Bernard Ato V Explained

Bernard Ato V
Succession:Viscount of Nîmes
Reign:1129 - 1163
Predecessor:Bernard Ato IV
Successor:Bernard Ato VI
Death Date:1163
Issue:Bernard Ato VI
House:Trencavel
Father:Bernard Ato IV
Mother:Cecilia of Provence

Bernard Ato V (died 1163) was the Viscount of Nîmes of the Trencavel family from 1129 to his death. He was then succeeded by his son and successor Bernard Ato VI.

In 1138, Bernard Ato swore an oath of fidelity to Alfonso Jordan, Count of Toulouse, along with his brothers Roger of Carcassonne and Raymond of Béziers. Nevertheless, because his father Bernard Ato IV had supported William IX of Aquitaine in his attempt to take Toulouse and because his lands controlled the roads between Alfonso's Languedocian and Provençal lands, Bernard Ato and Alfonso were fundamentally at odds. Alfonso even seized some castles in the vicinity of Nîmes itself.

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