Odo of Bayeux

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Odo of Bayeux (c.1036-97) was half-brother to Duke William II of Normandy (later William I of England). He was destined for an ecclesiastical career, receiving the bishopric of Bayeux from William when he was perhaps 13 years old. He participated in the invasion of England in 1066, the Bayeux Tapestry, almost certainly produced for Odo, exaggerating his role. thereafter, he acted occasionally as the Conqueror's viceregent and accumulated enormous wealth in England. But in 1082 William stripped him of his English lands and incarcerated him for reasons that remain obscure. Released in 1087, he joined the rebellion against William II ‘Rufus’ in 1088. This time he was exiled from England for ever and returned to Normandy.