Ancestral Trails 2016 » Enguerrand de COUCY III (1182-1242)

Personal data Enguerrand de COUCY III 

• He was born in the year 1182 in Château de Coucy, Coucy-le-Château-Auffrique, Aisne, France.
• Title: Lord of Coucy, Lord of Marle and Boves
• He died in the year 1242 in Boves, Somme, Picardie, France, he was 60 years old.

  Fall from horse

• A child of RAOUL de COUCY and Alix de DREUX

Household of Enguerrand de COUCY III

(1) He is married to Richenza von SAXONY.

They got married in the year 1204 at Boves, Somme, Picardie, France, he was 22 years old.

• The couple has common ancestors.



(2) He is married to Marie de MONTMIRAIL.

They got married about 1210 at Oisy, Aisne, Picardie, France.




Child(ren):

1. Alice de COUCY  1219-1260 
2. Marie de COUCY  1219-1251 
3. Enguerrand de COUCY  1236-1311
4. Raoul de COUCY  1215-???? 


• The couple has common ancestors.



(3) He is married to Beatrice de VIGNORY.

They got married in the year 1201, he was 19 years old.




Notes about Enguerrand de COUCY III

Enguerrand III de Boves, Lord of Coucy (c.1182-1242) was the eldest son and successor of Ralph I, Lord of Coucy. He succeeded as Lord of Coucy (sieur de Couci) in 1191, and held it until his death; he was also lord of Marle and Boves.

Enguerrand III was born at the Château de Coucy. He became one of the most ambitious and powerful of all the French nobles, called by one historian "the greatest baron in all Picardy", and earning himself his epithet, Enguerrand le Grand, or Enguerrand "the Great".

Enguerrand had an illustrious military career, helping the King of the French Philip Augustus reduce the French territories of the King of England. Enguerrand campaigned in Anjou in 1205, and in 1214 fought in the French victory over an Anglo-German alliance at the Battle of Bouvines. His arms at Bouvines were blazoned: Barry of six vair and gules. He was a notable member of the French force which invaded the Kingdom of England (1216-1217) to depose King John. He also participated in the Albigensian Crusade.

After the death of Louis VIII of France, Enguerrand was chief among the nobles who resisted the regency of Blanche of Castile for her son Louis IX of France, although he eventually returned to the royal favour. Enguerrand made his mark on the Picardy landscape by constructing Coucy Castle.

Through his mother Alice de Dreux, Enguerrand III was related to King Louis IX of France. Enguerrand also married into the family of King Henry III of England, taking as his second wife the latter king's cousin, the granddaughter of Henry II of England. He married three times.

His first wife was Beatrix de Vignory, widow of John I, Count of Roucy. They married in 1201. There are no known children from this marriage

His second wife was Matilda (or Richenza) of Saxony (1172-1208/09), the aforementioned granddaughter of Henry II, Duke of Saxony and niece of Richard the Lion-hearted. This marriage took place in 1204. There are no known children.

His third wife was Marie de Montmirall. Enguerrand cemented his powerful connections by marrying his daughter Marie de Coucy to King Alexander II of Scotland. Enguerrand and Marie had five children:

Raoul II, Lord of Coucy. Married Philippe of Dammartin
Enguerrand IV, Lord of Coucy. Married 1) Margaret of Gueldres, daughter of Otto II, Count of Guelders and 2) Joan of Flanders, daughter of Robert III, Count of Flanders.
John de Coucy
Marie de Coucy, married to King Alexander II of Scotland
Alix de Coucy, married Arnold III, Count of Guines. Their son, Enguerrand V inherited the title after his uncles.

Enguerrand died in 1242 by falling off of his horse onto his sword. He was succeeded by his eldest son Raoul II, Lord of Coucy.
SOURCE: Wikipedia

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