingelger Ingelger (870&ndash898 father This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city His family is known as the Robertians. The Robertians, or Robertines, were a Frankish predecessor family of whatbecame the Capetians.

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. The Normans were the people who gave their names to Normandy, a region in northern France. The Siege of Paris of 885 to 886 was a Viking siege of Paris, then capital of the kingdom of the West Franks. Charles the Fat (Carolus Pinguis 13 June 839 – 13 January 888) was the King of Alemannia from 876 King of Italy from Events By Place Asia Emperor Uda ascends to the throne of Japan. Compiègne is a commune in the Oise département of France, of which it is a Sous-préfecture. This article is about the year AD 888 For other uses see 888 (disambiguation.

He continued to battle against the Normans, whom he defeated at Montfaucon and elsewhere, but was soon involved in a struggle with some powerful nobles, who supported the claim of Charles, afterwards King Charles III, to the Frankish kingdom. Charles III ( September 17, 879 – October 7, 929) called the Simple or the Straightforward (from the contemporary

In 889 and 890 Odo granted special privileges to the County of Manresa in Osona. The County of Manresa or Manressa is a term which refers to the western extremity of the County of Ausona, divided into the Moianès and Bages Osona, or Ausona (in Latin and Castilian) was one of the Catalan counties of the Marca Hispanica in the Early Because of its position on the front line against Moorish aggression, it was given the right to build towers of defence called manresanas or manresanes. The description Moors has referred to several historic and modern populations of Muslim (and earlier non-Muslim people of Berber and Arab descent This privilege was respondible for giving Manresa its unique character separate from the rest of Osona for the next two centuries.

To gain prestige and support, Odo paid homage to the Eastern Frankish King Arnulf of Carinthia, but in 894 Arnulf declared for Charles. East ( ern) Francia ( Regnum Francorum orientalium) known variously as Francia Orientalis or the Kingdom of the East Franks, was the Arnulf of Carinthia (Arnulf von Kärnten Arnulf Koroški 850 &ndash December 8 899) was the Carolingian King of East Francia from 887 Events By Place Europe Northumbrians and East Angles swear allegiance to Alfred the Great, but promptly break their truce by attacking Eventually, after a struggle which lasted for three years, Odo was compelled to come to terms with his rival, and to surrender to him a district north of the Seine. He died at La Fère on January 1, 898. New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC Events By place Europe A Magyar army headed by Álmos besieges Kiev.

Odo married Théodrate of Troyes and had two known sons, Arnulf (born probably about 885) and Guy (born probably about 888), neither of whom lived past the age of fifteen. Théodrate of Troyes (868 &ndash 903 was the wife of Odo Count of Paris.

References

A Romantic image (1883) of Eudes regaining Paris by riding through the besiegers

• Ernest Lavisse, Histoire de France, tome ii. Ernest Lavisse ( December 17, 1842 - August 18, 1922) was a French Historian. (Paris, 1903)
• E. Favre, Eudes, comte de Paris et roi de France (Paris, 1893).
• This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain. The Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition (1910–1911 is a 29-volume reference work that marked the beginning of the Encyclopædia Britannica The public domain is a range of abstract materials &ndash commonly referred to as Intellectual property &ndash which are not owned or controlled by anyone