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Family of Bernard-Roger + and Gersende + of BIGORRE

Husband: Bernard-Roger + (962-1034)
Wife: Gersende + of BIGORRE (980-1038)
Children: Clemence + of FOIX (1009-1035)
Pierre Bernard of FOIX (c. 1011- )
Bernard II (1014-1077)
Roger of FOIX (c. 1015-1064)
Ermesinda + of BIGORRE (1015-1049)
Stephanie of FOIX (1020-1066)
Gilberge of FOIX (c. 1022- )
Marriage 1010 France

Husband: Bernard-Roger +

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Bernard-Roger +

Name: Bernard-Roger +
Sex: Male
Father: Roger I + (c. 952-1012)
Mother: Adelaide + (949- )
Birth 0962 Carcassone, Aude, Languedoc, France
Occupation Count of Bigorre
Death 1034 (age 71-72) Foix, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France

Wife: Gersende + of BIGORRE

Name: Gersende + of BIGORRE
Sex: Female
Father: Garcia + Arnaldo of BIGORRE (950- )
Mother: Richarde + of ASTARAC (954- )
Birth 0980 Bigorre, Pyrenes-Atlantic, France
Death 1038 (age 57-58) Foix, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France

Child 1: Clemence + of FOIX

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Clemence + of FOIX

Name: Clemence + of FOIX
Sex: Female
Spouse: Adalbert III + (1000-1048)
Birth 1009 Carcassone, Aude, Languedoc, France
Death 1035 (age 25-26) Foix, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France

Child 2: Pierre Bernard of FOIX

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Pierre Bernard of FOIX

Name: Pierre Bernard of FOIX
Sex: Male
Birth 1011 (est)

Child 3: Bernard II

Name: Bernard II
Sex: Male
Spouse: Clemence (c. 1002-1062)
Birth 1014
Title frm 1038 to 1077 (age 23-63) Count of Bigorre
Occupation Count of Bigorre
Death 1077 (age 62-63)

Child 4: Roger of FOIX

Name: Roger of FOIX
Sex: Male
Birth 1015 (est)
Death 1064 (age 48-49)

Child 5: Ermesinda + of BIGORRE

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Ermesinda + of BIGORRE

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Spouse: Ramiro I +

Name: Ermesinda + of BIGORRE
Sex: Female
Spouse: Ramiro I + (bef1007-1063)
Birth 1015 Carcassone, Aude, Languedoc, France
Occupation Queen Consort of Aragon
Title frm 1036 to 1049 (age 20-34) Queen Consort of Aragon
Death 1 Dec 1049 (age 33-34) Huesca, Huesca, Aragon, Spain

Child 6: Stephanie of FOIX

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Stephanie of FOIX

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Spouse: Garcia III

Name: Stephanie of FOIX
Sex: Female
Spouse: Garcia III (1020-1054)
Birth 1020 Bigorre, Pyrenes-Atlantic, France
Death 1066 (age 45-46) Foix, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France

Child 7: Gilberge of FOIX

Name: Gilberge of FOIX
Sex: Male
Birth 1022 (est)

Note on Husband: Bernard-Roger +

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 Arsinde, or 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 group up. He had endowed the monastery at Foix and in it he was buried when he died at the ripe old age of seventy-two.

 

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.