Gersende de Bigorre

Events

Date of Birth: about 986.

Place of Birth: unknown.

The date is given by Cawley.

Date of Death: between 1032 and 1034.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given by Cawley.

Relationships

Father: García Arnaud, count of Bigorre.

This relationship is given by the HGL (12:243), by Jaurgain (2:369), and by Cawley.

Mother: Richarde (died November 1046).

This relationship is given by Cawley.

Spouse: Bernard Roger de Carcassonne.

This relationship is given by the HGL (12:243) and by Stasser.

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from Cawley.)

Bernard de Foix, count of Bigorre, married Étiennette.

Roger de Foix, count of Foix.

Pierre Bernard de Foix, count of Foix, married Letgarde.

Heraclius de Foix, bishop of Bigorre.

Gerberge de Foix (about 1015 - 1 December 1049) married Ramiro I, king of Aragón.

References

Cawley, Charles. “GERSENDE de Bigorre” in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.

Histoire Générale de Languedoc avec des notes et les pièces justicatives Volume 12 (Toulouse: 1889)

Jaurgain, Jean de. La Vasconie: Étude historique et critique… 2 Volumes (Pau:1898 - 1902).

Stasser, Thierry. “Autour de Roger le Vieux: les alliances matrimoniales des comtes de Carcassonne” in Annales du Midi: revue archéologique, historique et philologique de la France méridionale Année 1996 Volume 108 Numéro 214 pp. 165-187.