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 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 ...

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 Robert II of Dreux (1154 – 28 December 1218), Count of Dreux and Braine, was the eldest surviving son of Robert I, Count of Dreux, and Agnes de Baudemont, countess of Braine, and a grandson of King Louis VI of France. He participated in ...

Ralph married the second time to

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, daughter Agnès de Baudement, Countess of Braine, and

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. 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

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, where he died in the siege of Acre in November 1191.''A Constellation of Crusade: The Resafa Heraldry Cup and the Aspirations of Raoul I, Lord of Coucy'', Richard A. Leson, ''The Crusades and Visual Culture'', ed. Elizabeth Lapina, April Jehan Morris, Susanna A Throop, and Laura J Whatley, (Ashgate Publishing, 2015), 89.

References

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