Bernard Ato V (died 1163) was the Viscount of Nîmes of the

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family from 1129 to his death. He was then succeeded by his son and successor Bernard Ato VI. In 1138, Bernard Ato swore an oath of fidelity to

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, along with his brothers Roger of Carcassonne and Raymond of Béziers. Nevertheless, because his father Bernard Ato IV had supported

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in his attempt to take Toulouse and because his lands controlled the roads between Alfonso's

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ian and

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lands, Bernard Ato and Alfonso were fundamentally at odds. Alfonso even seized some castles in the vicinity of Nîmes itself.

Sources

*Cheyette, Fredric L. ''Ermengard of Narbonne and the World of the Troubadours''. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2001. 1163 deaths Occitan nobility Trencavel Year of birth unknown {{Europe-noble-stub