In 718, Chilperic responded to Charles ' new ascendancy by making an alliance with Odo the Great ( or Eudes, as he is sometimes known ), the duke of Aquitaine, who had made himself independent during the civil war in 715, but was again defeated, at the Battle of Soissons, by Charles.

In 721, the emir of Córdoba had built up a strong army from Morocco, Yemen, and Syria to conquer Aquitaine, the large duchy in the southwest of Gaul, nominally under Frankish sovereignty, but in practice almost independent in the hands of the Odo the Great, the Duke of Aquitaine, since the Merovingian kings had lost power.

* 721 – Odo of Aquitaine defeats the Moors in the Battle of Toulouse.

According to the Liber Pontificalis, in 720 Pope Gregory sent to Odo, Duke of Aquitaine, “ three blessed sponges / baskets of bread ”.

After halting their advance north, ten years later, Odo of Aquitaine married his daughter to Uthman ibn Naissa, a rebel Berber and lord of Cerdanya ( maybe of all current Catalonia too ), in an attempt to secure his southern borders in order to fend off Charles Martel ´ s attacks on the north.

* June 9 – Battle of Toulouse: after besieging Toulouse for three months, Al-Samh ibn Malik al-Khawlani, the Wāli ( governor ) of Al-Andalus ( Muslim Spain ), is defeated ( and dies of his injuries ) by Odo the Great, Duke of Aquitaine, preventing the spread of Umayyad control westward from Narbonne into Aquitaine.

The Frankish realm had begun to progress towards becoming the first real imperial power in Western Europe since the fall of Rome ; however, it continued to struggle against external forces such as the Saxons, Frisians, and internal opponents such as Odo the Great ( Old French: Eudes ), the Duke of Aquitaine.

The Empire of the Carolingians was divided: Arnulf maintained Carinthia, Bavaria, Lorraine and modern Germany ; Count Odo of Paris was elected King of Western Francia ( France ), Ranulf II became King of Aquitaine, Italy went to Count Berengar of Friuli, Upper Burgundy to Rudolph I, and Lower Burgundy to Louis the Blind, the son of Boso of Arles, King of Lower Burgundy.

Charles was put under the protection of Ranulf II, the Duke of Aquitaine, who may have tried to claim the throne for him and in the end used the royal title himself until making peace with Odo.

After Al Samh ibn Malik was killed at the Battle of Toulouse in 721 ( 102 A. H .) by the forces of Duke Odo of Aquitaine, Abdul Rahman took over the command of Eastern Andalus.

Emir Abdul Rahman made his way through Gascony and Aquitaine, according to one unidentified Arab, " That army went through all places like a desolating storm ," sacking and capturing the city of Bordeaux, after defeating Duke Odo of Aquitaine in battle outside the city, and then again defeating a second army of Duke Odo of Aquitaine at the Battle of the River Garonne — where the western chroniclers state, " God alone knows the number of the slain.

In 718, Chilperic, in response, allied with Odo the Great, the duke of Aquitaine who had made himself independent during the contests in 715, but he was again defeated by Charles, at Soissons.

In 731, the Berber lord of the region of Cerdagne Uthman ibn Naissa, called " Munuza " by the Franks, was an ally of the Duke of Aquitaine Odo the Great after he revolted against Cordova, but the rebel lord was defeated and killed by Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi, so opening Aquitaine to the Umayyads.

However, in southern Gaul, which was not under Arnulfing influence, the regions were pulling away from the royal court under leaders such as Savaric of Auxerre, Antenor of Provence, and Odo of Aquitaine.

Hubert now renounced all his very considerable honors, and gave up his birthright to the Aquitaine to his younger brother Odo, whom he made guardian of his infant son, Floribert.

Odo ( or Odon, ; c. 1010 – 10 March 1039 ) was Duke of Gascony from 1032 and then Duke of Aquitaine and Count of Poitou from 1038.

:: Mieszko would never wear his outdoor garment in a house where Odo was present, or remain seated after Odo had gotten up.

He had himself carried into the chapter-house, issued various decrees for the benefit of the abbey, appointed with the consent of the monks the prior, Cardinal Oderisius, to succeed him in the abbacy, just as he himself had been appointed by Stephen IX, and proposed Odo of Ostia to the assembled cardinals and bishops as the next pope.

Since Odo had not yet learned how to morph into a humanoid appearance, he appeared in his natural gelatinous form.

Odo modeled his humanoid appearance on Dr. Mora, but never had the skill to duplicate humanoid features with precision, making his humanoid appearance an approximation.

During the occupation, Gul Dukat had originally enlisted Odo to investigate the murder of one of the Bajoran station workers.

Although Odo had been annoyed by Lwaxana in the past, he has come to appreciate her company.

