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In 1340 Enguerrand de Coucy 1st Earl Bedford 1st Count Soissons was born to Enguerrand 6th Lord de Coucy (age 27) and Catherine Habsburg (age 20) at Picardy.
On 26th August 1346 the army of [his future father-in-law] King Edward III of England (age 33) defeated the French army at the Battle of Crécy. The English army was commanded by King Edward III of England, his son [his future brother-in-law] Edward "Black Prince" (age 16), Thomas Beauchamp 11th Earl Warwick (age 33), William Bohun 1st Earl of Northampton (age 36) and John Beauchamp 1st Baron Beauchamp Warwick (age 30).
The English army was included: Bishop Thomas of Hatfield (age 36), Hugh Despencer 1st Baron Despencer (age 38), Bernard Brocas (age 16), Thomas Felton (age 16), James Audley (age 28), Robert Bourchier 1st Baron Bourchier, Bartholomew "The Elder" Burghesh 1st Baron Burghesh (age 59), Bartholomew "The Younger" Burghesh 2nd Baron Burghesh (age 18), Reginald Cobham 1st Baron Cobham (age 51), John Darcy 1st Baron Darcy of Knayth (age 66), Robert Ferrers 3rd Baron Ferrers of Chartley (age 37), Richard Scrope 1st Baron Scrope of Bolton (age 19), William Scrope (age 21), Stephen Scrope (age 21), William Latimer 4th Baron Latimer of Corby (age 16), John Lisle 2nd Baron Lisle (age 28), Gerard Lisle 1st Baron Lisle (age 42), Nicholas Longford (age 61), Edward Montagu 1st Baron Montagu, Walter Paveley 4th Baron Burghesh (age 27), Michael Poynings 1st Baron Poynings (age 28), Robert Ufford 1st Earl Suffolk (age 48), John de Vere 7th Earl of Oxford (age 34), Thomas West (age 34), John Willoughby 2nd Baron Willoughby (age 43), John Wingfield (age 26), Henry Percy 11th and 3rd Baron Percy (age 25), Hugh Courtenay 2nd or 10th Earl Devon (age 43) (possibly), Walter "Elder" Devereux (age 37), John Devereux (age 44), Enion Sais Brecon, John Chandos (age 26), Richard Pembridge (age 26) and John Sully (age 63).
The French army suffered significant casualties. King Philip "Fortunate" VI of France (age 52) was wounded. [his grandfather] William de Coucy (age 60) and his son [his father] Enguerrand 6th Lord de Coucy (age 33) and were killed.
Charles Valois Count Alençon (age 49) was killed. His son Charles (age 9) succeeded Count Alençon.
Louis Chatillon II Count Blois I Count Chatillon was killed. His son Louis succeeded III Count Blois.
Louis Dampierre II Count Nevers I Count Flanders (age 42) was killed. His son Louis (age 15) succeeded III Count Nevers, II Count Flanders.
King John I of Bohemia (age 50) was killed. His son Charles (age 30) succeeded IV King Bohemia.
Rudolph "Valiant" Metz I Duke Lorraine (age 26) was killed. His son [his future father-in-law] John succeeded I Duke Lorraine.
Jean IV de Harcourt (age 39) was killed.
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In 1349 [his mother] Catherine Habsburg (age 29) died.
On 28th May 1363 John Harrington 2nd Baron Harington (age 35) died at Gleaston Castle [Map]. His son Robert (age 7) succeeded 3rd Baron Harington. Given his young age Robert Harrington 3rd Baron Harington became a ward of [his future father-in-law] King Edward III of England (age 50) who granted his wardship to his daughter [his future wife] Isabella Countess Bedford and Soissons (age 30) and her husband Enguerrand de Coucy 1st Earl Bedford 1st Count Soissons (age 23).
On 27th July 1365 Enguerrand de Coucy 1st Earl Bedford 1st Count Soissons (age 25) and Isabella Countess Bedford and Soissons (age 33) were married at Windsor Castle [Map]. She the daughter of King Edward III of England (age 52) and Philippa of Hainault Queen Consort England (age 51). They were fourth cousin once removed.
In 1366 Enguerrand de Coucy 1st Earl Bedford 1st Count Soissons (age 26) was created 1st Earl Bedford. [his wife] Isabella Countess Bedford and Soissons (age 33) by marriage Countess Bedford.
