Eudes Borel, duc de Bourgogne

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Odo I (1058 – 23 March 1103), also known as Eudes, surnamed Borel and called the Red, was Duke of Burgundy between 1079 and 1103. Odo was the second son of Henry of Burgundy and grandson of Robert I. He became the duke following the abdication of his older brother, Hugh I, who retired to become a Benedictine monk.[1] Odo married Sibylla of Burgundy (1065–1101), daughter of William I, Count of Burgundy.

They had:

• Helie of Burgundy 1080–1141, wife of Bertrand of Toulouse and William III of Ponthieu
• Florine of Burgundy 1083–1097, wife of Sweyn the Crusader, prince of Denmark
• Hugh II of Burgundy 1084–1143
• Henry 1087–1131, a priest

An interesting incident is reported of this robber baron by an eyewitness, Eadmer, biographer of Anselm of Canterbury. While Saint Anselm was progressing through Odo's territory on his way to Rome in 1097, the bandit, expecting great treasure in the archbishop's retinue, prepared to ambush and loot it. Coming upon the prelate's train, the duke asked for the archbishop, whom they had not found. Anselm promptly came forward and took the duke by surprise, saying "My lord duke, suffer me to embrace thee." The flabbergasted duke immediately allowed the bishop to embrace him and offered himself as Anselm's humble servant.

He was a participant in the ill-fated Crusade of 1101.

See also Dukes of Burgundy family tree

References

1. ^ Constance Brittain Bouchard, Sword, Miter, and Cloister: Nobility and the Church in Burgundy, 980-1198, (Cornell University Press, 1987), 129.
2. Gwatkin, H.M., Whitney, J.P. (ed) The Cambridge Medieval History: Volume II—The Rise of the Saracens and the Foundations of the Western Empire. Cambridge University Press, 1926.

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EUDES de Bourgogne, son of HENRI de Bourgogne & his wife --- ([1060]-Tarsus, Cilicia 23 Mar 1103, bur Abbaye de Cîteaux, Côte-d'Or, Chapelle Saint-Georges). He is named as son of Henri by Orderic Vitalis[237]. "Hugo Burgundionum dux" made a donation to Cluny dated 19 Feb 1078, subscribed by "Oddonis fratris eius, Rotberti alterius fratris eius"[238]. He succeeded in 1079 on the abdication of his brother as EUDES I "Borel"[239] Duke of Burgundy. He led the expedition to Spain to fight the Moors in 1087, accompanied by his brothers Robert and Henri, but was defeated at Tudela in Navarre. "Ducem Burgundiæ Oddonem" restored property to Tournus abbey by "comitissa Cabillonensis filia Rotberti ducis", after the death of "mariti sui Hugonis comitis", adding that she subsequently became "Regina Galliciæ et Hispaniarum", by charter dated 5 Aug 1087 at León, subscribed by "Rotberti avunculi ducis fratris Reginæ"[240]. He made large donations to the monastery of Cîteaux in 1098. "Odo dux Burgundie", on the point of leaving for Jerusalem, donated property to Saint-Bénigne-de-Dijon "in memorie Hugonis ducis fratris mei…Robertus dux avus meus" by charter dated 1101[241]. He went to Palestine end-1100 with Etienne Comte de Blois and Hugues Comte de Vermandois, but was betrayed by Emperor Alexios and fell into the hands of the Muslims[242]. "Hugo dux Burgundie filius Odonis ducis" donated property to Saint-Bénigne-de-Dijon by charter dated 1102 which specifies that his father died "in itinere Hierosolimitano"[243], presumably misdated if the date of death of Duke Eudes is correctly stated here. The necrology of Cîteaux records the death "X Kal Apr" of "Odo dux Burgundie"[244].

m (1080) SIBYLLE de Bourgogne, daughter of GUILLAUME II "le Grand" Comte Palatin de Bourgogne & his wife Etiennette --- ([1065]-after 1103). "Sybilla uxor mea" witnessed the donation to Cluny of "Oddo dux Burgundie", also witnessed by "Wilelmus comes…genitor iam dicte uxoris mee"[245]. Her origin is also recorded by Orderic Vitalis[246]. Nun at the abbey of Fontevraud.

 Duke Eudes I & his wife had four children:

Odo I (1058 – 23 March 1103), also known as Eudes, surnamed Borel and called the Red, was Duke of Burgundy between 1079 and 1103. Odo was the second son of Henry of Burgundy and grandson of Robert I. He became the duke following the abdication of his older brother, Hugh I, who retired to become a Benedictine monk. Odo married Sibylla of Burgundy (1065–1101), daughter of William I, Count of Burgundy.
They had:

   * Florine of Burgundy 1083–1097, wife of Sweyn the Crusader, prince of Denmark

   * Helie of Burgundy 1080–1141, wife of Bertrand of Toulouse and William III of Ponthieu

   * Hugh II of Burgundy 1084–1143

   * Henry 1087–1131, a priest

An interesting incident is reported of this robber baron by an eyewitness, Eadmer, biographer of Anselm of Canterbury. While Saint Anselm was progressing through Odo's territory on his way to Rome in 1097, the bandit, expecting great treasure in the archbishop's retinue, prepared to ambush and loot it. Coming upon the prelate's train, the duke asked for the archbishop, whom they had not found. Anselm promptly came forward and took the duke by surprise, saying "My lord duke, suffer me to embrace thee." The flabbergasted duke immediately allowed the bishop to embrace him and offered himself as Anselm's humble servant.

He was a participant in the ill-fated Crusade of 1101.

Personnages des Croisades: Premième Croisade - 1096-1099

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Eudes Ier duc de Bourgogne, « dit Borrel », (1058—1102-03).

Ce prince, arrière-petit-fils du roi Robert-le-Pieux, ayant fait le voyage de la Terre-Sainte, mourut à Tarse, en Cilicie, l'an 1102-03.

Les armes qu'on lui donne ici, « bandé d'or et d'azur de six pièces, à la bordure de gueules », sont celles qu'ont portées les princes de la première maison de Bourgogne jusqu'à son extinction, en 1361.

Philippe-le-Hardi, quatrième fils du roi Jean, en qui commença la seconde maison de Bourgogne, écartela son écu de France et de Bourgogne; et cet écu se chargea après lui des armoiries des diverses souverainetés acquises par ses trois successeurs.

Sources: Versailles, Salles des Croisades — CH. Gavard Editeur rue du Marché Saint-Honoré Paris IV

Translation: "This prince, great-grandson of King Robert-the-Pious, having traveled to the Holy Land, died at Tarsus, in Cilicia, in the year 1102-03.

"The arms given to him here, "bandaged or and azure of six pieces, bordered gules", are those worn by the princes of the first house of Burgundy until its extinction, in 1361.

"Philippe-le-Hardi, fourth son of King John, in whom began the second house of Burgundy, quartered his shield of France and Burgundy; and this shield assumed after him the coats of arms of the various sovereignties acquired by his three successors."