william conqueror arrests ode bishop of bayeux Odo, Earl of Kent (early 1030s – 1097, half-brother second in power king of Engla


william conqueror arrests ode bishop of bayeux Odo, Earl of Kent (early 1030s – 1097, half-brother second in power king of England 1076 Odo tried at Penenden Heath in Kent defrauding the Crown Diocese of Canterbury. In 1082 he was suddenly disgraced imprisoned for having planned a military expedition Italy. desired to make himself Pope, English estates were taken back by the king, Earl of Kent brother Robert, Count of Mortain release Odo. After the king's death Odo returned to his earldom and soon organized a rebellion in support of William's son Robert Curthose, who had been made Duke of Normandy. The Rebellion of 1088 failed, and William Rufus, to the disgust of his supporters, permitted Odo to leave the kingdom. Afterwards, Odo remained in the service of Robert in Normandy.[citation needed] He joined the First Crusade, and started in the duke's company for Palestine, but died on the way at Palermo in January or February 1097.


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