Odo of Bayeux
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Odo of Bayeux was a Norman nobleman who was a bishop of Bayeux in Normandy and was made Earl of Kent in England following the Norman Conquest. He was the maternal half-brother of duke, and later king,
Odo as seen on the Bayeux Tapestry
Herleva
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Herleva was an 11th-century Norman woman known for having been the mother of William the Conqueror, born to an extramarital relationship with Robert I, Duke of Normandy, and also of William's prominen
Odo of Bayeux
…in Italy. William, on his deathbed, freed Odo. Odo died in Palermo, Sicily, on the way to crusade. Odo was the son of William the Conqueror's mother Herleva and Herluin de Conteville. Count Robert of Mortain was his elder brother. There is uncertainty about his birth date. Some historians have suggested he…
Statue in Huy
The three sons of Herleva of Falaise: William, Duke of Normandy, in the centre, Odo, the bishop of Bayeux, on the left and Robert, Count of Mortain, on the right (Bayeux Tapestry, 1070s)
13th-century façade of the Abbey of Grestain, which was founded in 1050 by Herluin and Herleva
Statue of Arlette in Huy, Belgium, where the mother of William the Conqueror is considered a child of the country