Roger-Bernard III, Count of Foix
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Roger-Bernard III (1243 – 3 March 1302) was the
Conflict with Philip III
His conflict with Philip III was rooted in the longstanding desire of the
Roger-Bernard, meanwhile, placed himself under the competing protection of
The dispute between James and Philip, however, did not immediately abate. The former refused to relinquish what he held on behalf of the imprisoned count. On 8 February 1273, the conflict was resolved and the king of Aragon gave up his claims. Before the end of that year, the count of Foix was released and did homage to the king of France,[4] receiving back a portion of his confiscated lands. Roger-Bernard's relationship with Philip III was thereafter solid, with Philip even considering him his "most loyal and faithful vassal" in December 1277.
On the death of Henry I of Navarre in 1274, a dispute arose over the succession to that small kingdom. Henry's heir was his daughter Joanna, wife of Philip the Fair, then heir-apparent of Philip III. The Aragonese, however, opposed her succession, which would have put the French in control of Navarre. In order to secure Joanna and Philip's rightful inheritance, Roger-Bernard led a French army into Navarre in September 1276. He took the capital city of Pamplona by force and razed it. In gladful compensation for this, Philip III restored all the count's remaining territories south of the Pas de La Barre.
Formation of Andorra
Perhaps the most lasting of Roger-Bernard's policies was his diplomatic agreement with the
Conflict with Aragon
In Spring 1280, the long-stewing conflict between Roger-Bernard and Peter of Aragon broke out into open rebellion. The count of Foix formed a coalition of other dissatisfied
Roger-Bernard, however, was not beholden to the then-
Relationship with Philip IV
In 1290, Roger-Bernard tried to stop the seneschals of Toulouse and Carcassonne from interfering in his internal affairs, such as the administration of justice and the collection of taxes. Philip IV, now King of France, refused to call off his functionaries and diminish his own authority in the south and was thus forced to confiscate two of the count's castles as punishment for his disobedience and lack of cooperation with the crown. Nonetheless, in 1293, the king finally intervened to order the seneschal of Carcassonne to leave the count of Foix's matters to the count of Foix. In 1295, Philip made the count Governor of Gascony and, on 29 April, ordered the seneschal to return the confiscated castles of 1290.
In 1295, Roger-Bernard alleged that the seneschal was levying taxes without his consent or permission to finance the war with England. As a means of paying the count back for these imposts, Philip granted him castles in July 1295 and 1298.
When
Inheritance of Béarn
In 1252, Roger-Bernard married
In 1293, after three years of peace, Gerard V finally contested the usurpation of Béarn and began a long war with Roger-Bernard over the rights of their wives. This war lasted until 1377.
When the aforementioned Guillemette donated all her Catalan lands to
Roger-Bernard and Margaret had:
- Gaston I, his successor[5]
- Constance, married (1296) John I de Lévis, lord of Mirepoix[6]
- Mathe, married (1294) Bernard IV of Astarac
- Margaret (died 1304), married (1291) Bernard IV Jordan of L'Isle-Jourdain
- Brunissende, married (1298) Elias VII of Périgord[1]
References
- ^ a b Viader 2003, p. 128.
- ^ Firnhaber-Baker 2014, p. 67.
- ^ a b c Biller, Bruschi & Sneddon 2011, p. 42.
- ^ Blanks 1993, p. 219.
- ^ a b Lodge 1926, p. 15.
- ^ Aurell 2017, p. 192.
Sources
- Aurell, Martin (2017). The Lettered Knight: Knowledge and Aristocratic Behaviour in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries. Central University Press.
- Biller, Peter; Bruschi, C.; Sneddon, S., eds. (2011). Inquisitors and Heretics in Thirteenth-Century Languedoc:Edition and Translation of Toulouse Inquisition Depositions, 1273-1282. Brill.
- Blanks, David R. (1993). "Regionalism in Medieval Languedoc: The Pays de Sabartès". Historical Reflections / Réflexions Historiques. 19 (Spring): 209–228.
- Firnhaber-Baker, Justine (2014). Violence and the State in Languedoc, 1250–1400. Cambridge University Press.
- Lodge, Eleanor C. (1926). Gascony under English Rule. Methuen & Co. Ltd.
- Viader, Roland (2003). L'Andorre du IXe au XIVe siècle: montagne, féodalité et communautés. Presses Universitairies du Mirail.