Cecilia of Comminges

The succession of the county of Comminges, however, provoked a conflict with her uncle Pierre-Raymond, brother of Bernard VIII, who disputed the right of women to inherit the county of Comminges, arguing that it was a male fief.

The conflict was defused by the intervention of Cardinal Jean de Raymond, Archbishop of Toulouse: Pierre-Raymond became count of Comminges and Cécile became viscountess of Turenne.

By the will of her husband, Cécile became regent of the county of Urgell in the name of her son, Peter II.

In 1349 she sold the viscounty of Turenne to Pope Clement VI for 145,000 gold florins so as to be able to pay her husband's debts and build certain buildings, notably the church of Santa Maria de Balaguer and the monastery of Santa Chiara de Almatà.

The pope offered the viscountcy to his nephew William Roger de Beaufort, who married Cécile's sister Aliénor.