Odo, Viscount of Porhoet

Odo II of Porhoët ( Eudon II de Porhoët, also called Éon and Eudes, † after 1173 ) was Count of Porhoët and Regent of the Duchy of Brittany. He was the son of Geoffrey, Vicomte de Porhoët and Hadvise, and thus a member of the ( later called ) house Rohan.

Biography

After the death of his older brother Josselin he inherited it in Porhoët.

The second husband of Bertha, daughter and heiress of Duke Conan III. by Brittany († 1148 ), who had disinherited his son Hoel because of illegitimacy, Odo was informed of this, the guardianship of his step-son Conan IV, the son of Bertha's marriage to Alain le Noir († 1146 ).

From 1148 thus Odo held the regency in Brittany, but did not think they even return his stepson. 1154 Conan IV, therefore, allied with his uncle Hoel against Odo, but succeeded in this to beat the two pretenders. Hoel could the possession of the county of Nantes secure, Conan, however, had to flee to King Henry II, who confirmed to him the possession of the Honour of Richmond as paternal heritage to England. In addition, Conan received military support, which allowed him to return to Brittany; he found several allies, but the fact that he appeared as a vassal of the English king, also provoked an uprising under the leadership of other Big Odo of Porhoëts, but was defeated and his turn had to leave Brittany. Conan was proclaimed in 1156 to the Duke. In the same year Nantaiser drove his uncle Hoël and familiar to Count Geoffrey of Anjou, brother of King Henry II After the death of Godfrey in 1158 believed Conan, Nantes recover, but it had Henry II passed.

Odo of Porhoët now led a new revolt, which was also successful, but Henry II now provided the pretext to intervene even in Brittany, Josselin conquered in 1168. Odo was expelled from the county Porhoët and when he in 1173 an uprising last ventured from the county Penthièvre. After that trace of him.

In Porhoët inherited him his son Odo III.