Person:Roger de Foix (3)

Roger Bernard de Foix, the IV (of that name to be) Viscount of Castelbón, had at least four kings in his ancestry.

On his mother's side he was:

- the 2nd great-grandson of Pedro III, King of Aragón by his mistress, Maria Nicolau.

On his father's side, through his grandmother Jeanne d'Artois, he was:

- the 3rd great-grandson of Henry III, King of England and his wife, Eleanor of Provence,

- the 4th great-grandson of Louis VIII, King of France and his wife, Blanche of Castille,

- the 4th great-grandson of Thibaut I (or Theobald I), King of Navarre and his wife, Marguerite of Bourbon.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 ROGER BERNARD, in Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families
   15 Apr 2015.

   a) ROGER BERNARD [IV] ([1333/38]-1381). His father Roger Bernard [III] in his testament dated 24 Mar 1350 names his wife and their son "Rodgerium Bernardi filium nostrum legitimum" whom he appointed as sole legatee[960]. His birth date range is estimated from letters dated 17 Jan 1353 under which Pedro IV King of Aragon noted that he was "minor…viginti annis et maior quattuordecim" and appointed another guardian[961]. He succeeded his father as Vescomte de Castellbò, under the regency of his mother. The fact of this regency is proved by letters of remission dated 15 Mar 1353 under which Pedro IV King of Aragon granted to "vos nobilis et dilectus domesticus noster Rogerius Bernardi de Fuxo vicecomes Castriboni" for assaulting "Constancia de Luna quondam vicecomitissa Castriboni mater et tutrix vestra" with a gang of noble youths and taking off her hands the administration of the vizcondad de Castellbò ("privastis dictam nobilem matrem et tutricem vestram ab administratione dicti vicecomitatus … et iniugendo de facto potius quam de iure officialibus et aliis hominibus dicti vicecomitatus ne dictae vicecomitissae obedirent, seu ei de aliquo responderent") through violence and intimidation ("iniuriis mortis illicitas et alias violentias contra eandem nobilem attemptatas … coacta terroribus atque minis et tamquam capta, detenta et per dictos familiares vestros inducta habuit facere donationem vos de omnibus bonis suis")[962]. Seigneur de Navailles {in Navailles-Angos, Pyrénées-Atlantiques}, de iure uxoris. The testament dated 2 Nov 1361 at Barcelona of "Rogerius Bernardi de Fuxio Dei gratia vicecomes CastriBoni dominusque de Navalles, MontisCateni et CastriVeteris" names "nobilis et praepotens vir dominus Rogerius Bernardi genitor noster felicis memoriae" and "Isabelli filiæ nostræ" appointing her his heir if he had no male descendants[963]. m (before 24 Mar 1350) GERAUDE Dame de Navailles et de Sault, daughter of GARCIE ARNAUD [IV] de Navailles Baron de Navailles et de Sault & his wife Béarnaise de Miramont (-1384, bur abbaye de Pontaut {Mant, Landes}). Her marriage contract dated to [1346/50] between "…dominus R B de Fuxo miles vicecomes Castri Boni ex una parte et nobilis domina Bearnesia de Miramonte domina de Navalhiis et de Saltu ex altera" records the proposed marriage between "Rotgerium Bernardi de Fuxo filium primogenitum dicti nobilis et Geraldam filiam comunem legitimam primogenitam ac naturalem et heredem universalem nobilis domini domini Garsie Arnaldi de Navalhiis militis quondam domini de Navalhiis et de Saltu et dicte domine Bearnesie domine de Navalhiis et de Saltu"[964]. Her father-in-law Roger Bernard [III] in his testament dated 24 Mar 1350 names his son and the latter's wife "filia de Noualiis uxore sua"[965]. Roger Bernard [IV] & his wife had three children:

2. ↑ Latin:minor…viginti annis et maior quattuordecim::English:less than 20 years and more than 14