In April 1366 [his daughter] Marie de Coucy Countess Soissons was born to Enguerrand de Coucy 1st Earl Bedford 1st Count Soissons (age 26) and [his wife] Isabella Countess Bedford and Soissons (age 33) at Coucy Castle. She a granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 23rd April 1366 [his father-in-law] King Edward III of England (age 53) created new Garter Knights:
42nd Enguerrand de Coucy 1st Earl Bedford 1st Count Soissons (age 26).
43rd Henry Percy 1st Earl of Northumberland (age 24).
In 1367 Enguerrand de Coucy 1st Earl Bedford 1st Count Soissons (age 27) was created 1st Count Soissons. [his wife] Isabella Countess Bedford and Soissons (age 34) by marriage Countess Soissons.
On 3rd April 1367 the forces of Peter "Cruel" I King Castile (age 32) commanded by [his brother-in-law] Edward "Black Prince" (age 36) defeated the army of Henry "Fratricide" II King Castile (age 33) at the Battle of Nájera at Nájera [Map]. The English forces included [his brother-in-law] John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster (age 27), William Scrope, Peter Courtenay (age 21), John Devereux 1st Baron Devereux (age 30), John Savile of Shelley and Golcar (age 42), Bernard Brocas (age 37) and Thomas Banastre (age 33).
The forces of Henry "Fratricide" II King Castile included Bertrand Geusclin (age 47). The battle achieved little since Bertrand Geusclin escaped.
John Ferrers 4th Baron Ferrers of Chartley (age 36) was killed. His son Robert (age 9) succeeded 5th Baron Ferrers of Chartley. Margaret Despencer Baroness Ferrers of Chartley by marriage Baroness Ferrers of Chartley.
Edward "Black Prince" thereafter returned home, taking Peter's daughters Constance (age 13) and Isabella (age 12) as hostages to ensure Peter would pay the money owed to Edward. Constance married John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster, Isabella married [his brother-in-law] Edmund of Langley 1st Duke of York (age 25).
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The 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. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
Before 18th April 1367 [his daughter] Philippa Guines Duchess Ireland was born to Enguerrand de Coucy 1st Earl Bedford 1st Count Soissons (age 27) and [his wife] Isabella Countess Bedford and Soissons (age 34) at Eltham Palace, Kent [Map]. She a granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
In June 1368 [his brother-in-law] Lionel of Antwerp 1st Duke of Clarence (age 29) and Violante Visconti (age 14) were married in the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore, Milan [Map]. The wedding festivities were lavish and ostentatious. The banquet, held outside, included 30 courses of meat and fish presented fully gilded. Between the courses the guests were given gifts such as suits of armour, bolts of cloth, war horses, arms, and hunting dogs. Among the guests were Geoffrey Chaucer (age 25), Petrarch, Jean Froissart and John Hawkwood. He the son of [his father-in-law] King Edward III of England (age 55) and [his mother-in-law] Philippa of Hainault Queen Consort England (age 53). They were fourth cousin once removed.
On 7th October 1368 [his brother-in-law] Lionel of Antwerp 1st Duke of Clarence (age 29) died from poisoning at Alba [Map]. Duke Clarence extinct. His daughter Philippa (age 13) succeeded 2nd Countess of Ulster. He was buried at the St Pietro Ciel d'Oro Church, Pavia [Map].
There was strong speculation he had been poisoned by his wife's (age 14) father (age 48).
On 15th August 1369 [his mother-in-law] Philippa of Hainault Queen Consort England (age 55) died at Windsor Castle [Map]. Her husband [his father-in-law] King Edward III of England (age 56) and youngest son [his brother-in-law] Thomas of Woodstock 1st Duke of Gloucester (age 14) were present. She was given a state funeral six months later on 9th January 1370 at which she was interred at on the northeast side of the Chapel of St Edward the Confessor, Westminster Abbey [Map]. Her alabaster effigy was executed by sculptor Jean de Liège.
On 21st September 1371 [his brother-in-law] John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster (age 31) and Constance of Castile Duchess of Lancaster (age 17) were married at Roquefort, Landes. She by marriage Duchess Lancaster. His younger brother [his brother-in-law] Edmund of Langley 1st Duke of York (age 30) married Constance's sister in July 1372. An example of Marriage of Two Sets of Siblings. She the illegitmate daughter of Peter "Cruel" I King Castile and Maria Padilla. He the son of [his father-in-law] King Edward III of England (age 58) and [his mother-in-law] Philippa of Hainault Queen Consort England. They were half third cousin twice removed.
In 1372 [his brother-in-law] Thomas of Woodstock 1st Duke of Gloucester (age 16) was appointed Constable of England.
