Odo II, Duke of Burgundy explained

Odo II
Succession:	Duke of Burgundy
Reign:	1143 - 1162
Predecessor:	Hugh II
Successor:	Hugh III
House:	Burgundy
Father:	Hugh II, Duke of Burgundy
Mother:	Matilda of Turenne
Spouse:	Marie de Champagne
Issue:	Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy
Issue-Link:	Family
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Birth Date:	1118
Death Date:	27 June (or 27 September) 1162

Odo II (1118 – 27 June (or 27 September) 1162) was Duke of Burgundy between 1143 and 1162.

Family

Odo was the eldest son of Hugh II, Duke of Burgundy and Matilda of Mayenne, daughter of Gauthier, Count of Mayenne and Adelina de Presles. Odo married Marie, daughter of Theobald II, Count of Champagne and Matilda of Carinthia.

Odo and Marie had:

• Alix (1146–1192), married in 1164 to Archambaud (died 1169), son of Archambaud VII (died 1171), Lord of Bourbon
• Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy, his successor in the duchy
• Mahaut (died 1202), married Robert IV, Count of Auvergne

Sources

• Book: Bouchard, Constance Brittain . Sword, Miter, and Cloister: Nobility and the Church of Burgundy, 980-1198 . Cornell University Press . 1987 .
• Book: Fassler, Margot Elsbeth . The Virgin of Chartres: Making History Through Liturgy and the Arts . Yale University Press . 2010 .
• Book: Thompson, Kathleen . Power and Border Lordship in Medieval France: The County of the Perche, 1000-1226 . The Boydell Press . 2002 . 95

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