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Bernard-Roger, Count of Bigorre

Bernard-Roger, Count of Bigorre

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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.

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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:

Notes

  1. According to Elaine Graham-Leigh, Stephanie was the daughter of Bernard-Roger and Gersenda of Bigorre.[1]

References

  1. Graham-Leigh 2005, p. table 2.

Sources

  • Graham-Leigh, Elaine (2005). The Southern French Nobility and the Albigensian Crusade. The Boydell Press.
Bernard-Roger, Count of Bigorre
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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