abbey of Boulbonne, France
Er hat eine Beziehung mit Gersende of Bigorra.
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Bernard Roger (c. 962 – c. 1024) was the count of Couserans, in which capacity he was lord of parts of Comminges and Foix.
Life
Bernard Roger was the son of count Roger I of Carcassonne and Adelaide de Melgueil.[1] His elder brother, Raymond I of Carcassonne inherited the county of Carcassonne and the remaining part of the lordship of Comminges. Bernard Roger's comital status is attested in the donation to the abbey of Saint-Hilaire in 1011. During his father's lifetime, Bernard Roger married Garsenda, the heiress of the county of Bigorre.[1]
He built the square tower of the castle at Foix in France and made it his capital, from which a town grew. He had endowed the monastery at Foix and in it he was buried when he died at the age of 72.
Marriage and issue
Bernard-Roger and Gersenda had:
Bernard II of Foix, count of Bigorre,[1] took the County of Bigorre.
Roger I of Foix, count of Foix,[1] became the first count of Foix, which included the castles of Castelpenent, Roquemaure, Lordat, and several within the county of Toulouse.
Peter of Foix, lord of Couserans,[1] inherited the lordship of Couserans.
Ermesinda married King Ramiro I of Aragon[1]
Marjorie, married Pons, Count of Toulouse[1]
Stephanie,[a][1] married García Sánchez III of Pamplona.
Notes
According to Elaine Graham-Leigh, Stephanie was the daughter of Bernard-Roger and Gersenda of Bigorre.[1]
References
Graham-Leigh 2005, p. table 2.
Sources
Graham-Leigh, Elaine (2005). The Southern French Nobility and the Albigensian Crusade. The Boydell Press.
External links
Histoire des comtes de Foix (in French)
Bernard-Roger, Count of Bigorre
House of Foix
Born: c. 962 Died: c. 1034
New division Lord of Foix
c. 1011 – c. 1034 Succeeded by
Roger I
Preceded by
García Lupus
Count of Bigorre
1030 – c. 1034 Succeeded by
Bernard II
New division Lord of Couserans
c. 1011 – c. 1034 Succeeded by
Peter I
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