Bernard-Roger, Count of Bigorre
Coat of arms of Couserans
Bornc.962
Diedc.1034
Noble familyHouse of Foix
Spouse(s)Gersenda of Bigorre
FatherRoger I of Carcassonne
MotherAdelaide of Rouergue

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:

Notes

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

References

Sources

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


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