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Birth:          ABT  974 Carcassone, Languedoc
Death:          22 Aug 1036 Foix, Ariege, Midi-Pyrenees, France

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard-Roger,_Count_of_Bigorre
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:
His eldest son, Bernard of Foix, count of Bigorre, took the County of Bigorre.
His second son, 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 Toulouse.
His third and youngest son, Peter of Foix, lord of Couserans, inherited the lordship of 
Couserans.
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Parents
DE COMMINGES Roger I (ABT  950 - 1012)
DE ROUERGUE Adelaide (ABT  950 - AFT 1011)

Siblings
____ Raymond I (ABT  971 - )
DE CARCASSONE Ermesinde (ABT  972 - 1 Mar 1058)
____ Bernard Rodger (ABT  974 - 22 Aug 1036)

Marriage To OF BIGORRE Gersende (ABT  977 - BEF 1038)
    m.  

Notes

Parents
____ Arnold I (ABT  947 - BEF 1000)
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Children by OF BIGORRE Gersende ABT  977 - BEF 1038
DE BIGORRE Bernard II (ABT 1000 - ABT 1077)
DE FOIX Pierre-Bernard (ABT 1012 - 1038)
DE BIGORRE Geberge (Hermesenda) (ABT 1022 - )

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