Roger III (Carcassonne)
Raimund Roger ( French : Raymond Roger , Occit : Ramon Roger ) († 1067 ) was Roger III since 1061 . Count of part and since 1067 of all of Carcassonne . He was also Vice Count of Béziers and Agde and from 1062 also Count of Razès . He was the only son of his predecessor Count Peter Raimund and his wife Rangarde.
Count Roger III. was able to record a significant expansion of his power in 1062 when his cousin Count Raimund II von Razès died. Because this, the Carcassès neighboring, county was then united with that of Carcassonne .
In 1064, Roger III confirmed his cousin Roger I of Foix , who worked as Count Roger II in a part of Carcassonne, his rights of inheritance to the entire county, if Roger III. should die without male offspring. In this way he corresponded to the inheritance of his and Rogers von Foix ancestors, Count Roger I the Old . Furthermore, Roger III. help his cousin with arms against any aggressor that should appear against him. Only the Counts of Toulouse should be exempted, as Roger III. whose lordship on Carcassonne had already recognized, a fact that will be of great importance for the further history of Languedoc .
In 1067, however, Count Roger I of Foix died before Roger III, who took the deceased's shares in Carcassonne, so he was able to unite the entire county. Count Roger III. however, died himself a little later.
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- Histoire générale de Languedoc , Claude Devic & Joseph Vaissète ; 1841.
- “Dictionnaire de l'Art de Vérifier les Dates” , Achille François & Jouffroy d'Abbans; 1854.
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- ↑ Due to the same name as his paternal grandfather, Roger III. often referred to as Raimund Roger II.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Roger III |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Raimund Roger; Raymond Roger (French) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Count of Carcassonne |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 10th century or 11th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1067 |