Raoul II, Lord of Coucy (died 1250) was a son of
Enguerrand III and his wife . In 1246 he succeeded his father as
lord of Coucy. Raoul died at the
Battle of Mansurah in
Egypt
Egypt ( , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the Northeast Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to northe ...
during the
Seventh Crusade
The Seventh Crusade (1248–1254) was the first of the two Crusades led by Louis IX of France. Also known as the Crusade of Louis IX to the Holy Land, it aimed to reclaim the Holy Land by attacking Egypt, the main seat of Muslim power in the Nea ...
.
Raoul married Elisabeth, daughter of
Walter III of Châtillon
Walter III of Châtillon ( ; ) was a Medieval France, French knight and Lord of Châtillon-sur-Marne, Châtillon, Villevaudé, Montjay, Troissy, Crécy-la-Chapelle, Crécy et Pierrefonds, Oise, Pierrefonds until his death in 1219. With his marria ...
, and later remarried to
Philippe of Dammartin, daughter of
Simon of Dammartin.
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1250 deaths
Christians of the Sixth Crusade
Christians of the Seventh Crusade
Lords of Coucy
Year of birth unknown
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