Bernardo Bernard II Count of Toulouse

Background

He was the son of Raymond I and Bertha. In 863, his father, loyal to Charles the Bald, was deposed by Humfrid, Count of Barcelona.

Career

The dates of his reign are disputed: either 865–877 or 864–872. In 865, when his father died and Humfrid fled, Charles appointed him to the counties of Toulouse and Rouergue, probably including Pallars and Ribagorza, and Limoges. In 872, following the deposition of Oliba II of Carcassonne, he was given the counties of Albi, Nîmes, Carcassonne, and Razès.

In 877, he was assassinated by a vassal of Bernard Plantapilosa, who took over Toulouse and Limoges. Meanwhile, Oliba was reinstated in his old counties. In Pallars and Ribagorza, one Raymond I succeeded in separating those countships from the rest and inaugurating a new and de facto independent dynastic authority in the region.

Achievements

• In Limoges, however, Bernard's brother Fulcoald, with the title of viscount, continued to exercise the power of government and is the founder of that great vicecomital family.