Odo II of Champlitte

Odo II of Champlitte, (died May 1204 at the Siege of Constantinople) was the first son of Odo I of Champlitte and a grandson of Hugh, Count of Champagne, although Hugh disowned Odo I.

At an assembly at Citeaux, Odo, and his brother William, joined the crusade.{{sfn|Phillips|2004|p=89-90}} Upon the crusade's arrival at Corfu, a disagreement as to where the crusade should be directed divided the army into two camps.{{sfn|Phillips|2004|p=138}} One that wanted follow Hugh of Saint-Pol and Prince Alexius to Constantinople, the other headed by Odo, Jacques of Avenes and Peter of Amiens, to continue on to Jerusalem.{{sfn|Phillips|2004|p=138-139}} After Odo arrived at Corfu he sent messengers to Brindisi to hire a fleet to take the crusade to Jerusalem.{{sfn|Phillips|2004|p=139}} Subsequent meetings between Odo, Hugh and Alexious, directed the crusade towards Constantinople.{{sfn|Phillips|2004|p=140}}

Odo participated in the siege of Constantinople, fell ill, and died shortly after in May 1204.{{sfn|Phillips|2004|p=273}} He was buried in the Hagia Sophia.{{sfn|Phillips|2004|p=273}}

He left behind a wife, Emeline of Broyes,{{sfn|Schenk|2012|p=240}} who was much younger than he, and a daughter, Oda or Odette or Euda, who married Hugh I of Ghent. Emiline was daughter of Elizabeth of Druex and Hugh III of Broyes.{{sfn|Evergates|1999|p=102}}