The County of Carcassonne (Occitan: Comtat de Carcassona) was a medieval fiefdom controlling the city of Carcassonne, France and its environs. It was often united with the County of Razès. The origins of Carcassonne as a county probably go back to the Visigothic period in Septimania, but the first count known by name is Bello of the time of Charlemagne. Bello founded a dynasty, the Bellonids, which would rule many honores in Septimania and Catalonia for the centuries. Bello was a loyal Carolingian follower and his successor in the county were Carolingian appointees down to about the time of Oliba II, at which point the counties in the outlying regions were beginning to become hereditary possessions in the hands of locally well-endowed families. After Oliba, who ruled both Carcassonne and Razès, his patrimony was ruled jointly by his sons and grandsons. On the death of Acfred II in 933, Carcassonne passed to a woman and, by marriage, to the Counts of Comminges. The Counts of Comminges continued the practice, extensive in the Midi, of associating brothers, sons, grandsons, and nephews in the government. In 1068, however, Carcassonne was divided among the three daughters of Peter II. In 1069, they sold their comital rights to Raymond Berengar I of Barcelona. The county of Carcassonne was subsumed within Barcelona thereafter, though a viscounty was created in 1082 by Raymond Berengar II. Counts of Carcassonne Bellonid Dynasty 790 – 810 Bello 810 – 821 Guisclafred, son of Bello 821 – 837 Oliba I, son of Bello Guilhemides (Williami) 837 – 844 Bernard, also count of Barcelona, son of Saint William of Gellone Visigoth rulers 844 – 845 Argila, son of Bera, first count of Barcelona 845 – 850 Bera II, also count of Razès 850 Miro Eutil House of Rouergue 850 – 852 Fredelo, also count of Toulouse, son of Fulcoald of Rouergue 852 – 863 Raymond I, also count of Toulouse, son of Fulcoald of Rouergue Hunfridings 863 – 864 Humphrey, also count of Barcelona Bellonid Dynasty 865 – 872 Oliba II, son of Oliba I Guilhemides (Williami) 872 Bernard II, also count of Barcelona, son of Bernard I, count of Poitou Bellonid Dynasty 872 – 877 Oliba II, second time 877 – 906 Acfred I, son of Oliba I 906 – 908 Bencion I, son of Oliba II 908 – 934 Acfred II, son of Oliba II 934 Arsenda, daughter of