Roger Bernard I the Fat (c. 1130 – November 1188) was the fifth

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from 1148. At

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in 1149 and again in 1163, he had to make restitution of confiscated lands to the church of Saint-Antonin of Fredelas. He made a paréage with the church dividing the government of the lands between them. The count was to have charge of defence and justice. Another pareage was established with the abbey of Saint-Volusien in 1168, where rents were split between the ecclesiastic and comital authorities. On 11 July 1151, Roger Bernard married Cecilia, daughter of Raymond Trencavel, and became a vassal of the

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. However, he avoided involving himself in the count's war of 1159 and concentrated on expanding his own zone of influence, as by a treaty with the lords of

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in 1162. In 1185, he was finally constrained to fight alongside the count of Barcelona, Alfonso the Chaste, in southern France. Only

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successfully remained neutral. It seems that the count intended to confide the government of

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to him. Roger Bernard was buried in the abbey of Boulbonne and succeeded by his son

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. He was also the father of

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and Rohese de Foix.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Roger-Bernard 01 Of Foix 1130s births 1188 deaths 12th-century French people House of Foix Counts of Foix Occitan nobility Year of birth uncertain