Roger-Bernard II, Count of Foix

He made his name famous in 1217 when, for six weeks, he defended the castle of Montgrenier against the onslaught of Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester.

On 14 September 1224, the Albigensian Crusaders surrendered and the war came to an end, each southern lord making peace with the church.

However, in 1226, the new king of France, Louis VIII, called the Lion, renewed the conflict in order to enforce his royal rights in Languedoc.

Already excommunicated (since March or April 1227) and with his only ally gone and a new royal army in the field against him, Roger-Bernard sued for peace in June.

By the ensuing treaty, he received back much of his land, but not Mirepoix, which he had previously fought so hard to reconquer.