Odo the Good Marquis

Odo (or Eudes) the Good Marquis (fl. 11th century), sometimes called Odobonus,^[1] was a Norman or Lombard nobleman who ruled an unknown region of southern Italy. He married Emma, a daughter of Robert Guiscard, and they had at least three sons, Tancred and William, both famous crusaders, and Robert, as well as a daughter (name unknown) who married Richard of Salerno. Odo is known only in connection to his wife and sons.^[2]

^ Evelyn Jamison, "Some Notes on the Anonymi Gesta Francorum, with Special Reference to the Norman Contingent from South Italy and Sicily in the First Crusade", Studies in French Language and Mediaeval Literature Presented to Professor Mildred K. Pope (Manchester University Press, 1939), pp. 183–208, at 196–97.
^ Félicien de Saulcy, "Tancrède", Bibliothèque de l'École des chartes 4 (1842–43) 301–15.

[Jamison-1] Evelyn Jamison, "Some Notes on the Anonymi Gesta Francorum, with Special Reference to the Norman Contingent from South Italy and Sicily in the First Crusade", Studies in French Language and Mediaeval Literature Presented to Professor Mildred K. Pope (Manchester University Press, 1939), pp. 183–208, at 196–97.

[Saulcy-2] Félicien de Saulcy, "Tancrède", Bibliothèque de l'École des chartes 4 (1842–43) 301–15.

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Odo the Good Marquis

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