Coucy (noble family)

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Coucy is the family name of a powerful French noble family in Picardy in the Middle Ages , the Lords of Coucy , who had their ancestral seat at Coucy Castle . It includes the following people:

• Enguerrand I. de Coucy (* approx. 1069, † around 1116/1118) brought the rule of Coucy into his possession by marrying Ada de Marle, the divorced wife of Albéric
• Thomas de Coucy (also: Thomas de Marle; around 1073-1130), son of Enguerrand I, was a lord (Sire) of Coucy, Boves, La Fère, Vervins, Crépy, Pinon and Marle
• Enguerrand II. De Coucy (around 1110 – around 1147/49), son of Thomas de Coucy / de Marle
• Raoul I. de Coucy (* after 1142 - † November 1191), son of Enguerrand II., Lord (Sire) of Coucy, Marle, Vervins, Pinon, Crépy, Crécy and La Fère
• Enguerrand III. de Coucy (1182 – around 1242), son of Raoul I, lord of the barony of Coucy in Picardy (northern France), builder of the largest castle complex in Europe
• Raoul II. De Coucy († 1250), son of Enguerrand III., Lord of Coucy, Marle and La Fère
• Enguerrand IV. De Coucy († 1310), son of Enguerrand III and younger brother of Raoul II.

While the previous lords of Coucy are attributed to the House of Boves , the following come from the House of Ghent

• Enguerrand V. de Coucy , nephew of Enguerrand IV, from the house of Ghent
• Guillaume I. de Coucy , son of Enguerrand V.
• Enguerrand VI. de Coucy (1313–1346), son of Guillaume I.
• Enguerrand VII. De Coucy (1340-1397), son of Enguerrand VI.
• Marie de Coucy (April 1366 in Coucy; † 1405), daughter of Enguerrand VII, mistress of Coucy and countess of Soissons, ∞ Heinrich von Bar ( House of Scarponnois ), sold Coucy Castle to Duke Louis of Orléans in 1400 .