Odo of Fézensac
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Odo was the second Count of Fézensac from 960 to his death.

Odo was the eldest son and successor of William Garcés
William Garcés of Fézensac
William García was a Count of Fézensac. He was the second son of García II of Gascony and Amuna....

. Odo's younger brother Bernard
Bernard I of Armagnac
Bernard I , called the Suspicious, was the first Count of Armagnac.He was the second son of William Garcés of Fézensac. When William died in 960, he divided his county up, giving Fézensac to his eldest son Odo, Armagnac to Bernard, and Gause to the youngest son Fredelon.For his many sins, Bernard...

 received Armagnac
Armagnac (region)
The hilly countship of Armagnac , in the foothills of the Pyrenées between the Adour and Garonne rivers, is a historic countship of the Duchy of Gascony, established in 601 in Aquitaine...

 in a partition of their father's territory.

Odo spent his first years pillaging neighbouring lands and committing a number infractions against the Church
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. For this he was nicknamed Falta or the Fool by ecclesiastical chroniclers. In his later life he made amends by donating the church of Saint-Martin de Berdale to the canons of Saint-Marie.

He was succeeded by his only son, Bernard.
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