Biography of Enguerrand Coucy III Lord Coucy 1182-1242

Enguerrand Coucy III Lord Coucy succeeded III Lord Coucy.

Enguerrand Coucy III Lord Coucy and Marie Montmirail Lady Coucy were married. She by marriage Lord Coucy.

Around 1182 Enguerrand Coucy III Lord Coucy was born to [his father] Raoul Coucy (age 47) and [his mother] Alix II Dreux (age 26).

In 1189 Geoffrey Chateaudun III Count Perche and [his future wife] Matilda Welf Countess Perche (age 17) were married at Rouen, France [Map]. She by marriage Countess Perche. She the daughter of Henry "Lion" Welf XII Duke Saxony III Duke Bavaria (age 60) and Matilda Plantagenet Duchess Saxony (age 32). He the son of Routrou Chateaudun IV Count Perche (age 54) and Matilda Blois Countess Perche. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 2 grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England. She a granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

Siege of Acre

In 1190 at the Siege of Acre Routrou Chateaudun IV Count Perche (age 55) and [his father] Raoul Coucy (age 55) were killed.

William Ferrers 3rd Earl of Derby (age 54) was killed. His son William (age 22) succeeded 4th Earl Derby. Agnes Gernon Countess Derby by marriage Countess Derby.

In 1201 Enguerrand Coucy III Lord Coucy (age 19) and Beatrix Vignory Lady Coucy were married. She by marriage Lord Coucy.

In 1204 [his wife] Matilda Welf Countess Perche (age 32) died.

In 1204 Enguerrand Coucy III Lord Coucy (age 22) and Matilda Welf Countess Perche (age 32) were married. She by marriage Lord Coucy. She the daughter of Henry "Lion" Welf XII Duke Saxony III Duke Bavaria and Matilda Plantagenet Duchess Saxony. They were half fifth cousins. She a granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

Abbot John Whethamstede’s Chronicle of the Abbey of St Albans

Abbot John Whethamstede's Register aka Chronicle of his second term at the Abbey of St Albans, 1451-1461, is a remarkable text that describes his first-hand experience of the beginning of the Wars of the Roses including the First and Second Battles of St Albans, 1455 and 1461, respectively, their cause, and their consequences, not least on the Abbey itself. His text also includes Loveday, Blore Heath, Northampton, the Act of Accord, Wakefield, and Towton, and ends with the Coronation of King Edward IV. In addition to the events of the Wars of the Roses, Abbot John, or his scribes who wrote the Chronicle, include details in the life of the Abbey such as charters, letters, land exchanges, visits by legates, and disputes, which provide a rich insight into the day-to-day life of the Abbey, and the challenges faced by its Abbot.

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Around 1214 [his mother] Alix II Dreux (age 58) died.

Around 1218 [his daughter] Marie Coucy was born to Enguerrand Coucy III Lord Coucy (age 36) and Marie Montmirail Lady Coucy. She married 1239 her third cousin once removed King Alexander II of Scotland, son of King William I of Scotland and Ermengarde Beaumont Sarthe Queen Consort Scotland, and had issue.

In 1222 [his daughter] Alix Coucy Countess Guînes was born to Enguerrand Coucy III Lord Coucy (age 40) and Marie Montmirail Lady Coucy. She married before 2nd February 1283 her half third cousin once removed Arnoul Guines III , son of Baldwin Guines III Count Guînes and Mauhaut Fiennes Countess Guînes, and had issue.

On 18th March 1222 [his half-sister] Yolande Coucy Countess Dreux (age 58) died.

In 1236 [his son] Enguerrand Coucy 4th Lord Coucy was born to Enguerrand Coucy III Lord Coucy (age 54) and Marie Montmirail Lady Coucy. He married (1) his fourth cousin twice removed Margaret Guelders Countess Cleves, daughter of Otto II Count Guelders and Margaretha Cleves Countess of Gulders (2) 1288 his half first cousin four times removed Jeanne Dampierre Lady Coucy, daughter of Robert Dampierre III Count Flanders and Yolande Burgundy II Countess Nevers and Flanders.

In 1239 [his son-in-law] King Alexander II of Scotland (age 40) and [his daughter] Marie Coucy (age 21) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Scotland. He the son of King William I of Scotland and Ermengarde Beaumont Sarthe Queen Consort Scotland. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.

In 1242 Enguerrand Coucy III Lord Coucy (age 60) died from a fall from a horse onto his sword.

[his father] Raoul Coucy and [his mother] Alix II Dreux were married. The difference in their ages was 21 years. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Robert "Great" Capet I Count Dreux and [his grandmother] Agnes Baudemont Countess Dreux. They were third cousins.

[his son] John Coucy was born to Enguerrand Coucy III Lord Coucy and Marie Montmirail Lady Coucy.

Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke

Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson.

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[his son] Raoul Coucy II Lord Coucy was born to Enguerrand Coucy III Lord Coucy and Marie Montmirail Lady Coucy. He married before 1250 his third cousin Philippe Dammartin Countess Eu, daughter of Simon Dammartin and Marie Montgomery Countess Ponthieu.

[his father] Raoul Coucy and Agnes Flanders were married. She the daughter of Baldwin Flanders IV Count Hainaut and Alice Namur Countess Hainault. They were fourth cousin once removed.