Odo I | |
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Duke of Brittany, with Alan III | |
Reign | 1008–1035 |
Predecessor | Geoffrey I |
Successor | Alan III by himself |
Regent | Hawise of Normandy |
Count of Penthièvre | |
Reign | 1035–1079 |
Successor | Geoffrey I |
Regent of Brittany | |
Reign | 1040 - 1057 |
Born | c. 999 |
Died | c. 1079 Cesson |
Burial | Saint-Brieuc |
Spouse | Orguen-Agnes of Cornouaille |
House | House of Rennes |
Father | Geoffrey I |
Mother | Hawise of Normandy |
Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Odo of Rennes (Medieval Breton: Eudon Pentevr, Modern Breton: Eozen Penteur, Latin: Eudo, French: Eudes/Éon de Penthièvre) (999–1079), Count of Penthièvre, was the youngest of the three sons of Duke Geoffrey I of Brittany and Hawise of Normandy, daughter of Richard I of Normandy. Eozen married Agnes of Cornouaille (Orguen Kernev), the daughter of Alan Canhiart, Count of Cornouaille and sister of Hoel II, Duke of Brittany who was married in 1066 to Eozen's niece Hawise, Duchess of Brittany.
When Eozen's father Duke Geoffrey I died on 20 November 1008, both Eozen and his older brother Alan were minors.
Duke Geoffrey had initiated a dynastic double marriage with Richard II, Duke of Normandy by marrying Hawise of Normandy, one of Richard's sisters, in 996; this was followed by the marriage of Geoffrey's sister Judith of Brittany to Richard around the year 1000. Alan and Eozen were thus double-first cousins of Duke Richard II's children, including Richard III, Duke of Normandy and Robert I, Duke of Normandy (William the Conqueror's father), nephews of Emma of Normandy, and first cousins of Emma's children Edward the Confessor, Harthacnut, Goda of England, Gunhilda of Denmark and Alfred Aetheling.