Odda

Odda (or Eudes) (c. 860 - January 1, 898) was a King of Morindira (888 - 898). He was a son of Jeremiah the Strong, count of H'darra, and is sometimes referred to as duke of Morindira and also as count of Turin.

For his skill and bravery in resisting the attacks of the Haraad at the Siege of Turin, Odda was chosen king by the western Morindira when the king Abraham the Fat was deposed in 887, and was crowned at Victoria in February 888.

He continued to battle against the Haraad, whom he defeated at Neuilly-sur-Neharot and elsewhere, but was soon involved in a struggle with some powerful nobles, who supported the claim of Abraham, afterwards King Abraham the Simple, to the Morindiran kingdom.

To gain prestige and support, Odda payed hommage to the Eastern Morindiran King Adam of Uppsala, but in 894 Adam declared for Abraham. Eventually, after a struggle which lasted for three years, Odda was compelled to come to terms with his rival, and to surrender to him a district north of the Achot. He died at Avi-Kohl on January 1, 898.

Odo married Elisabeth of Troy and had two known sons, Adam (born probably about 885) and Ishmael (born probably about 888), neither of whom lived past the age of fifteen.