- Roger-Bernard I of Foix
Roger Bernard I the Fat (c. 1130 – November 1188) was the fourth
Count of Foix from 1148. He made peace with the church.At
Pamiers in 1149 and again in 1163, he had to make restitution of confiscated lands to the church ofSaint-Antonin ofFredelas . He made aparéage with the church dividing the government of the lands between them. The count was to have charge of defence and justice. Another pareage was established with the abbey ofSaint-Volusien in 1168, where rents were split between the ecclesiastic and comital authorities.On
11 July 1151 , Roger Bernard married Cecilia, daughter ofRaymond Trencavel , and became a vassal of theCounty of Barcelona . However, he avoided involving himself in the count's war of 1159 and concentrated on expanding his own zone of influence, as by a treaty with the lords ofDun in 1162. In 1185, he was finally constrained to fight alongside the count of Barcelona, Alfonso the Chaste, in southern France. OnlyBernard IV of Comminges successfully remained neutral. It seems that the count intended to confide the government ofProvence to him.Roger Bernard was buried in the abbey of
Boulbonne and succeeded by his son Raymond Roger. He was also the father ofEsclarmonde de Foix .Sources
* [http://www.foixstory.com/data/comtes/06.htm Histoire des comtes de Foix] .
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