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Coucy (noble Family)
Coucy is the name or part of the name of several communes in France: * Coucy-la-Ville, in the Aisne ''département'', very close to * Coucy-le-Château-Auffrique, in the Aisne ''département'', location of: ** Château de Coucy ** Lord of Coucy, a medieval lordship linked to the Château (see below) * Coucy, Ardennes, in the Ardennes ''département'' * Coucy-lès-Eppes in the Aisne ''département'' People *Marie de Coucy (c.1218–1285), Queen-consort of Scotland, wife to Alexander II of Scotland, daughter to Enguerrand III below. * Robert De Coucy or Courcy, architect of Reims Cathedral, and his father of the same name. Lords of Coucy: *Enguerrand I, Lord of Coucy (1080–1116) *Thomas, Lord of Coucy (1116–1130) and Count of Amiens. * Enguerrand II, Lord of Coucy (1130–1149) *Ralph I, Lord of Coucy (1149–1191) *Enguerrand III, Lord of Coucy (1191–1246) *Raoul II, Lord of Coucy (1246–1250) *Enguerrand IV, Lord of Coucy (1250–1311) brother of Raoul II *Enguerrand V, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coucy-la-Ville
Coucy-la-Ville () is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. On the main Chauny to Soissons road, shortly after the village of Folembray, take a right hand turn and within half a mile you will come to the village of Coucy-la-Ville. A single road runs through this small village passing a farm, a cafe-bar and a church. Then, as suddenly as you entered, you have left this small place. Up on the hill to your right you will see the remarkable view of the remains of the Château de Coucy, located in Coucy-le-Château-Auffrique. Down in Coucy-la-Ville, the area is flat and agricultural with its few houses dotted on either side of the road. Administration Population See also * Communes of the Aisne department The following is a list of the 799 Communes of France, communes in the French Departments of France, department of Aisne. The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2020): [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enguerrand I, Lord Of Coucy
Enguerrand I ( 1042 – 1116) was the Lord of Coucy from 1086 until his death in 1116. Bishop Rorico of Amiens established canons at Saint-Acheul in 1085. The foundation charter records donations to Saint-Acheul by Count Enguerran of Boves and his vidame Eustache. It was issued in the first year of Enguerran's rule, and praises his restoration of law and order. Enguerrand was a man of many scandals. With the help of the Bishop of Laon he divorced his first wife, Adèle de Marle, for adultery. When he married his next wife, Sibyl of Château-Porcien, she was still married to Godfrey I, Count of Namur and Lord of Lorraine, who was absent and in a war. Enguerrand and Sybil's first husband became bitter enemies and continued to fight a private war. Adèle's son Thomas de Marle hated his father and joined the enemies against him. Nevertheless, when in 1095 the First Crusade began, both he and his son joined in the adventure as part of the army of Emicho. Thomas succeeded Enguerrand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enguerrand V, Lord Of Coucy
Enguerrand V, Lord of Coucy (-after 1321) inherited the title of Lord of Coucy and castle from his maternal uncle, Enguerrand IV in 1311. He was also lord of Oisy and Montmirail. Biography Enguerrand was the second son of Arnould III, Count of Guînes and Alix de Coucy, daughter of Enguerrand III, Lord of Coucy. His father, Arnould, sold the county of Guines to King Louis IX of France, forcing Enguerrand to find his fortune abroad. After arriving in Scotland, he married Christiana Lindsay in Scotland. Christiana was the daughter of William Lindsay and Ada Balliol, sister of John Balliol. Their wedding was arranged by their mutual cousin, King Alexander III of Scotland. Enguerrand was present at the recognition of Margaret as Alexander III's heir and the Treaty of Birgham in 1290. On 28 May 1283, Enguerrand pledged his service to King Edward I of England Edward I (17/18 June 1239 – 7 July 1307), also known as Edward Longshanks and the Hammer of the Scots, was Ki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enguerrand IV, Lord Of Coucy
Enguerrand IV, Lord of Coucy (c. 1236 – 1311) was the son of Enguerrand III, Lord of Coucy and Marie de Montmirail. He succeeded his older brother Raoul II, Lord of Coucy, serving as the Sire de Coucy from his brother's death in 1250 until his own in 1311. Biography Enguerrand IV succeeded to the large fief established by his father, Enguerrand the Great, due to his elder brother's death on crusade. Enguerrand IV's rule was notable for his crimes and cruelty. Setting an important medieval legal precedent, King Louis IX of France refused to allow him trial by combat for the hanging of three Flemish squires found on his land, and imprisoned him instead. In the end, Enguerrand escaped with a fine, and through his wealth remained important to the King, lending him 15,000 livres in 1265 to purchase a piece of the True Cross The True Cross is the cross upon which Jesus was said to have been crucified, particularly as an object of religious veneration. There are no early ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raoul II, Lord Of Coucy
Raoul II, Lord of Coucy (died 1250) was a son of Enguerrand III and his wife Maria of Oisy. In 1246 he succeeded his father as lord of Coucy. Raoul died at the Battle of Mansurah in Egypt during the Seventh Crusade. Raoul married Elisabeth, daughter of Walter III of Châtillon, and later remarried to Philippe of Dammartin, daughter of Simon of Dammartin Simon of Dammartin (1180 – 21 September 1239) was a son of Alberic III of Dammartin (Aubry de Dammartin) and his wife Mathildis of Clermont, heiress to the county of Clermont and daughter of Renaud II, Count of Clermont. Biography Simon was th .... References Sources * * * 1250 deaths Christians of the Sixth Crusade Christians of the Seventh Crusade Lords of Coucy Year of birth unknown {{France-noble-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enguerrand III, Lord Of Coucy
