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Odilo (d.18 January 748
748

Events...
), a son of Gotfrid
Gotfrid

Gotfrid, Gotefrid, or Gottfried was the Duke of Alemannia in the late seventh century and until his death. He was of the house of the Agilolfing, which was the dominant ruling family in Duchy of Bavaria....
 of the house of Agilolfing, ruled Bavaria
Bavaria

Bavaria , with an area of and almost 12.5 million inhabitants, is a region located in the southeast of Germany and is the largest States of Germany of Germany by area....
 from 736 until his death in 748, succeeding Duke Hugbert of Bavaria
Hugbert of Bavaria

Hugbert of the Agilolfings was duke of Bavaria from 725 to 736 . He was son of the duke Theudebert of Bavaria and Regintrud, the probable daughter of the Seneschal Hugobert and Irmina of Oeren....
. Odilo presided over the establishment of bishoprics in Bavaria in 739, when the dioceses of Regensburg
Diocese of Regensburg

The Diocese of Regensburg is a diocese of the Catholic Church seated in Regensburg. Its district covers parts of northeastern Bavaria; it is subordinate to the archbishop of Munich and Freising....
, Freising, Passau, and Salzburg were established by St. Boniface, followed in 741 by Würzburg.

In 741, Odilo married Hiltrud
Hiltrud

Hiltrud is a daughter of Charles Martel and Rotrude of Treves.She married Odilo of Bavaria of Bavaria. After his death in 748, she became regent for her son Tassilo III of Bavaria. She died in 754....
, daughter of the Frank
Frankish Empire

Francia or Frankia, later also called the Frankish Empire , Frankish Kingdom , Frankish Realm or occasionally Frankland, was the territory inhabited and ruled by the Franks from the 3rd to the 10th century....
ish Mayor of the Palace Charles Martel
Charles Martel

Charles "The Hammer" Martel was proclaimed Mayor of the Palace and ruled the Franks in the name of a Titular ruler. Late in his reign he proclaimed himself Duke of the Franks and by any name was de facto ruler of the Frankish Realms....
, but a year later he found himself at war with Martel's sons Carloman
Carloman

Carloman is the name of several members of the Franks ruling family. It is also one translation of the Bulgarian name "Kaliman":* Carloman, father of Pepin of Landen ...
 and Pepin the Short.






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Odilo (d.18 January 748
748

Events...
), a son of Gotfrid
Gotfrid

Gotfrid, Gotefrid, or Gottfried was the Duke of Alemannia in the late seventh century and until his death. He was of the house of the Agilolfing, which was the dominant ruling family in Duchy of Bavaria....
 of the house of Agilolfing, ruled Bavaria
Bavaria

Bavaria , with an area of and almost 12.5 million inhabitants, is a region located in the southeast of Germany and is the largest States of Germany of Germany by area....
 from 736 until his death in 748, succeeding Duke Hugbert of Bavaria
Hugbert of Bavaria

Hugbert of the Agilolfings was duke of Bavaria from 725 to 736 . He was son of the duke Theudebert of Bavaria and Regintrud, the probable daughter of the Seneschal Hugobert and Irmina of Oeren....
. Odilo presided over the establishment of bishoprics in Bavaria in 739, when the dioceses of Regensburg
Diocese of Regensburg

The Diocese of Regensburg is a diocese of the Catholic Church seated in Regensburg. Its district covers parts of northeastern Bavaria; it is subordinate to the archbishop of Munich and Freising....
, Freising, Passau, and Salzburg were established by St. Boniface, followed in 741 by Würzburg.

In 741, Odilo married Hiltrud
Hiltrud

Hiltrud is a daughter of Charles Martel and Rotrude of Treves.She married Odilo of Bavaria of Bavaria. After his death in 748, she became regent for her son Tassilo III of Bavaria. She died in 754....
, daughter of the Frank
Frankish Empire

Francia or Frankia, later also called the Frankish Empire , Frankish Kingdom , Frankish Realm or occasionally Frankland, was the territory inhabited and ruled by the Franks from the 3rd to the 10th century....
ish Mayor of the Palace Charles Martel
Charles Martel

Charles "The Hammer" Martel was proclaimed Mayor of the Palace and ruled the Franks in the name of a Titular ruler. Late in his reign he proclaimed himself Duke of the Franks and by any name was de facto ruler of the Frankish Realms....
, but a year later he found himself at war with Martel's sons Carloman
Carloman

Carloman is the name of several members of the Franks ruling family. It is also one translation of the Bulgarian name "Kaliman":* Carloman, father of Pepin of Landen ...
 and Pepin the Short. Odilo had to accept Frankish overlordship over Bavaria, but remained duke. After his death, Grifo
Grifo

Grifo was the son of the Frankish major domo Charles Martel and his second wife Swanachild.After the death of Charles Martel power may well have been intended to be divided among Grifo and his half-brothers Pepin the Younger and Carloman, son of Charles Martel....
, half-brother of Carloman and Pepin, sought to establish his own rule in Bavaria, but was defeated by Pepin who installed Odilo's infant son Tassilo III as duke of Bavaria.

Odilo is accepted as the founder of the abbeys Niederaltaich
Niederaltaich Abbey

Niederaltaich Abbey or Niederaltaich Monastery is a house of the Benedictine Order founded in 731 , situated in the village of Niederalteich on the Danube in Bavaria....
, Mondsee
Mondsee Abbey

Mondsee Abbey was a Order of St. Benedict monastery in Mondsee in Upper Austria....
, and a number of others. He ordered that the Lex Baiuvariorum
Lex Baiuvariorum

The Lex Baiuvariorum was a Early Germanic law of the Bavarii of the sixth through eighth centuries. The first compilation was edited by Eberswind, first abbot of Niederaltaich Abbey, in 741 or 743....
, the tribal law of the Bavarii
Bavarii

The Bavarii were a large and powerful tribe which emerged late in Germanic peoples tribal times, in what is now the Czech Republic . They replaced, or perhaps are simply another phase of, the previous inhabitants - the Rugians....
, be written down.

Odilo and Hiltrud had the following children:
  • Tassilo III


Odilo was buried in Gengenbach Abbey
Gengenbach Abbey

Gengenbach Abbey was a Order of St. Benedict monastery in Gengenbach in the Ortenaukreis, Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany....
.