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{{short description|Duke of Bavaria}}
[[File:Salzburg St Peter Gemälde Taufe 1.jpg|thumb|Baptism of Duke Theodo by Bishop Rupert of Salzburg, [[St Peter's Abbey, Salzburg]]]]
'''Theodo''' (about 625 – 11 December c. 716), also known as '''Theodo V''' and '''Theodo II''', was the [[Duke of Bavaria]] from 670 or, more probably, 680 to his death. It is with Theodo that the well-sourced [[history of Bavaria]] begins. He strengthened his duchy internally and externally and, according to the medieval chronicler [[Arbeo of Freising]], he was a prince of great power whose fame extended beyond his borders.
==Life==
Theodo's descendance has not been conclusively established. A member of the [[Agilolfings|Agilolfing dynasty]], his father possibly was Duke Theodo IV of Bavaria (d. 680) and his mother was probably Fara of Bavaria (b
Theodo established his capital at ''Ratisbona'' (modern [[Regensburg]]). He married Folchaid, of the Frankish (possibly [[Robertians|Robertian]] as the daughter of [[Robert II, Chancellor to Clothair III|Robert II]]) aristocracy in [[Austrasia]], to build diplomatic ties there. He intervened in [[Lombards|Lombard]] affairs by harbouring the refugees [[Ansprand]] and [[Liutprand, King of the Lombards|Liutprand]], whom he assisted militarily on his return to claim the [[Iron Crown of Lombardy|Iron Crown]]. Liutprand later married his daughter Guntrude.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=XyBIEAAAQBAJ&dq=Theodo+of+Bavaria&pg=PA79 Collins, Roger. ''Charlemagne'', Bloomsbury Publishing, 1998, p. 79]{{ISBN|9781349269242}}</ref> Theodo also defended his duchy ably from the [[Pannonian Avars|Avars]] (with some failure in the east).
Theodo is the patron to the four great missionaries of Bavaria: [[Rupert of Salzburg|Saint Rupert]],<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Us0JDAAAQBAJ&dq=Theodo+of+Bavaria&pg=PA51 Michałowski, Roman. ''The Gniezno Summit: The Religious Premises of the Founding of the Archbishopric of Gniezno'', Brill, 2016, p. 50] {{ISBN|9789004317512}}</ref> [[Saint Erhard]], [[Emmeram of Regensburg|Saint Emmeram]],<ref>[https://www.jstor.org/stable/25541042 Kyle, Joseph D. "The Monastery Library at St. Emmeram (Regensburg)." ''The Journal of Library History'' (1974–1987)], vol. 15, no. 1, University of Texas Press, 1980, pp. 1–21]</ref> and probably [[Saint Corbinian]]. He was the first to draw up plans for the Bavarian church, aiming both at a deeper cultivation of the countryside as well as greater independence from the [[Frankish Kingdom]] by a closer association with the Pope.<ref
Two of his children are involved with the death of [[Emmeram of Regensburg|Saint Emmeram]]. Theodo's daughter Uta had become pregnant by her lover. Fearing her father's wrath, she confided to Emmeram and the saint promised to bear the blame, as he was about to travel to Rome. Soon after his departure, Uta's predicament became known and in keeping with the agreement she named Emmeram as the father. Her brother [[Lantpert]] went after Emmeram and greeted him as "bishop and brother-in-law," i.e., ''episcope et gener noster''! Then he had Emmeram cut and torn into pieces. Theodo had the remains of the saint moved to Regensburg.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=nB8sEAAAQBAJ&dq=Theodo+of+Bavaria&pg=PA41 Geary, Patrick J., ''Phantoms of Remembrance: Memory and Oblivion at the End of the First Millennium'', Princeton University Press, 2021, p. 41] {{ISBN|9781400843541}}</ref> Nothing more is known of Lantpert and Uta.
==Marriage and issue==
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* [[Tassilo II of Bavaria|Tassilo II]], Duke of Bavaria in [[Passau]] (?) 717–719
* [[Grimoald of Bavaria|Grimoald]], Duke of Bavaria in [[Freising]] c.716–724
* Guntrude - married [[Liutprand, King of the Lombards]]
* a daughter who married her Agilolfing cousin Duke [[Gotfrid]] of [[Alamannia]]
From another wife named Gleisnot of Friuli:
Theodo was eventually succeeded by his four other sons, between whom he divided his duchy sometime before 715. As early as 702, his eldest son Theodbert had been reigning from Salzburg and from 711 or 712 was the co-ruler of his father. It is impossible to see if this division was territorial (as with the [[Merovingians]]) or purely a co-regency (as with the later [[Prince of Benevento|princes of Benevento and Capua]]). If so, Theodbert's capital was probably Salzburg and the ''Vita Corbiniani'' informs that Grimoald had his seat there. References to Theobald and the [[Thuringii]] implies perhaps a capital at Regensburg and this leaves Tassilo at Passau. All of this is educated conjecture.▼
* Uta.
▲Theodo was eventually succeeded by his four other sons, between whom he divided his duchy sometime before 715.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=A70NAAAAIAAJ&dq=Theodo+of+Bavaria&pg=PA71 Hodgkin, Thomas. ''Italy and Her Invaders: Frankish invasions, 744-774'', Clarendon Press, 1899, p. 71]</ref> As early as 702, his eldest son Theodbert had been reigning from Salzburg and from 711 or 712 was the co-ruler of his father. It is impossible to see if this division was territorial (as with the [[Merovingians]]) or purely a co-regency (as with the later [[Prince of Benevento|princes of Benevento and Capua]]). If so, Theodbert's capital was probably Salzburg and the ''Vita Corbiniani'' informs that Grimoald had his seat
==Ordinals==
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To complicate matters even further, Bavarian tradition has referred to Theodo I and Theodo II as '''Theodo IV''' and '''Theodo V''' respectively to differentiate them from legendary Agilolfing ancestors Theodo I to III, all who would have reigned before 550.
▲|8=8. [[Tassilo I of Bavaria]]
==References==
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==Sources==
*[http://www.mittelalter-genealogie.de Die Genealogie der Franken und Frankreichs]
*[http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/st_robert.html Vita of St Robert]
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