Roger II of Foix

Roger II (died 1124) was Count of Foix from 1064, the son of Peter Bernard of Foix. He claimed Carcassonne after its comital line ended but failed to take the city by force, and a treaty of 1095 confirmed its cession to the Trencavels against a large payment. The money helped finance his participation in the First Crusade.

He joined Raymond of Saint-Gilles' host, but delayed his departure so long that the pope excommunicated him. He reached the Holy Land after the fall of Jerusalem and returned in 1105. He then built a castle near Foix and founded the town of Pamiers, which he named after Apamea in Syria.