In the series ' final episode, " What You Leave Behind ", Odo refuses to admit the friendship he had developed with Quark, turning away with his usual contempt.

Odo had pined for her for years, while she was oblivious.

The shapeshifter was successful at beginning the war with the Cardassians but inadvertently revealed himself to Odo ( who had been misled into believing that Chancellor Gowron was the shapeshifter ) at a Klingon award ceremony, and was quickly killed by the Klingons attending the ceremony.

Instead, she later married Herluin de Conteville, with whom she had two sons – Odo of Bayeux and Robert, Count of Mortain – and a daughter whose name is unknown.

Orderic Vitalis later recorded that Odo had aspirations to become pope.

Orderic also related that Odo had attempted to persuade some of William's vassals to join Odo on an invasion of southern Italy.

After the death ( c. 735 ) of Odo, who had reluctantly acknowledged Charles ' suzerainty in 719, Charles wished to unite Odo's Duchy to himself, and went there to elicit the proper homage of the Aquitainians.

The successful trial of Odo de Bayeux at Penenden Heath less than a decade after the conquest was one example of the growing discontent at the Norman land-grab that had occurred in the years following the invasion.

Its assets were: The Bishop Odo of Bayeux held the monastery ( the site of the Cathedral ), the ' tide-way ' - which still exists as St Mary Overy dock ; the King owned the ' church ' ( probably St Olave's ) and its ' tidal stream ' ( St Olave's Dock ); the dues of the ' waterway ' or mooring place were shared between the ' King ' and Earl Godwin ; the King also had the ' toll ' of the strand ; and the ' men of Southwark ' had the right to a ' haw and its toll '.

For many years it was thought that she had some involvement in the creation of the Bayeux Tapestry ( commonly called La Tapisserie de la Reine Mathilde in French ), but historians no longer believe that ; it seems to have been commissioned by William's half-brother Odo, Bishop of Bayeux, and made by English artists in Kent ..

Charles married Ermentrude, daughter of Odo I, Count of Orléans, in 842.

He married his eldest daughter, Joan to the powerful Odo IV, bringing the Duke over to his own party.

Odo married Théodrate of Troyes and had two known sons, Arnulf ( born probably about 885 ) and Guy ( born probably about 888 ), neither of whom lived past the age of fifteen.

* Emma ( b. 1052 or after ), married to Odo the Good Marquis

She married secondly, Lambert II, Count of Lens, and thirdly, Odo II of Champagne.

Odo was Hoèl's brother-in-law as he was married to Hoel's sister Agnes of Cornouaille.

* Lady Emily Theresa ( 1843 – 1927 ), married Odo Russell, 1st Baron Ampthill.

Sometime between 1045 and 1047 Hugh IV married Bertha, daughter of Odo II of Blois.

* Odo of Lusignan ( d. 1421 in Palermo ), Titular Seneschal of Jerusalem, in the service of the King of Aragon, ( probably ) married after March 19, 1406 his cousin Loysia de Lusignan, granddaughter of Jean de Lusignan and second wife Alix d ' Ibelin, without issue, without issue

* Odo of Troyes 1069 – 1115 ( married to Adelaide )

Their children were: Hugh I, Duke of Burgundy ( 1057 – 1093 ); Odo I, Duke of Burgundy ( 1058 – 1103 ); Robert, bishop of Langres ( 1059 – 1111 ); Helie, a nun ( b. 1061 ); Beatrice ( b. 1063 ), married Guy I, count of Vignory ; Reginald, abbot of St Pierre ( 1065 – 1092 ); Henry, Count of Portugal ( 1066 – 1112 ), who became a vassal of León and ruler of the county of Portugal in 1093-his son would be Afonso Henriques, first king of Portugal

Odo married Sibylla of Burgundy ( 1065 – 1101 ), daughter of William I, Count of Burgundy.

** Odo ( 1230 – 1266 ), who married Matilda II, Countess of Nevers

Odo married Maud of Dampierre and had three daughters, all of whom became rulers of their parents ' counties:

In 1318, Odo married Philip's eldest daughter, Joan III, Countess of Burgundy ( 1308 – 1347 ).

In 1018 Alan married Bertha of Blois, daughter of Odo II, Count of Blois and his second wife Ermengarde of Auvergne.

William married Adela ( or Ela ), daughter of William Talvas, count of Ponthieu, by Helie ( Ella ) daughter of Odo I, Duke of Burgundy.

* Emma, married Odo the Good Marquis

In 1357, the young Margaret, then seven, married Philip of Rouvres, grandson and heir of Odo IV, Duke of Burgundy.

Odo married his daughter to Munuza, and Arab raids in Aquitaine temporarily ended, thus enabling Odo to focus on the northern threat.

He then married Grécie of Langeais, but dismissed her to marry Adèle, the daughter of a " Count Odo ", perhaps Odo II of Blois.