Odo of Bayeux (died 1097) was Bishop of Bayeux in Normandy, and was also made Earl of Kent in England following the Norman Conquest. He was the maternal...
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of 58 scenes, many with Latin tituli, embroidered on linen with coloured woollen yarns. It is likely that it was commissioned by Bishop Odo of Bayeux...
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Bayeux (French pronunciation: [bajø]) is a commune in the Calvados department in Normandy in northwestern France. Bayeux is the home of the Bayeux Tapestry...
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Herleva (redirect from Herleva of Falaise)
one of his favourite noblemen. From her marriage to Herluin she had two sons: Odo, who later became Bishop of Bayeux, and Robert, who became Count of Mortain...
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Herluin de Conteville (redirect from Viscount of Conteville)
(1001–1066) was the stepfather of William the Conqueror and the father of Odo of Bayeux and Robert, Count of Mortain, both of whom became prominent during...
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accessed to Wulfstan. In 1077 Odo of Bayeux, the brother of William the Conqueror brought an action against Walter as the Abbot of Evesham Abbey, claiming that...
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958), Archbishop of Canterbury Odo of Bayeux (died 1097), brother of William the Conqueror, Bishop of Bayeux and Earl of Kent Odo of Cambrai (1050–1113)...
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Bishop of Bayeux, half-brother of William the Conqueror and Lanfranc, Archbishop of Canterbury and others. Odo de Bayeux was previously Earl of Kent and...
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Bayeux 1011/1015–1049 Odo of Bayeux 1049–1097 Turold de Brémoy (Turoldus) or d'Envermeu 1097–1106 Richard (II.) of Dover 1107–1133 Richard (III.) of Gloucester...
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Earl (redirect from Countess (feminine form of earl))
Montgomery the earl of Shrewsbury and Hugh d'Avranches the earl of Chester . Likewise, the king's half-brother Odo of Bayeux was made earl of Kent to guard...
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