Odo of Toulouse
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Odo (also Odon or Odonus) was the Count of Toulouse from 872 to 918 or 919, when he died.
He was a son of Raymond I of Toulouse
and Bertha or of Bernard II of Toulouse.
He married Garsenda, daughter of Ermengol of Albi, and probably had three children. His sons were Raymond II
, whom he associated in the countship by giving him Rouergue
(before 898), and Ermengol
, who inherited that same province. It has been suggested for onomastic reasons that Odo was the father of Garsenda, wife of Wilfred II of Barcelona.
He was a son of Raymond I of Toulouse
Raymond I of Toulouse
Raymond I was the Count of Limoges , Rouergue and Quercy , and Toulouse and Albi . He was the younger son of Fulcoald of Rouergue and Senegund, niece of William of Gellone through his sister Alda....
and Bertha or of Bernard II of Toulouse.
He married Garsenda, daughter of Ermengol of Albi, and probably had three children. His sons were Raymond II
Raymond II of Toulouse
Raymond II was the Count of Toulouse, Nîmes, and Albi. He was the, probably elder, son of Odo of Toulouse and Garsenda.In 886, at the death of Bernard the Calf, he succeeded to the comital title in Nîmes and Albi while Odo his father received the county of Toulouse. In 898, his father made him...
, whom he associated in the countship by giving him Rouergue
Rouergue
Rouergue is a former province of France, bounded on the north by Auvergne, on the south and southwest by Languedoc, on the east by Gévaudan and on the west by Quercy...
(before 898), and Ermengol
Ermengol of Rouergue
Ermengol was a son of Odo of Toulouse and Garsindis. His father gave him the County of Rouergue and Quercy in 906 and he governed it to his death...
, who inherited that same province. It has been suggested for onomastic reasons that Odo was the father of Garsenda, wife of Wilfred II of Barcelona.
Sources
- Lewis, Archibald R. The Development of Southern French and Catalan Society, 718–1050. University of Texas Press: Austin, 1965.
- Foundation for Medieval Genealogy: Toulouse.