Bernard-Roger, Count of Bigorre | |
Noble Family: | House of Foix |
Father: | Roger I of Carcassonne |
Mother: | Adelaide of Rouergue |
Spouse: | Gersenda of Bigorre |
Bernard Roger ( -) was the count of Couserans, in which capacity he was lord of parts of Comminges and Foix.
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 Carcassonne 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 Foix in France 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.
Bernard-Roger and Gersenda had: