Bernard Roger ( – ) was the count of

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, in which capacity he was lord of parts of

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and

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Life

Bernard Roger was the son of count

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and Adelaide de Melgueil. His elder brother,

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inherited the county of

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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

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. He built the square tower of the castle at

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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, took the

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. * Roger I of Foix, count of Foix, became the first

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, which included the castles of Castelpenent, Roquemaure,

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, and several within the county of

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. * Peter of Foix, lord of Couserans, inherited the

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. *

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married King

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*Marjorie, married

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, married García Sánchez III of Navarre

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Histoire des comtes de Foix
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