Bernard-Roger, Count of Bigorre
Bernard Roger (c. 962 – c. 1024) was the count of Couserans, in which capacity he was lord of parts of Comminges and Foix.
Bernard-Roger, Count of Bigorre | |
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| Born | c. 962 |
| Died | c. 1034 |
| Noble family | House of Foix |
| Spouse(s) | Gersenda of Bigorre |
| Father | Roger I of Carcassonne |
| Mother | Adelaide of Rouergue |
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,[lower-alpha 1][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.