Pierre Roger de Cabaret (French) or Pèire Rogièr de Cabaret (Occitan) (

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13th century) was a military leader of the

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forces in the

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. He inherited three hilltop castles near modern-day

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from his father. He was a patron of the

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, including Peire Vidal. He was a vassal of viscount

Raymond Roger Trencavel Raymond Roger Trencavel (also Raimond, oc, Raimon Rogièr; 1185 – 10 November 1209) was a member of the noble Trencavel family. He was viscount of Béziers and Albi (and thus a vassal of the count of Toulouse), and viscount of Carcassonne a ...

, and was present with him during the siege of the castrum of

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in early stages of the

in 1209. Allegedly, Pierre-Roger advised Trencavel to remain in the castrum rather than meet the crusader army in the open field, because he was outnumbered. After Raimond-Roger surrendered Carcassonne, Pierre-Roger managed to return to his own castles. He successfully defended his castles against

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, but months later capitulated without military actions. He abandoned the Cabaret castles, but was granted lands near Beziérs in return.

References

Dominique Paladilhe, Simon de Montfort, Librairie Académique Perrin, 1988 (réimpr. 1997), p. 324 ()
Georges Bordonove, La Tragédie Cathare, Paris, Pygmalion – Gérard Watelet, coll. "Les Grandes Heures de l’Histoire de France", 1991, p. 462 () People of the Albigensian Crusade People from Aude 13th-century French people Occitan people Occitan nobility {{France-mil-bio-stub