Cte Oddon DU MAURIENNE et de Chablais, Marchese di Susa
- Born: Abt 1017
- Married: Abt 1046
- Died: 1 Mar 1060
- Buried: cathedral of San Giovanni, Turin, Italy
 Research Notes:
"Hubertus comes" donated property to the canons of Saint-Jean and Saint-Urse by charter dated 1040, signed and consented to by "Oddo, Amedeus comes, Aymo Sedunensis episcopus, Brochardus filius Huberti comitis, Petrus marchio filius Odonis marchionis et commitissæ".
Marchese di Susa [1046], by right of his wife, her territories extending between the Alps and the River Po (including Auriate, Turino, Ivrea and Aosta) and to the Mediterranean between Ventimiglia and Albenga, and including control of the Alpine passes of Mont-Cenis and Saint-Bernard. "Odo marchio" subscribed the charter of his presumed nephew dated [1046].
He succeeded his brother in [1051] as ODDON Comte de Maurienne et de Chablais. "Odo marchio" donated property to the church of Tarantasia, for the soul of "patris mei Humbertus comes", by charter dated 1051. "Oddo et uxor mea Adalaicis…et filii mei Petrus Admedeus et filie mee" donated churches to Oulx by charter dated May 1057. The importance of the family's role in contemporary European politics is demonstrated by the marriage of Comte Oddon's daughter to the future king of Germany.
The necrology of San Andreo di Torino records the death "XIV Kal Feb" of "Dnis Oddonis Marchionis". 1
Marriage Information:
Oddon married Adelaida DI SUSA, Marchesa di Torino e Susa, daughter of Marchese Manfredo Udalrico DI SUSA, Conte di Turino. and Berta D' ESTE, about 1046. (Adelaida DI SUSA was born in 1020 in Susa, Torino, Italy, died on 27 Dec 1091 in Canischio in Canavese, Italy and was buried in cathedral of San Giovanni, Turin, Italy.)
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