Enguerrand VI de Coucy, seigneur de Coucy

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Enguerrand VI was a French nobleman who served as the lord or baron of Coucy from 1335 – 1346. He was also Lord Gynes, Sire d' Oisy, in the district of Marle, and the Sire de La Fère. He was the son of his predecessor William, lord of Coucy, Marle, Fère, Oisy and Mount-Mirel, who held the titles from 1321 - 1335. After his death during the sequence of battles ending with the battle of Crécy in 1346, he was succeeded by his son, by Katharina von Habsburg of Austria, Enguerrand VII.

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GUILLAUME de Coucy, son of ENGUERRAND [V] Seigneur de Coucy [Guines] & his wife Christian de Lindsay (-1335). Seigneur de Coucy, de Marle, de la Fère d´Oisy et de Montmirail.

m (contract May 1311) ISABELLE de Châtillon, daughter of GUY [III] de Châtillon Comte de Saint-Pol & his wife --- (-19 May 1360).

Guillaume & his wife had six children:

1. ENGUERRAND [VI] (-killed in battle 25 Aug 1346, bur Ourecamp). Seigneur de Coucy, de Marle, de la Fère d´Oisy et de Montmirail. m (contract Vincennes 25 Nov 1338) as her first husband, KATHARINA of Austria, daughter of LEOPOLD I Duke of Austria & his wife Catherine de Savoie (9 Feb 1320-28 Sep 1349, bur Königsfelden). She married secondly (Feb 1348) Konrad Graf von Hardegg Burggraf von Magdeburg. The Chronicle of Matthias Nueweburgensis records the death in 1349 of "domina de Kussi, filia quondam Lupoldi ducis Austrie" and "Conradus de Megdburg maritus eius"[703]. Enguerrand [VI] & his wife had one child:

a) ENGUERRAND [VII] ([1339]-Bursa, Anatolia of plague 18 Nov 1397, bur Soissons, Abbaye de Villeneuve). Seigneur de Coucy, de Marle, de la Fère d´Oisy et de Montmirail. He was sent to England in 1360 as one of the hostages for Jean II King of France. Created Earl of Bedford 11 May 1366. Comte de Soissons 9 Jul 1367. He resigned all his English honours 26 Aug 1377 to King Richard II, and devoted himself to serving France. Marshal and Grand Butler of France. Having refused the appointment of Connétable of France, he was appointed Governor of Brittany. Member of the Council of Regency during the minority of Charles VI King of France. The History of the monastery at Soissons records its foundation 1 Jul 1391 by "Enguerandus dominus de Coucy…et consorte mea Isabelli de Lotharingia"[704]. He was taken prisoner at Nicopolis by the Turks. m firstly (27 Jul 1365) ISABELLA of England, daughter of EDWARD III King of England & his wife Philippa de Hainaut (Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire 16 Feb or [Mar] or 16 Jun 1332-before 4 May 1379 or [17 Jun/5 Oct] 1382, bur Greyfriars Church, Newgate, London). She remained in England after her husband resigned his English honours in 1377. m secondly (contract 26 Feb 1286) ISABELLE de Lorraine, daughter of JEAN I Duke of Lorraine & his wife Sophie von Württemberg (-after 1423). The History of the monastery at Soissons records its foundation 1 Jul 1391 by "Enguerandus dominus de Coucy…et consorte mea Isabelli de Lotharingia"[705]. Dame de Florennes, de Martigny et de Rumigny. Enguerrand [VII] & his first wife had two children:

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Enguerrand VI de Coucy, Sire de Coucy married Katharina von Habsburg, daughter of Leopold I Herzog von Österreich and Catherine de Savoie, before 12 January 1337. He died in 1344.1

    Enguerrand VI de Coucy, Sire de Coucy gained the title of Sire de Coucy.1

Child of Enguerrand VI de Coucy, Sire de Coucy and Katharina von Habsburg

1.Enguerrand VII de Coucy, Sire de Coucy+1 b. c 1339, d. 18 Feb 1397

Citations

1.[S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 69. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.