Odo, Count of Nevers

Odo of Burgundy (* 1231, † August 4, 1266 in Acre ) was Count of Nevers, Auxerre and Tonnerre. He was the eldest son of the Duke Hugo IV of Burgundy ( * 1212, † 1272 ) and Yolande of Dreux.

As the heir to the Duchy of Burgundy, his father married him in February 1248 with Matilda II of Bourbon (* 1234, † 1262 ), heiress of Nevers, Auxerre and Tonnerre, daughter of Archambault IX. Dampierre, Lord of Bourbon, and the Jolanthe of Châtillon, Countess of Nevers, Auxerre and Tonnerre. Had Odo lived long enough and had a male heir of this marriage, because this marriage the union of these three counties would be done with the Duchy of Burgundy. So but remained separate their fortunes. In fact, the couple had four daughters:

  • Iolanta ( Yolande ) (* 1247, † 1280 ), 1262 Countess of Nevers, Auxerre and Tonnerre; ∞ I John of Damietta (* 1250, † 1270), ∞ Robert II of Dampierre
  • Margaret ( Marguerite ) (* 1249, † 1308), 1273 Countess of Tonnerre, ∞ 1268 Charles of Anjou, Count of Anjou and Provence, King of Sicily
  • Alix (* 1254, † 1290 ), 1273 Countess of Auxerre, ∞ 1268 John I of Chalon († 1309)
  • Johanna (* probably in 1253, † 1271)

With Mathilde's death in 1262, the eldest daughter Yolande inherited the counties of Nevers, Auxerre and Tonnerre, of which she passed on to her two sisters in 1273. Odo went to the Holy Land, where he fell in the defense of Acre in 1266.

  • Graf ( Auxerre)
  • Graf ( Nevers )
  • Graf ( Tonnerre )
  • Person ( Crusades )
  • Older house Burgundy
  • Frenchman
  • Born in 1231
  • Died in 1266
  • Man
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