Eudes III, commonly known in English as Odo III, was duke of Burgundy between 1192 and 1218.
Background
Odo was the eldest son of duke Hugh III and his first wife Alice, daughter of Matthias I, Duke of Lorraine. Odo did not follow his father"s aggressive policies towards France and proved a worthy ally of king Philip II of France in his wars against John Lackland and the Holy Roman Emperor Otto IV of Germany.
Career
He fought bravely against the latter in the Battle of Bouvines, where he lost, according to contemporary chroniclers, two horses beneath him. Odo was portrayed by actor Peter Baldwin in the 1978 British Broadcasting Corporation television drama series The Devil"s Crown.