Raimond 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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. Moreover, Peter II gave as a

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the castles of Trenton and

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(1209) to Raimond Roger, after having already given various other Catalan seigniories (1208). Raimond Roger was a close relative and staunch ally of

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. He was famed for his generalship, chivalry, fidelity, and affection for ''haute couture''. He was also a patron of

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s and 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, Esclarmonde de Foix, was also a ''parfaite'', receiving the ''Consolamentum'' at Fanjeaux in 1204. Raimond Roger was a gifted orator, and attended the

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of 1215 to defend Raymond of Toulouse before

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and the council. He was accused of having murdered priests and did not deny it; instead he informed the pope that he regretted not having murdered more. Sceau Raymond Roger

He had two children with Philippa of Montcada: * Roger-Bernard who became his heir. *Cécile de Foix, who married Count Bernard V of Comminges c. 1224. 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