Odo 3134892 217985106 2008-06-08T17:08:24Z 71.72.44.68 {{seealso|Eudes}} '''Odo''' is a name typically associated with historical figures from the Middle Ages and before. Odo is etymologically related to the names[[Image:kruk2.bmp]] Otho and Otto, and to the French name Odon, and to the Italian names Ottone and Udo; all come from a Germanic word meaning "possessor of wealth". Odo has also been used as a name for fictional characters. ==Historical== === Royal === * [[Odo the Great]] (a.k.a. ''Eudes'', ''Eudo'', or ''Otto'') (d.c.735), Duke of Aquitaine * [[Odo I, Count of Orléans]] (d. 834) * [[Odo I, Count of Troyes]] (d. 871) * [[Odo II, Count of Troyes]] (held the title in 876) * [[Odo of France]], king of the Franks (860 - 898) * [[Odo of Toulouse]], count of Toulouse (d. 918 or 919) * [[Odo, Count of Paris]] (c. 860 - 898), also called ''Eudes'', a king of the Franks * [[Odo, Duke of Burgundy]] (944 – 965) * [[Odo of Fézensac]], Count of Fézensac from 960 * [[Odo I, Count of Blois]] (950-996) * [[Odo I, Margrave of the Saxon Ostmark]] (d. 993) * [[Odo II, Count of Blois]] (''Eudes le Champenois'') (983 - 1037) * [[Odo II, Margrave of the Saxon Ostmark]] (d. 1046) * [[Odo of Gascony]] (1010 - 1093) * [[Odo IV, Count of Troyes]] (d. 1115) '''See also:''' * [[Odo I]] * [[Odo II]] === Clerical === * [[Odo of Glanfeuil]], abbot and hagiographer (9th century) * Saint [[Odo of Cluny]] (c. 878 - 942), a saint of the Roman Catholic Church * [[Odo of Arezzo]] (''fl.'' late 10th century) a composer and theorist * [[Oda the Severe]], Archbishop of Canterbury, England, 942-959, known as Oda the Severe * [[Odo of Bayeux]] (c. 1036 – 1097), Norman bishop and English earl * [[Odo of Cambrai]], Benedictine monk and bishop (1050 - 1113) * [[Odo de St Amand]], grandmaster of the Knights Templar, 12th century * [[Odo of Deuil]], historian and crusader, 12th century * [[Odo of Canterbury]], Saint and abbot of Battle (d. 1200) * Blessed [[Odo of Novara]], Carthusian monk (d. 1200) * [[Odo of Châteauroux]], French cardinal (d. 1273) * [[Odo of Cheriton]], priest and fabulist, 13th century * Odo Colonna (1368 – 1431), [[Pope Martin V]], also known as Oddone Colonna * [[Odo O'Driscoll]], Bishop of [[Ross]], Ireland, bishop 1482-c. 1492, also known as Hugh O'Driscoll == Modern == * [[Odo Casel]] also known as ''Johannes Casel'' (1886–1948), German Catholic theologist * [[Odo Hirsch]] (b. 1962), Australian author * [[Odo Russell, 1st Baron Ampthill]], (1829 – 1884), British diplomat * Nickname of Dean Gaudet[http://arctic.org/~dean/] (1970 – current), contributor to many open source software projects ==Fictional== * [[Odo Proudfoot]], a cousin of [[Bilbo Baggins]] from the fantasy trilogy, [[The Lord of the Rings]]. * [[Odo (Star Trek)]], a fictional shapeshifting being in the sci-fi series ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' * Odo, the founder of an anarchist political movement in Ursula K. Le Guin's 1975 science-fiction novel, ''[[The Dispossessed]]'' * Odo, a wizard about whom Rubeus Hagrid and Horace Slughorn sing a song in J. K. Rowling's ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]. ==Other uses== * ''odo'', A line of prototype devices from Sony which rely on kinetic energy by Sony Design Center in California under the creative direction of Michelle Koza. * ''Odo'', a genios of spiders ([[Zoridae]]) * [[Odo Shakiso]], a district in Ethiopia {{disambig}} [[br:Odo]] [[cy:Odo]] [[eo:ODO]] [[fr:Odon]] [[it:ODO]] [[nl:Odo]] [[pt:Odo]] [[sv:Odo]]