Bernard III de Samatan, comte de Comminges

Brother of the predecessor, born Dodon de Samatan, later changed his name after his brother's death.

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DODON "BERNARD [III]" de Comminges dit "de Samatan", son of BERNARD [I] Comte de Comminges & his wife Dias de Samatan (-after 1176). His parentage is confirmed by the marriage contract dated 26 Apr 1139 under which "Bernardus de Comenge et uxor mea Dias et filii nostri Bernardus de Comenge et Rogerius et Dodo de Samatano" granted property to "Bernardae filiae nostrae et viro tuo Rogerio de Biterri"[63]. He succeeded as Comte de Comminges, as "BERNARD [III]" in 1153. "Bernardus comes Convenarum…filius Bernardi comitis" donated property to Berdoues by charter dated 1160[64]. "Dozo de Samatamo comes Convenarum qui dicebatur Bernardus…filius Bernardi comitis" and "Godefredus qui vocatur similiter Bernardus et Fortanerius fratres eius" donated property to Berdoues by charter dated 1163[65].

m --- de Toulouse, illegitimate daughter of ALPHONSE JOURDAIN Comte de Toulouse Duc de Narbonne & his mistress ---. Her parentage and marriage are confirmed by an undated charter which names [her son] "B. Convenarum comes filius sororis comitis Tolosani"[66]. This is consistent with a charter dated 1202 which names "B. lo comte de Comenge lo cal fo filh de la filha N Anfos"[67]. According to Père Anselme[68], she was the daughter of Raymond V Comte de Toulouse (which is contradicted by the last cited charter), and was named LAURENTIA, although the primary source on which this is based has not been identified. It is assumed that she must have been illegitimate. As noted in the introduction to this section above, there is some possibility that the wife of Bernard [III] was related either to the ducal of comital family of Burgundy.

Comte Bernard [III] & his wife had four children:
1. BERNARD [IV] de Comminges (-22 Feb 1225). A charter dated 1197 records the 4o consanguinity between "B. Convenarum comes" and "uxorem, filiam Arnaldi Willelmi de Barta" which provided the grounds for their divorce: "domina Bruna et Rogerius de Convenis fuerant fratres", adding the descent "Rogerio de Convenis" to "B. comes...Bernardo" to "Dodo comes" to "iste B. comes"[69]. He succeeded as Comte de Comminges.
- see below.
2. ROGER de Comminges (-before 3 Apr 1211). "Rogerus comes Convenarum" reached agreement with "Simone comite Leycestriensi, domino Montisfortis...Biterensi et Carcassonensi vicecomite, et domino Albiensi et Redensi" by charter dated 3 Apr 1211[70].
- VICOMTES de COUSERANS.
3. GUY de Comminges . Seigneur de Savès {Frontignan-Savès, Haute-Garonne – part of the canton of L'Isle-en-Dodon}. m AUDE de Peguilhan {Haute-Garonne}, daughter of ---.
- SEIGNEURS DE PEGUILHAN. “Bernardus Convenarum et Fortanerius Convenarum, filii quondam domini Bernardi Convenarum de Savezio” paid homage to Raymond VII Comte de Toulouse “pro nobis et Aymerico fratre nostro” by charter dated 5 Sep 1240, witnessed by “Dominus Bernardus comes Convenarum et dominus Bernardus comes Armaniaci…”[71].
4. FORTANER de Comminges . Seigneur d'Aspet, de iure uxoris. m --- dame d'Aspet, daughter of ARNAUD-RAIMOND [II] Seigneur d'Aspet & his wife ---.