Raimond Roger (french: Raymond-Roger;

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: ''Ramon Roger'') (died 27 March 1223) was the sixth

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from the

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. He was the son and successor of Roger Bernard I and his wife Cécilia Trencavel. When Raimond-Roger and Arnaud, viscount of Castelbon, wished to join their possessions, the Count

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and Bernard de Villemur,

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, saw in this a threat and declared war. Overcome and captured, the count of Foix and Arnaud were imprisoned from February to September 1203. King

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intervened, however, wishing to spare them for his fight to conquer

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. Moreover, Peter II gave as a

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the castles of Trenton and Quérigut (1209) to Raimond-Roger, after having already given various other

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seigniories (1208). Raimond Roger was a close relative of Raymond VI of Toulouse and a staunch ally. He was famed for his generalship, chivalry, fidelity, and affection for ''haute couture''. He was, besides a patron of

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s, an author of verse himself. Though not a

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himself, several of his relatives were. His wife, Philippa of Montcada, even became a ''parfaite''. His sister,

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, was also a ''parfaite'', receiving the ''Consolamentum'' at

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in 1204. Raimond Roger was a great orator, and attended the

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of 1215 to defend Raymond of Toulouse before

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and the council. He himself was accused of having murdered priests and did not deny it, instead he informed the pope that he regretted not having murdered more. Raimond-Roger of Foix

He had with Philippa of Montcada; * Roger Bernard who became his heir. *Cécile de Foix, who married (c.1224) Count

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. He also had two illegitimate children.

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* * 1223 deaths House of Foix Counts of Foix Christians of the Third Crusade People of the Albigensian Crusade Occitan nobility Year of birth unknown {{France-noble-stub