Person

Odo, Count of Savoy

c. 1023–c. 1057 · 11th century · Also known as Otto of Savoy

Odo was Count of Savoy in the mid-11th century, a son of Humbert I White-Hands, founder of the house of Savoy. Around 1046 he married Adelaide, heiress of the March of Turin, bringing the family lands in Piedmont on the Italian side of the Alps. Their children included Amadeus II and Peter I of Savoy, and the dynasty later became kings of Italy.

Odo, Count of Savoy
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Mentioned in 2 state histories

March of TurinCounty of Savoy

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