Roger (I) de Comminges “le Vieux”, count of Carcassonne

Count of Carcassonne, of Razès, of Couserans, and of Comminges

Lord of Foix

Events

Date of Birth: before 944.

Place of Birth: unknown.

The date is given by Vones-Liebenstein.

Date of Death: April 1011 or after.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given by Stasser (p. 168).

Relationships

Father: Arnaud (I), count of Comminges.

This relationship is given by Stasser and by Débax.

Mother: Arsinde.

This relationship is given by Débax and by Stasser, who presents an argument about her parentage.

Spouse: Adelais.

This relationship is given by Bofarull y Mascaró (1:197 ff.), by Stasser, by Débax, and by Vones-Liebenstein. Stasser (p. 166) states that they were presumably married not long before 970. His article speculates on Adelais's parentage.

Children:

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

Raymond Roger (died between 21 July 1007 and April 1011), count of Carcassonne, married Garsindis de Béziers.

Bernard Roger, count of Couserans, married Gersende, countess of Bigorre.

Pierre Roger (died 1 August 1051). Bishop of Géronde.

Ermesinde (died 1 March 1058) married Ramón Borrell I, count of Barcelona.

References

Bofarull y Mascaró, Próspero de. Los Condes de Barcelona Vindicados, y Cronología y Genealogía de los Reyes de España Considerados Como Soberanos Independientes de Su Marca 2 Volumes. (Barcelona: 1836).

Débax, Hélène. La féodalité languedocienne XI^e - XII^e siècles. (Presses Universitaires du Mirail, 2003).

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.

Vones-Liebenstein, Ursula. Foix-Béarn I genealogical table in volume 9 of Lexikon des Mittelalters. Munich: LexMA-Verlag, 1980-1998.