On 11th July 1372 [his brother-in-law] Edmund of Langley 1st Duke of York (age 31) and Isabella of Castile Duchess York (age 17) were married at Wallingford, Oxfordshire [Map]. She by marriage Countess Cambridge. She being the younger sister of Constance (age 18) who had married Edmund's older brother [his brother-in-law] John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster (age 32) a year before. An example of Marriage of Two Sets of Siblings. She the illegitmate daughter of Peter "Cruel" I King Castile and Maria Padilla. He the son of [his father-in-law] King Edward III of England (age 59) and [his mother-in-law] Philippa of Hainault Queen Consort England. They were half third cousin twice removed.
On 16th January 1373 Humphrey Bohun 7th Earl Hereford 6th Earl Essex 2nd Earl of Northampton (age 31) died. He was buried at Waldon Priory and Abbey [Map]. Earl Hereford, Earl Essex, Earl of Northampton extinct. His estates were divided between his two daughters Eleanor Bohun Duchess Gloucester (age 7), wife of [his brother-in-law] Thomas of Woodstock 1st Duke of Gloucester (age 18) and Mary Bohun (age 5), wife of Henry of Bolingbroke (age 5), the future Henry IV, although the title and estates should have been inherited Gilbert Bohun who was a grandson of Humphrey Bohun 2nd Earl Hereford 1st Earl Essex.
In 1374 [his brother-in-law] Thomas of Woodstock 1st Duke of Gloucester (age 18) and Eleanor Bohun Duchess Gloucester (age 8) were married. She the daughter of Humphrey Bohun 7th Earl Hereford 6th Earl Essex 2nd Earl of Northampton and Joan Fitzalan Countess Essex, Hereford and Northampton (age 27). He the son of [his father-in-law] King Edward III of England (age 61) and [his mother-in-law] Philippa of Hainault Queen Consort England. They were second cousin once removed. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
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The 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. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
In 1376 [his brother-in-law] Thomas of Woodstock 1st Duke of Gloucester (age 20) was created 1st Earl Essex. Eleanor Bohun Duchess Gloucester (age 10) by marriage Countess Essex.
On 8th June 1376 [his brother-in-law] Edward "Black Prince" (age 45) died of dysentery at Westminster Palace [Map]. He was buried in Canterbury Cathedral [Map]. His son Richard (age 9) succeeded as heir to his grandfather [his father-in-law] King Edward III of England (age 63) who died a year later.
On 5th October 1376 [his son-in-law] Robert de Vere 1st Duke Ireland (age 14) and [his daughter] Philippa Guines Duchess Ireland (age 9) were married. She by marriage Countess of Oxford. She the daughter of Enguerrand de Coucy 1st Earl Bedford 1st Count Soissons (age 36) and [his wife] Isabella Countess Bedford and Soissons (age 44). He the son of Thomas de Vere 8th Earl of Oxford and Maud Ufford Countess of Oxford (age 31). They were half third cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry III of England. She a granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
Around 1377 [his brother-in-law] Lionel of Antwerp 1st Duke of Clarence was reburied at Clare Priory, Suffolk [Map]. Philippa Plantagenet Countess March 2nd Countess Ulster (age 21) succeeded 5th Countess of Ulster.
In 1377 [his brother-in-law] Thomas of Woodstock 1st Duke of Gloucester (age 21) was created 1st Earl Buckingham. Eleanor Bohun Duchess Gloucester (age 11) by marriage Countess Buckingham.
On 26th August 1377 Enguerrand de Coucy 1st Earl Bedford 1st Count Soissons (age 37) renounced his title Earl Bedford following the accession of King Richard II of England (age 10).
After 1380 Enguerrand de Coucy 1st Earl Bedford 1st Count Soissons (age 40) and Isabelle of Lorraine were married. She the daughter of John Metz I Duke Lorraine (age 33) and Sophie Württemberg Duchess Lorraine. They were second cousin once removed.
In 1381 [his brother-in-law] Thomas of Woodstock 1st Duke of Gloucester (age 25) was appointed 66th Knight of the Garter by King Richard II of England (age 13).
On 5th October 1382 [his wife] Isabella Countess Bedford and Soissons (age 50) died.
In November 1384 [his son-in-law] Henry of Bar (age 20) and [his daughter] Marie de Coucy Countess Soissons (age 18) were married. She the daughter of Enguerrand de Coucy 1st Earl Bedford 1st Count Soissons (age 44) and [his former wife] Isabella Countess Bedford and Soissons. He the son of Robert of Bar 1st Duke of Bar (age 39) and Marie Valois Duchess Bar (age 40). They were third cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
In 1386 [his daughter] Isabelle Coucy Countess Nevers was born to Enguerrand de Coucy 1st Earl Bedford 1st Count Soissons (age 46) and [his wife] Isabelle of Lorraine.