Enguerrand III de Boves, Lord of Coucy (c. 1182 – 1242) was a medieval French nobleman. The eldest son and successor of Ralph I, Lord of Coucy (c. 1134 – 1191) and Alix de Dreux,M. A. Pollock, ''Scotland, England and France After the Loss of Normandy, 1204-1296: Auld Amitie''. Boydell & Brewer, 2015. pg. 145. 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. Biography Enguerrand III was born in Marle, Picardy, France. 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 King Philip II of France 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 B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralph I, Lord Of Coucy
Ralph of Coucy, (c. 1134 – 1191), lord of Coucy, lord of Marle, La Fère, Crécy (sur-Serre), Vervins, Pinon, Landouzy (la-Ville), and Fontaine (lès-Vervins). He was the son of Enguerrand II, Lord of Coucy and Agnes de Beaugency.M. A. Pollock, Scotland, ''England and France After the Loss of Normandy, 1204-1296: Auld Amitie'', (Boydell & Brewer, 2015), 145. History Ralph married Agnes of Hainault, daughter of Baldwin IV Count of Hainault. They had: *Ada, married Dirk van Beveren *Yolande, married Robert II of Dreux Ralph married the second time to Alix II of Dreux, daughter Agnès de Baudement, Countess of Braine, and Robert I, Count of Dreux. They had: * Enguerrand III, Lord of Coucy (d.1243) *Thomas, lord of Vervines (d.1252/3) *Agnes (d.1214) By his later marriage, Ralph became cousin to Philip II of France. He attended the King of France in 1181 during the war against Philip I, Count of Flanders. He left for the Holy Land The Holy Land; Arabic: or is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enguerrand II, Lord Of Coucy
Enguerrand II, Lord of Coucy, known as of La Fère or of Marle, was a French nobleman. He was also lord of Marle, La Fère, Crécy (sur-Serre), Vervins, Pinon, Landouzy (la-Ville), Fontaine (lès-Vervins), and of several other places. Unlike his father, the brigand-lord Thomas de Marle, Enguerrand II peacefully administered his lands, building a chapel in his castle (the chapel's foundations survive as some of the oldest remains in Coucy). Enguerrand joined the army of Louis VII of France during the Second Crusade. He died in battle and was buried in Nazareth. In 1131, he married Agnès de Beaugency, daughter of Mathilde de Vermandois and Raoul I of Beaugency.M.A. Pollock, ''Scotland, England and France after the Loss of Normandy, 1204-1296'', (The Boydell Press, 2015), 145. Agnès gave him two sons: * Raoul I, Lord of Coucy * Enguerrand His main leisure pursuit was hunting in the woods, where legend holds he met and killed a fierce lion or beast which had been terrorisin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas, Lord Of Coucy
Thomas of Marle, Lord of Coucy and Boves, was a medieval French nobleman. He was born in 1073 to Enguerrand I of Boves, the Lord of Coucy, and his wife Adele of Marle. After the death of his father, Thomas became the Lord of Coucy and of his family's other holdings. As the best-known of the Lords of Coucy, Thomas of Marle became infamous for his aggressive and brutal tactics in war and his continued rebellion against the authority of King Louis VI. Early life The new Lords of Coucy, from whom Thomas was descended, had not been landed nobles in the area for very long. In 1035, the first lord of Coucy, Dreux, Seigneur de Boves, seized the Castle of Coucy from Alberic, its original owner, and established himself as Lord of Coucy. This move seems to have set the tone for the behavior of the following Lords of Coucy, including his grandson Thomas, who would become infamous for his ruthlessness in war. In 1073, Thomas of Marle was born as the heir of Enguerrand I of Boves, the Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert De Coucy
Robert De Coucy or Courcy, born Reims (or Coucy, according to some authorities; died Reims in 1311) was a medieval French master-builder and son of a master-builder of the same name. In 1263 he was appointed successor to Hugues Libergier as director of the work of building the church of Saint-Nicaise in Reims, and between this date and 1279 he constructed the choir chapels, and part of the transept; the church was afterwards destroyed during the French Revolution. Some illustrations of this building, begun in 1229 and considered one of the best Gothic churches of the period in France, have been preserved; a nearly contemporary chronicle of the Abbey of Saint-Nicaise says that, ''"Hugo Libergiers pronaon ecclesiæ perfecit. Robert de Coucy caput ecclesiæ construxit"''. After the death of his father, Robert de Coucy had also chief charge of the work on the cathedral of Notre-Dame de Reims, which was rebuilt after its destruction by fire in 1211. The new cathedral was begun in 1211, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coucy-le-Château-Auffrique
Coucy-le-Château-Auffrique () is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Its population in 2019 was 992. Geography Coucy is located west of Laon on the road between Tergnier (north) and Soissons (south) north-northeast of Paris. The river Ailette forms most of the commune's southern border. Population Personalities * Henri Carette * Moses ben Jacob of Coucy * Samson of Coucy * * César de Vendôme, (b. June 7, 1594) * Ferdinand Stanislas Bigot (May 6, 1809 – 1890), mayor of Coucy-le-Château in the 1870s * François Pipelet de Leury, (1722–1809), director of the Royal Academic Surgery, doctor of the royal family, mayor of Coucy-le-Château for thirty years. Lieutenant of the first surgeon for the king. * Enguerrand VII de Coucy * Barbin Pierre Philibert (1819-1868) born in Coucy-le-Chateau, grandfather of the actor Rudolph Valentino. Points of interests * Ruins of the Château de Coucy. The modern town is squeezed into the spac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
