​ODO, orEudes (d. 898), king of the Franks, was a son of Robert the Strong, count of Anjou (d. 866), and is sometimes referred to as duke of France and also as count of Paris. For his skill and bravery in resisting the attacks of the Normans ​Odo was chosen king by the western Franks when the emperorCharles the Fat was deposed in 887, and was crowned at Compiegnein February 888. He continued to battle against the Normans,whom he defeated at Montfaucon and elsewhere, but was sooninvolved in a struggle with some powerful nobles, who supportedthe claim of Charles, afterwards King Charles III., to the Frankishkingdom. To gain prestige and support Odo owned himselfa vassal of the German king, Arnulf, but in 894 Arnulf declaredfor Charles. Eventually, after a struggle which lasted for threeyears, Odo was compelled to come to terms with his rival, and tosurrender to him a district north of the Seine. He died at LaFere on the 1st of January 898.