Bernard Roger ( – ) was the count of Couserans, in which capacity he was lord of parts of

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Life

Bernard Roger was the son of count Roger I of Carcassonne and Adelaide de Melgueil. His elder brother, Raymond I of Carcassonne 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 Bigorre. 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 County of Bigorre. * Roger I of Foix, count of Foix, became the first count of Foix, which included the castles of Castelpenent, Roquemaure, Lordat, and several within the county of

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

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married King

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, married

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Histoire des comtes de Foix
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