Biography of Marie Coucy 1218-1285

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

In 1204 [her father] 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.

Around 1218 Marie Coucy was born to Enguerrand Coucy III Lord Coucy (age 36) and Marie Montmirail Lady Coucy.

On 21st June 1221 [her future husband] King Alexander II of Scotland (age 22) and Joan Plantagenet Queen of Scotland (age 10) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Scotland. She the daughter of King John of England and Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England (age 33). He the son of King William I of Scotland and Ermengarde Beaumont Sarthe Queen Consort Scotland (age 51). They were half third cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.

In 1239 King Alexander II of Scotland (age 40) and 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.

On 4th September 1241 [her son] King Alexander III of Scotland was born to [her husband] King Alexander II of Scotland (age 43) and Marie Coucy (age 23) at Roxburgh Castle, Roxburgh. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.

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

On 17th November 1244 [her sister-in-law] Marjorie Dunkeld Countess Pembroke (age 44) died.

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On 6th July 1249 [her husband] King Alexander II of Scotland (age 50) died at Kerrera. He was buried at Melrose Abbey, Melrose. His son [her son] Alexander (age 7) succeeded King Scotland.

On 25 or 26th December 1251 [her son] King Alexander III of Scotland (age 10) and [her daughter-in-law] Margaret Queen of Scotland (age 11) were married at York Minster [Map]. She by marriage Queen Consort Scotland. The couple remained in York until Jan 1252 after which they travelled to Edinburgh. She the daughter of King Henry III of England (age 44) and Eleanor of Provence Queen Consort England (age 28). He the son of [her former husband] King Alexander II of Scotland and Marie Coucy (age 33). They were half fourth cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.