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Enguerrand de Coucy, Seigneur Coucy, Marle & Fere (1108 - 1147)

Also Known As: "Engelram"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Coucy Le Château Auffrique, Aisne, Picardy, France
Death: 1147 (38-39)
Nazareth, Yizrael, Noord, Israel (died in 3rd Crusade)
Place of Burial: Nazareth, Palestine
Immediate Family:

Son of Thomas de Marle, seigneur de Coucy and Mélisende de Corbeil
Husband of Agnes de Beaugency and Jeanne de Hainaut de Flandre
Father of Raoul I de Coucy, Count/Seigneur de Marle; Enguerrand de Coucy and Dreux De Marle
Brother of Robert de Coucy, baron de Boves; Mathilde de Coucy; Melisende de Coucy and Anselme de Coucy
Half brother of Beatrix de Coucy; Ida de Coucy; Bonne de Coucy and Gertrude de Coucy

Occupation: Crusader
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About Enguerrand II de Coucy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enguerrand_II

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).

In 1131, he married Agnès de Beaugency, first cousin of king Louis VII of France, and daughter of Mahaut or Mathilde de Vermandois, herself a daughter of Hugh I of Vermandois, brother of king Philip I of France. Agnès gave him two sons, Raoul I, Lord of Coucy and Enguerrand.

His main leisure pursuit was hunting in the woods, where legend holds he meet and killed a fierce lion or beast which had been terrorising the area, and founded the Order of the Lion to commemorate the event.

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Enguerrand II de Coucy's Timeline

1108
1108
Coucy Le Château Auffrique, Aisne, Picardy, France
1134
October 15, 1134
Boves, Somme, Picardy, France
1141
1141
Boves, Somme, France
1144
1144
1147
1147
Age 39
Nazareth, Yizrael, Noord, Israel
1148
1148
Age 40
1148
Age 40
1148
Age 40
1148
Age 40