Odo of Wetterau, Count of Wetterau
Ca 895 - 949 (~ 54 år)-
Navn Odo of Wetterau Suffiks Count of Wetterau Født Ca 895 Kjønn Mann Død 2 Des 949 Person ID I502159 Haslund Sist endret 15 Jul 2019
Far Gebhard of Lahngau, Duke of Lorraine, f. Ca 860, d. 22 Jun 910 (Alder ~ 50 år) Mor Ida, d. Ja, ukjent dato Famile ID F500751 Gruppeskjema | Familiediagram
Familie Cunigunda of Vermandois, d. Ja, ukjent dato Barn 1. Herbert of Wetterau, Count of Kinziggau, Engersgau, and Wetterau, f. Ca 930, Tyskland 
, d. 992, Tyskland (Alder ~ 62 år)2. Gebhard of Wetterau, d. 938 3. Otto of Wetterau, d. Ja, ukjent dato 4. Odo of Wetterau, Bishop of Strasbourg, d. 26 Aug 965 5. Judith of Wetterau, d. Ja, ukjent dato Sist endret 15 Jul 2019 Famile ID F500750 Gruppeskjema | Familiediagram
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Notater Odo of Wetterau (c. 895 – 2 Dec 949) was a prominent German nobleman of the 10th century.
In 914, Odo was appointed Count of Wetterau and founded St. Mary's Church in Wetzlar. The Wetterau had been one of the counties of his father Gebhard, and Odo also acquired two other counties that had been his: Rheingau in 917 and Lahngau in 918.
Odo is best known for the Battle of Andernach on 2 October 939. The rebellious dukes Gilbert II of Maasgau and Eberhard of Franconia had looted the counties of Odo and his nephew Conrad (Count of Lower Lahngau) east of the Rhine. Their force was so great that Odo and Conrad could not resist them. But when the insurgents crossed the Rhine again at Andernach to return to Lorraine, Odo and Conrad had a chance. Gilbert and Eberhard were still at their rear on the eastern shore when the bulk of the army had made the crossing. At that moment Odo and Conrad fell and defeated the troops who were left behind. Eberhard was thereby slain and Gilbert drowned when he tried to flee on the Rhine. The rebellion was thus broken and Emperor Otto I the Great could easily recover his authority. Odo thus became a favorite of Otto: at the death of Conrad (949), he was also appointed Count of Lower Lahngau.
He married a daughter of Herbert I, Count of Vermandois, presumably named Cunigunda. They had the following children:
- Gebhard (d. 938), killed in the fight against the insurgency of Thankmar, the elder half-brother of Emperor Otto.
- Herbert (c. 930 – 992)
- Otto
- Odo (d. 26 Aug 965), appointed Bishop of Strasbourg on 13 Aug 950, possibly the same person as his brother Otto.
- Judith
- Web content link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odo_of_Wetterau Odo of Wetterau