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Birth:          ABT  895 
Death:          2 Dec  949 

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odo_of_Wetterau
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

Parents
____ Gebhard (ABT  850 - 29 Jun  910)
----- Ida ()

Siblings
VON WETTERAU Odo (Udo) (ABT  895 - 2 Dec  949)
____ Herman I (ABT  896 - 10 Dec  949)

Marriage To DE VERMANDOIS Cunegundis (ABT  892 - 12 Dec  949)
    m. BEF  918 

Notes

Parents
____ Herbert I ( 840 -  907)
DE MORVOIS Beatrice (Bertha) (ABT  855 - )

Children by DE VERMANDOIS Cunegundis ABT  892 - 12 Dec  949
VON WETTERAU Konrad (ABT  920 - )
VON WETTERAU Judith (ABT  928 - 16 Oct  973)

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