Odo of Bayeux (traditional attribution)

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Odo of Bayeux was an 11th-century Norman bishop and half-brother of William the Conqueror, traditionally credited with commissioning the Bayeux Tapestry depicting the Norman Conquest of England.

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Odo of Bayeux (traditional attribution) canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 11th-century bishop ⓘ
Norman noble ⓘ
Roman Catholic bishop ⓘ
human ⓘ
appointedBy William the Conqueror ⓘ
canonizationStatus not canonized ⓘ
causeOfImprisonment plotting an unauthorized expedition to Italy ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Duchy of Normandy ⓘ
dateOfBirth circa 1030 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1097 ⓘ
depictedIn Bayeux Tapestry ⓘ
educatedAt Cathedral school of Bayeux ⓘ
linked to: Bayeux Cathedral
endTime 1082 (first period as Earl of Kent) ⓘ
1088 (as Bishop of Bayeux) ⓘ
father Herluin de Conteville ⓘ
givenName Odo ⓘ
imprisonedBy William the Conqueror ⓘ
knownFor being half-brother of William the Conqueror ⓘ
role in the Norman administration of England ⓘ
traditional commissioner of the Bayeux Tapestry ⓘ
languageSpoken Latin ⓘ
Old Norman ⓘ
memberOf William the Conqueror's inner circle ⓘ
militaryRank commander ⓘ
mother Herleva of Falaise ⓘ
nobleFamily House of Normandy ⓘ
notableWork Bayeux Tapestry ⓘ
occupation bishop ⓘ
earl ⓘ
nobleman ⓘ
officeContested regent of England ⓘ
participantIn Battle of Hastings ⓘ
Norman Conquest of England ⓘ
rebellion of 1088 ⓘ
placeOfBirth Normandy ⓘ
placeOfBurial Cathedral of Palermo ⓘ
linked to: Palermo Cathedral
placeOfDeath Palermo ⓘ
positionHeld Bishop of Bayeux ⓘ
releasedBy William II of England ⓘ
religion Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sibling Robert of Mortain ⓘ
William the Conqueror ⓘ
startTime 1049 (as Bishop of Bayeux) ⓘ
supported Robert Curthose ⓘ
title Earl of Kent ⓘ
traditionalAttribution commissioner of the Bayeux Tapestry ⓘ

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Bayeux Tapestry → commissionedBy → Odo of Bayeux (traditional attribution) ⓘ