Roger-Bernard II, Count of Foix
Roger Bernard II (c. 1195 – 26 May 1241), called the Great, was the
Life
In 1208, Roger-Bernard married
Raymond Trencavel
, though he did negotiate an honourable treaty in 1240.
Albigensian crusade
He made his name famous in 1217 when, for six weeks, he defended the castle of Montgrenier against the onslaught of Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester.[4] That same year, he distinguished himself at the siege of Toulouse. In 1220, he assisted his father in the recapture of Lavaur and Puylaurens and was instrumental in helping his father retake his lost dominions. The resumption of Mirepoix wasn't accomplished until his own reign, however.
At the moment of his accession, he and the new
Treaty of Meaux with Louis the Lion's successor, Louis IX
. Already excommunicated (since March or April 1227) and with his only ally gone and a new royal army in the field against him, Roger-Bernard sued for peace in June. By the ensuing treaty, he received back much of his land, but not Mirepoix, which he had previously fought so hard to reconquer.
Death
Roger-Bernard ended his days at peace with the established church, having been excommunicated a second time in 1236. He took the
Roger IV, whom he had married to Brunissende, the daughter of Raymond Folc IV and heiress of Viscounty of Cardona
.
Notes
- ^ Graham-Leigh 2005, p. 34.
- ^ William of Puylaurens 2005, p. 24.
- ^ Smith 2010, p. 95-96.
- ^ Marvin 2009, p. 262-263.
- ^ Barber 2014, p. 53.
References
- Barber, Malcolm (2014). The Cathars: Dualist Heretics in Languedoc in the High Middle Ages. Routledge.
- Graham-Leigh, Elaine (2005). The Southern French Nobility and the Albigensian Crusade. The Boydell Press.
- Marvin, Laurence Wade (2009). The Occitan War:A Military and Political History of the Albigensian Crusade, 1209-1218. Cambridge University Press.
- Smith, Damian J. (2010). Crusade, Heresy and Inquisition in the Lands of the Crown of Aragon. Brill.
- William of Puylaurens (2005). Sibley, M.D.; Sibley, W.A. (eds.). The Chronicle of William of Puylaurens: The Albigensian Crusade and its Aftermath. The Boydell Press.
External links
- (in French) Histoire des comtes de Foix.