{"slug": "odo-the-great", "label": "Odo the Great", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odo_the_Great", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q269536", "qid": "Q269536", "description": "8th-century Duke of Aquitaine", "entries": 8, "years": 8, "span": [714, 735], "span_label": ["714 CE", "735 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 2}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "aquitaine", "label": "Aquitaine", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "neustria", "label": "Neustria", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "charles-martel", "label": "Charles Martel", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "umayyad-caliphate", "label": "Umayyad Caliphate", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "francia", "label": "Francia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "military-alliance", "label": "Military alliance", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "gaul", "label": "Gaul", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "muslim", "label": "Muslim", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "toulouse", "label": "Toulouse", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "wali-administrative-title", "label": "Wali (administrative title)", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "loire", "label": "Loire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "soissons", "label": "Soissons", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 714, "year_label": "714 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Duke Eudes proclaims himself the independent prince of Aquitaine (located north-east of the Garonne River), thereby asserting legal as well as practical independence from the Frankish Kingdom.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364468088#Europe", "title": "714", "revid": 1364468088, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 718, "year_label": "718 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Battle of Soissons: King Chilperic II of Neustria and his mayor of the palace Ragenfrid, allied with Eudes, independent duke of Aquitaine, march on Soissons in Picardy (northern France) but an army of Frankish veterans under Charles Martel defeat the Neustrian allies, who sue for peace. Chilperic flees to the land south of the River Loire and Ragenfrid escapes to Angers. Charles diplomatically chooses not to execute the enemy leaders, and becomes undisputed dux Francorum, ending the Frankish civil war.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367661186#Western_Europe", "title": "718", "revid": 1367661186, "section": "Events › By place › Western Europe"}}, {"year": 721, "year_label": "721 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 9", "text": "June 9 – Battle of Toulouse: After besieging Toulouse for three months, Muslim forces under governor (wali) Al-Samh ibn Malik al-Khawlani are defeated by Eudes, duke of Aquitaine, preventing the extension of Umayyad control over Gaul.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340808636#Europe", "title": "721", "revid": 1340808636, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 725, "year_label": "725 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Duke Eudes of Aquitaine seeks an alliance with Munuza, governor of Cerdagne (eastern Pyrenees), currently in rebellion against the central Umayyad government at Córdoba in Andalusia (probably not cemented until 729).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340808658#Europe", "title": "725", "revid": 1340808658, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 729, "year_label": "729 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "An alliance between Duke Eudes of Aquitaine and Munuza, the Moorish governor of Cerdanya, is cemented by marriage to Eudes' illegitimate daughter Lampégia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340808680#Europe", "title": "729", "revid": 1340808680, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 731, "year_label": "731 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Ragenfrid, ex-mayor of the palace of Neustria, meets Duke Eudes of Aquitaine, to accept his rule and independence from the Frankish Kingdom. Fearing an alliance against him, Charles Martel exiles Ragenfrid's supporter Wandon of Fontenelle, and imprisons bishop Aimar of Auxerre.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358697487#Europe", "title": "731", "revid": 1358697487, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 733, "year_label": "733 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Duke Eudes of Aquitaine, aged almost 80, abdicates and retires to a monastery. His lands are divided between his sons Hunald I and Hatton, who continue the conflict with Charles Martel, mayor of the palace of Neustria and Austrasia. In battles at Benest in Charente and La Rochefoucauld (near Angoulême), Charles probably defeats the Aquitainians. He also campaigns against the Burgundians.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340809659#Europe", "title": "733", "revid": 1340809659, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 735, "year_label": "735 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Eudes, duke of Aquitaine (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340809672#Deaths", "title": "735", "revid": 1340809672, "section": "Deaths"}}]}