In 1387 [his son-in-law] Robert de Vere 1st Duke Ireland (age 24) and [his daughter] Philippa Guines Duchess Ireland (age 19) were divorced.
On 23rd September 1390 [his father-in-law] John Metz I Duke Lorraine (age 44) died. His son [his brother-in-law] Charles (age 26) succeeded II Duke Lorraine.
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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 6th February 1393 [his brother-in-law] Charles Metz II Duke Lorraine (age 28) and Margaret Wittelsbach Duchess Lorraine (age 17) were married. She by marriage Duchess Lorraine. She the daughter of Rupert King Germany (age 40). He the son of [his father-in-law] John Metz I Duke Lorraine and Sophie Württemberg Duchess Lorraine. They were fourth cousin once removed.
Froissart Book 4 Chapter 89. 1397. About the time I am now speaking of, that gallant knight and excellent man the lord Enguerrand de Coucy, count de Soissons (age 57), and a potent lord in France, died at Bursa in Turkey. Sir Robert d'Esne, who had been sent to him by the [his wife] lady de Coucy, had not advanced further than Vienna, on his journey thither, when he was informed of his death. He returned with this news to France, and told it to the family of the lord de Coucy, though not to the widow, before whom he did not appear until the governor of the castle of Saint Gobin was sent to seek the body, have it embalmed, and brought to France. It was conveyed to the abbey of Nogent near to Coucy, and received by the duchess of Bar (age 52), the bishop of Laon, and many abbots: there the gentle knight was buried, and thus ended the year of grace 1397.
On 18th February 1397 Enguerrand de Coucy 1st Earl Bedford 1st Count Soissons (age 57) died whilst a prisoner following the Battle of Nicopolis without male issue. Earl Bedford extinct. His daughter [his daughter] Marie (age 30) succeeded Countess Soissons.
In 1423 [his former wife] Isabelle of Lorraine died.
[his father] Enguerrand 6th Lord de Coucy and [his mother] Catherine Habsburg were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Leopold Habsburg I Duke Austria and [his grandmother] Catherine Savoy Duchess Austria.
Kings Wessex: Great x 10 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings England: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Kings Scotland: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 16 Grand Son of Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine I King Franks
Kings France: Great x 9 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 14 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Arnoul Guines II Count Guînes
Great x 3 Grandfather: Baldwin Guines III Count Guînes
Great x 4 Grandmother: Beatrix Bourborg Countess Guînes
Great x 2 Grandfather: Arnoul Guines III Count Guînes
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Fiennes
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mauhaut Fiennes Countess Guînes
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Dammartin
Great x 1 Grandfather: Enguerrand 5th Lord de Coucy
Great x 4 Grandfather: Raoul Coucy
Great x 3 Grandfather: Enguerrand Coucy III Lord Coucy
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alix II Dreux
Great x 2 Grandmother: Alix Coucy Countess Guînes
Great x 3 Grandmother: Marie Montmirail Lady Coucy
GrandFather: William de Coucy 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandfather: David Lindsay
Great x 1 Grandmother: Christina Lindsay 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Balliol
Great x 2 Grandmother: Ada Balliol 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Alan Lord of Galloway
Great x 3 Grandmother: Dervorguilla Galloway 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Dunkeld 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Father: Enguerrand 6th Lord de Coucy 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Enguerrand de Coucy 1st Earl Bedford 1st Count Soissons 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Rudolph I King Romans
Great x 1 Grandfather: Albert Habsburg I Duke Austria
Great x 3 Grandfather: Burkhard V Count Hohenberg
Great x 2 Grandmother: Gertrude Hohenburg
Great x 4 Grandfather: Rudolph II Count Palatine of Tubingen
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mathilda of Tubingen
GrandFather: Leopold Habsburg I Duke Austria
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Carinthia Duchess Austria
Mother: Catherine Habsburg
Great x 4 Grandfather: Humbert Savoy III Count Savoy
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Savoy I Count Savoy
Great x 4 Grandmother: Beatrice Macon Countess Savoy
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Savoy II Count Flanders
Great x 4 Grandfather: William I-Count Geneva
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Geneva Countess Savoy
Great x 1 Grandfather: Amadeus V "Great" Savoy
Great x 2 Grandmother: Beatrice Fieschi
GrandMother: Catherine Savoy Duchess Austria
Great x 1 Grandmother: Marie Brabant