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ODO , or EunEs (d. 898), See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of the See also:Franks, was a son of See also:Robert the Strong, See also:count of See also:Anjou (d. 866), and is sometimes referred to as See also:duke of See also:France and also as count of See also:Paris. For his skill and bravery in resisting the attacks of the See also:Normans
Odo was chosen king by the western Franks when the See also:emperor See also:Charles the See also:Fat was deposed in 887, and was crowned at See also:Compiegne in See also:February 888. He continued to See also:battle against the Normans, whom he defeated at See also:Montfaucon and elsewhere, but was soon involved in a struggle with some powerful nobles, who supported the claim of Charles, afterwards King Charles III., to the Frankish See also:kingdom. To gain See also:prestige and support Odo owned himself a See also:vassal of the See also:German king, See also:Arnulf, but in 894 Arnuif declared for Charles. Eventually, after a struggle which lasted for three years, Odo was compelled to come to terms with his See also:rival, and to surrender to him a See also:district See also:north of the See also:Seine. He died at La Fere on the 1st of See also:January 898.
See E. See also:Lavisse, Histoire de France, tome ii. (Paris, 1903) ; and E. See also:Favre, Eudes, See also:comte de Paris et roi de France (Paris, 1893).
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