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...
10 KB (1,242 words) - 03:47, 11 July 2024
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...
69 KB (8,482 words) - 21:26, 13 July 2024
Bayeux (French pronunciation: [bajø]) is a commune in the Calvados department in Normandy in northwestern France. Bayeux is the home of the Bayeux Tapestry...
18 KB (2,027 words) - 15:34, 21 June 2024
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...
13 KB (1,469 words) - 15:16, 6 July 2024
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...
49 KB (6,453 words) - 19:10, 9 July 2024
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...
5 KB (666 words) - 21:48, 3 July 2024
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...
7 KB (902 words) - 19:45, 16 July 2024
half-brother of William the Conqueror. The rebels, led by William the Conqueror's half-brothers Odo of Bayeux and Robert, Count of Mortain, with Odo the stronger...
7 KB (1,003 words) - 09:54, 15 April 2024
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)...
4 KB (593 words) - 12:40, 24 July 2024
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...
8 KB (1,006 words) - 06:07, 30 June 2024