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 Raoul Coucy [aged 47] and Alix II Dreux [aged 26].

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

William Ferrers 3rd Earl of Derby [aged 54] was killed. His son William [aged 22] succeeded 4th Earl Derby. Agnes Gernon Countess Derby by marriage Countess Derby.

In 1201 Enguerrand Coucy III Lord Coucy [aged 19] and Beatrix Vignory Lady Coucy were married. She by marriage Lord Coucy.

In 1204 [his wife] Matilda Welf Countess Perche [aged 32] died.

In 1204 Enguerrand Coucy III Lord Coucy [aged 22] and Matilda Welf Countess Perche [aged 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 1214 [his mother] Alix II Dreux [aged 58] died.

Around 1218 [his daughter] Marie Coucy was born to Enguerrand Coucy III Lord Coucy [aged 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.

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In 1222 [his daughter] Alix Coucy Countess Guînes was born to Enguerrand Coucy III Lord Coucy [aged 40] and Marie Montmirail Lady Coucy. She married before 2nd February 1283 her half third cousin once removed Arnoul Guines III Count Guînes, 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 [aged 58] died.

In 1236 [his son] Enguerrand Coucy 4th Lord Coucy was born to Enguerrand Coucy III Lord Coucy [aged 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 [aged 40] and [his daughter] Marie Coucy [aged 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 [aged 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.

[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 Hainaut. They were fourth cousin once removed.

Royal Ancestors of Enguerrand Coucy III Lord Coucy 1182-1242

Kings Wessex: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex

Kings France: Great x 5 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 9 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Royal Descendants of Enguerrand Coucy III Lord Coucy 1182-1242
Number after indicates the number of unique routes of descent. Descendants of Kings and Queens not included.

Marie Coucy [1]

Mary of Guise Queen Consort Scotland [1]

Antoine King Navarre [1]

Ancestors of Enguerrand Coucy III Lord Coucy 1182-1242

Grandfather: Enguerrand Coucy

father: Raoul Coucy 4 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 1 Grandfather: Raoul Beaugency

Grandmother: Agnes Beaugency 3 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert "Pious" II King of the Franks son of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry I King of the Franks Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandmother: Constance Arles Queen Consort France

Great x 2 Grandfather: Hugh "Great" Capet Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandfather: Yaroslav "The Wise" Rurik

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne of Kiev Queen Consort Francia

Great x 1 Grandmother: Mathilde Capet 2 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandfather: Otto Vermandois I Count Vermandois 6 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 3 Grandfather: Herbert Vermandois IV Count Vermandois 7 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 4 Grandmother: Pavia Countess Vermandois

Great x 2 Grandmother: Adelaide I Countess Vermandois 8 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph IV Count of Valois

Great x 3 Grandmother: Adela Valois Countess Blois and Vermandois

Enguerrand Coucy III Lord Coucy 5 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert "Pious" II King of the Franks son of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry I King of the Franks Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandmother: Constance Arles Queen Consort France

Great x 2 Grandfather: Philip I King of the Franks Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandfather: Yaroslav "The Wise" Rurik

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne of Kiev Queen Consort Francia

Great x 1 Grandfather: Louis VI King of the Franks 2 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandfather: Dirk Gerulfing III Count Holland 3 x Great Grandson of King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex

Great x 3 Grandfather: Floris Gerulfing I Count Holland 4 x Great Grandson of King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex

Great x 4 Grandmother: Othelindis d Bernard Margrave Nordmark Count Holland

Great x 2 Grandmother: Bertha Gerulfing Queen Consort France 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex

Great x 4 Grandfather: Bernard II Duke of Saxony

Great x 3 Grandmother: Gertrude Billung Countess Holland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eilika Schweinfurt Duchess Saxony

Grandfather: Robert "Great" Capet I Count Dreux 3 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandfather: Otto Savoy

Great x 3 Grandfather: Amadeus Savoy II Count Savoy

Great x 2 Grandfather: Humbert "Fat" Savoy II Count Savoy

Great x 1 Grandmother: Adelaide Savoy Queen Consort France 10 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 4 Grandfather: Reginald Ivrea I Count Burgundy 7 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 3 Grandfather: William I Count Burgundy 8 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Normandy Countess Burgundy 8 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 2 Grandmother: Gisela Ivrea Countess Savoy 9 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 3 Grandmother: Ettiennette Countess Burgundy

mother: Alix II Dreux 4 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Grandmother: Agnes Baudemont Countess Dreux