Odo Blois Count Troyes, Champagne and Aumale and 1st Earl Holderness 1040-1115

Before 1040 [his father] Stephen Blois II Count Troyes and Meaux and [his mother] Adele Unknown were married. He the son of [his grandfather] Odo Blois II Count Blois and [his grandmother] Ermengarde Auvergne Countess Blois [aged 69].

Around 1040 Odo Blois Count Troyes, Champagne and Aumale and 1st Earl Holderness was born to Stephen Blois II Count Troyes and Meaux and Adele Unknown.

In 1047 [his father] Stephen Blois II Count Troyes and Meaux died. His son Odo [aged 7] succeeded Count Troyes and Meaux.

In 1048 Odo Blois Count Troyes, Champagne and Aumale and 1st Earl Holderness [aged 8] was created I Count Champagne.

Before 1049, when the Council of Reims annulled their marriage, Enguerrand II Count Ponthieu and [his wife] Adelaide Normandy Countess Troyes and Meaux Champagne Aumale Ponthieu [aged 18] were married. She by marriage Countess Ponthieu. She the daughter of Robert "Magnificent" I Duke Normandy. He the son of Hugh II Count Ponthieu and Bertha Aumale Countess Aumale and Ponthieu. They were fourth cousin once removed.

Before 1049 Odo Blois Count Troyes, Champagne and Aumale and 1st Earl Holderness [aged 8] and Adelaide Normandy Countess Troyes and Meaux Champagne Aumale Ponthieu [aged 18] were married. She by marriage Countess Troyes and Meaux, Countess Champagne. He by marriage Count Aumale. She the daughter of Robert "Magnificent" I Duke Normandy. He the son of Stephen Blois II Count Troyes and Meaux and Adele Unknown. They were fourth cousin once removed.

Before 1051 [his illegitimate brother-in-law] King William "Conqueror" I of England [aged 22] and Matilda Flanders Queen Consort England [aged 19] were married. She the daughter of Baldwin "The Good" V Count Flanders [aged 38] and Adela Capet Duchess Normandy [aged 41]. He the illegitmate son of Robert "Magnificent" I Duke Normandy and Herleva of Falaise. They were third cousin once removed.

After 25th October 1053 Lambert Flanders II Count Lens [aged 38] and [his wife] Adelaide Normandy Countess Troyes and Meaux Champagne Aumale Ponthieu [aged 23] were married. She the daughter of Robert "Magnificent" I Duke Normandy. He the son of Eustace Flanders I Count Boulogne and Matilda Reginar Countess Boulogne. They were third cousin once removed.

After 1066 Odo Blois Count Troyes, Champagne and Aumale and 1st Earl Holderness [aged 26] was created 1st Earl Holderness Feudal. There is some confusion around this creation. His wife, Adelaide Normandy Countess Troyes and Meaux Champagne Aumale Ponthieu [aged 36] may have been created Countess of Holderness with Odo holding it by right of his wife.

In 1070 Waltheof Northumbria 1st Earl of Northampton 1st Earl Huntingdon and Judith Flanders Countess Huntingdon [aged 16] were married. She by marriage Earldorman Northumbria, Countess Huntingdon. She, Judith, a niece of [his illegitimate brother-in-law] King William "Conqueror" I of England [aged 42]. She the daughter of Lambert Flanders II Count Lens and [his wife] Adelaide Normandy Countess Troyes and Meaux Champagne Aumale Ponthieu [aged 40]. He the son of Siward "Stout" Earl of Northumbria and Aelfflaed Northumbria.

Around 1070 [his son] Stephen Blois Count Aumale was born to Odo Blois Count Troyes, Champagne and Aumale and 1st Earl Holderness [aged 30] and [his wife] Adelaide Normandy Countess Troyes and Meaux Champagne Aumale Ponthieu [aged 40]. He married before 1101 Hawise Mortimer Countess Aumale and had issue.

Before 1090 [his wife] Adelaide Normandy Countess Troyes and Meaux Champagne Aumale Ponthieu [aged 59] died. Her son Stephen [aged 19] succeeded Count Aumale.

Before 1101 Stephen Blois Count Aumale [aged 30] and Hawise Mortimer Countess Aumale were married. She by marriage Countess Aumale. He the son of Odo Blois Count Troyes, Champagne and Aumale and 1st Earl Holderness [aged 60] and Adelaide Normandy Countess Troyes and Meaux Champagne Aumale Ponthieu.

In 1115 Odo Blois Count Troyes, Champagne and Aumale and 1st Earl Holderness [aged 75] died. His son Stephen [aged 45] succeeded 2nd Earl Holderness Feudal.