Odo II of Champlitte, (died May 1204 at the Siege of Constantinople) was the first son of Odo I of Champlitte and a grandson of Hugh, Count of Champagne, although Hugh disowned Odo I.
At an assembly at Citeaux, Odo, and his brother William, joined the crusade. [1] Upon the crusade's arrival at Corfu, a disagreement as to where the crusade should be directed divided the army into two camps. [2] One that wanted follow Hugh of Saint-Pol and Prince Alexius to Constantinople, the other headed by Odo, Jacques of Avenes and Peter of Amiens, to continue on to Jerusalem. [3] After Odo arrived at Corfu he sent messengers to Brindisi to hire a fleet to take the crusade to Jerusalem. [4] Subsequent meetings between Odo, Hugh and Alexious, directed the crusade towards Constantinople. [5]
Odo participated in the siege of Constantinople, fell ill, and died shortly after in May 1204. [6] He was buried in the Hagia Sophia. [6]
He left behind a wife, Emeline of Broyes, [7] who was much younger than he, and a daughter, Oda or Odette or Euda, who married Hugh I of Ghent. Emiline was daughter of Elizabeth of Druex and Hugh III of Broyes. [8]
Odo II of Champlitte, (died May 1204 at the Siege of Constantinople) was the first son of Odo I of Champlitte and a grandson of Hugh, Count of Champagne, although Hugh disowned Odo I.
At an assembly at Citeaux, Odo, and his brother William, joined the crusade. [1] Upon the crusade's arrival at Corfu, a disagreement as to where the crusade should be directed divided the army into two camps. [2] One that wanted follow Hugh of Saint-Pol and Prince Alexius to Constantinople, the other headed by Odo, Jacques of Avenes and Peter of Amiens, to continue on to Jerusalem. [3] After Odo arrived at Corfu he sent messengers to Brindisi to hire a fleet to take the crusade to Jerusalem. [4] Subsequent meetings between Odo, Hugh and Alexious, directed the crusade towards Constantinople. [5]
Odo participated in the siege of Constantinople, fell ill, and died shortly after in May 1204. [6] He was buried in the Hagia Sophia. [6]
He left behind a wife, Emeline of Broyes, [7] who was much younger than he, and a daughter, Oda or Odette or Euda, who married Hugh I of Ghent. Emiline was daughter of Elizabeth of Druex and Hugh III of Broyes. [8]