Bernard-Roger, Count of Bigorre

Bernard-Roger, Count of Bigorre

Coat of arms of Couserans
Spouse(s) Gersenda of Bigorre
Noble family House of Foix
Father Roger I of Carcassonne
Mother Adelaide of Rouergue
Born c.962
Died c.1034

Bernard Roger (c.962 c.1034) was the count of Couserans, in which capacity he was lord of parts of Comminges and Foix.

He was the son of count Roger I of Carcassonne. His elder brother, Raymond I of Carcassonne inherited the county of Carcassonne and the remaining part of the lordship of Comminges. Bernard Rogers comital status is attested in the donation to the abbey of Saint-Hilaire in 1011.

He is the founder of the House of Foix which ruled that county for centuries. During his father's lifetime, he married Garsenda, or Arsinde, the heiress of the county of Bigorre.

He built the square tower of the castle at Foix in France and made it his capital, from which a town group up. He had endowed the monastery at Foix and in it he was buried when he died at the age of 72.

His lands were divided:

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Bernard-Roger, Count of Bigorre
Born: c.962 Died: c.1034
New division Lord of Foix
c.1011 c.1034
Succeeded by
Roger I
Preceded by
García Lupus
Count of Bigorre
1030 c.1034
Succeeded by
Bernard II
New division Lord of Couserans
c.1011 c.1034
Succeeded by
Peter I


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