Odo of France
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Odo, also known as Odo of Paris, was King of West Francia from 888 to 898. He was the first king from the Robertian dynasty, the parent house of the House of Capet. Before assuming the kingship, Odo w
Denier of King Odo
Charles the Fat
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Charles the Fat was the emperor of the Carolingian Empire from 881 to 887. A member of the Carolingian dynasty, Charles was the youngest son of Louis the German and Hemma, and a great-grandson of Char
Odo of France
…886) to govern over counties previously held by Robert the Strong. Since 882, Odo was the Count of Paris, and gained prominence during the reign of Charles the Fat (884–887). Odo was also the lay abbot of St. Martin of Tours. In 882 or 883 Odo married Théodrate of Troyes. The eleventh-century chronicler Adémar de…
Charter of Charles III, 2 December 882
Charles in a 14th-century sandstone relief, flanked by a squire and a knight
Charles the Fat receives the offer of kingship from two West Francian ambassadors (from the Grandes Chroniques de France, illustration from c. 1375–1379).