Odda

Also known as: Earl Odda · Role: earl · First appears: A.D. 1048

Life events

• 1048 · Odda was appointed earl over Devonshire, Somerset, Dorset, and the Welsh.(A.D. 1048 · 📍 Devonshire)
  • “And then Odda was appointed earl over Devonshire, and over Somerset, and over Dorset, and over the Welsh.”

A.D. 1048

• lord / consecrator: Edward son of Ethelred “And then Odda was appointed earl over Devonshire, and over Somerset, and over Dorset, and over the Welsh.”

A.D. 1052 · part 1

• lord / consecrator: Edward son of Ethelred “In the same year advised the king and his council, that ships should be sent out to Sandwich, and that Earl Ralph and Earl Odda should be appointed headmen thereto.”

A.D. 1052 · part 3

• lord / consecrator: Edward son of Ethelred “the king decreed, and his council, that ships should proceed to Sandwich; and they set Ralph, the earl, and Odda, the earl Of Devon, as headmen thereto.”

A.D. 1053–1054

• siblings with Elfric brother of Odda “The same year died Elfric, brother of Odda, at Deerhurst; and his body resteth at Pershore.”

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Extracted from the original text of The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. Made with Rho MD.