Roger Bernard I the Fat (c. 1130 – November 1188) was the fifth
Count of Foix
The Count of Foix ruled the independent County of Foix, in what is now Southern France, during the Middle Ages. The House of Foix eventually extended its power across the Pyrenees mountain range, joining the House of Bearn and moving their court ...
from 1148.
At
Pamiers
Pamiers (; oc, Pàmias ) is a commune and largest city in the Ariège department in the Occitanie region in southwestern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department. It is the most populous commune in the Ariège department, although i ...
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
County of Barcelona
The County of Barcelona ( la, Comitatus Barcinonensis, ca, Comtat de Barcelona) was originally a frontier region under the rule of the Carolingian dynasty. In the 10th century, the Counts of Barcelona became progressively independent, here ...
. 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
Dun
A dun is an ancient or medieval fort. In Ireland and Britain it is mainly a kind of hillfort and also a kind of Atlantic roundhouse.
Etymology
The term comes from Irish ''dún'' or Scottish Gaelic ''dùn'' (meaning "fort"), and is cognat ...
in 1162. In 1185, he was finally constrained to fight alongside the count of Barcelona,
Alfonso the Chaste, in southern France. Only
Bernard IV of Comminges successfully remained neutral. It seems that the count intended to confide the government of
Provence
Provence (, , , , ; oc, Provença or ''Prouvènço'' , ) is a geographical region and historical province of southeastern France, which extends from the left bank of the lower Rhône to the west to the Italian border to the east; it is bor ...
to him.
Roger Bernard was buried in the abbey of
Boulbonne and succeeded by his son
Raymond Roger. He was also the father of
Esclarmonde de Foix
Esclarmonde of Foix (French: ''Esclarmonde de Foix''; Occitan: ''Esclarmonda de Fois''), was a prominent figure associated with Catharism in thirteenth century Occitania (in the south of modern-day France).
Her biography is difficult to establish ...
and Rohese de Foix.
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Histoire des comtes de Foix
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1130s births
1188 deaths
12th-century French people
House of Foix
Counts of Foix
Occitan nobility
Year of birth uncertain