House of Courcy

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Courcy coat of arms

The House of Courcy was a family of the Norman nobility who gained importance in France as well as in England / Ireland. The family is first mentioned around 1020 and died out in the 19th (France) and 18th century (England / Ireland).

The Courcy are among the companions of William the Conqueror and were Seneschals of Normandy. Their ancestral castle is in Courcy (Calvados) . After being enfeoffed in Calvados and Orne at the beginning of the 11th century , they gradually expanded their holdings to include Manche , Seine-Maritime and Eure , as well as England and Ireland.

Courcy Castle, entrance

Tribe list

Origins

  1. NN
    1. Baudry dit le Teutonique (Baldricus Teutonicus, Baldric, Balderich, † before 1053), around 1020 mercenary in the service of Richard II of Normandy , Seigneur de Bocquencé , Bacqueville , Courcy, Aunou and Guitry ; ∞ Alix (or Aubrée) de Brionne, great-great-granddaughter of Richard I of Normandy , granddaughter of Gilbert de Brionne , daughter of Richard de Bienfaite and Rohese Giffard ( House of Clare )
      1. Chaldera
      2. Nicolas de Baqueville († probably after 1048/63), Seigneur de Bacqueville; ∞ (1) NN (Albreda de Crepon?), Buried in Saint-Wandrille ; ∞ (2) Gertrude
        1. Roger de Baqueville; ∞ NN - descendants: the lords of Bacqueville
      3. Foulques d'Aunou († after October 1066), contributes 40 ships to the conquest of England
      4. Robert (I.) de Courcy, 1059 Châtelain de Courcy; ∞ Hébrée (Hebria, † before 1076) - descendants see below
      5. Richard de Neufville ( Neuville-sur-Touques , Normandy); ∞NN - offspring in England ( Lincolnshire , Nottinghamshire ) see below
      6. Baudry de Bauquencey (Bocquencé), attested in a document from 1059/61; ∞ Billeheldis († probably after 1093) - descendants: the lords of Aunou
        1. Robert de Bauquencey
        2. Baudry de Bauquencey
      7. Wiger (Viger) de Apulia ( d'Apulie / de Pouilles / Le Pouilleux ), attested in a document from 1059/61; ∞ NN
        1. Foulques - offspring
      8. ? Hawise
      9. Gunnora de Courcy (alias d'Aunou); ∞ Gilbert I. Crespin (* around 1025, † around 1060) Baron du Bec-Crespin, Seigneur de Damville et Bourth , Comte de Brionne , Capitaine de Tillières
        1. Hersilia Crespin; ∞ Guillaume Malet († around 1071), Seigneur de Graville , participant in the Battle of Hastings 1066, Lord of the Honor of Eye , 1069 High Sheriff of York ( House of Malet )
      10. ? Hasinsa (Hacinsa) de Bocquencé (alias de Bacqueville); ∞ Ernéis Tesson († before 1058), Baron de Thury et Jourdan, Seigneur de La Motte-Cesny et Grimbosq , son of Raoul I. Tesson dit L'Angevin , Seigneur de La Roche-Tesson et du Cinglais, and Alpaide / Alpais
    2. Wiger (Viger, Wigerich), mercenary in the service of Richard II of Normandy
    3. Elisabeth; ∞ Foulques de Bonneval
      1. Guillaume de Bonneval
      2. Thierry de Bonneval, lived as a monk for 57 years

The Lords of Courcy (1)

  1. Robert (I.) de Courcy, 1059 Châtelain de Courcy; ∞ Hébrée (Hebria, † before 1076) - ancestors see above
    1. Foulques de Courcy, † young?
    2. Richard (I.) de Courcy († probably after 1091/92, probably around 1097), Sire / Seigneur de Courcy, accompanied Duke Wilhelm in 1066 during the Norman conquest of England , 1086 landowner in Nuneham (about 3000 hectares), Sarsden (about 6500 Hectares ) and Foxcote (about 100 hectares), attested as Grand Justicier of the King of England and Duke of Normandy from 1069 to 1091/92, signatory of the founding act of the Abbey of Saint-Etienne in Caen ; ∞ convertible fashion
      1. Robert (II.) De Courcy, (* around 1070 in Abingdon , † after 1102, probably 1131 or before 1128/29) in Okehampton Castle ), Sire / Seigneur de Courcy, Chevalier banneret , accompanied Duke Robert II on the First Crusade (1096–1100), rebelled against Wilhelm Clito and died in disgrace; ∞ before 1090 Rohese de Grantemesnil, daughter of Hugues de Grandmesnil , Viscount, Sheriff and Constable of Leicester, and Adelise (alias Alix) de Beaumont (-sur-Oise), Dame de Peatling Magna (Leicestershire) ( Grandmesnil )
        1. Robert (III.) De Courcy († after 1129, probably around 1157/58), Truchsess, Grand Justicier of Geoffroy Plantagenet , later captured by Henry II of England , in 1119 at the Battle of Brémule , in the Pipe Roll of 1130 attested in Sussex ; ∞? Mathilde, attested in 1145
        2. Hugh de Courcy, attested in 1109
        3. Richard de Courcy, 1145/50 Abbot of Savigny
        4. Raoul de Courcy († young), follows in Courcy, Chevalier banneret; ∞ (1) NN; ∞ (2) NN
          1. Guillaume / William (I.) de Courcy († 1191), Seigneur de Courcy et d ' Écajeul , Grand Sénéchal de Normandie as successor to his uncle of the same name († 1176), Maître d'Hôtel Henry II. Of England, possibly 1190 with Richard the Lionheart went to Palestine and died in 1191 during the siege of Acre and on the way back; ∞ Isabelle de L'Aigle, daughter of Richer (III.) De l'Aigle, and Adeline de Sainte-Suzanne (Beaumont-sur-Sarthe) ( House l'Aigle )
            1. Robert (IV.) De Courcy († after 1228 (1236?)), 1177 underage, Sire de Courcy, 1184 Baron de Courcy, Seigneur d'Écajeul, 1205–1226 Chevalier banneret, 1205–1206 Juge de l'Échiquier in the Normandy; ∞ Matilde / Mabille, attested in 1245 - descendants see below
            2. Jeanne de Courcy; ∞ Guillaume de Paynel, Seigneur de Hambye
        5. Guillaume de Courcy († 1176), Grand Sénéchal de Normandie, 1173/74 attested; ∞ Matilde d'Avranches (* 1097, † September 21, 1173), Dame du Sap , Lady of Okehampton , heiress of Robert, Viscount d'Avranches, Lord of Okehampton, and Havise de Dol, married Robert FitzEdith († May 31, 1172), an illegitimate son of King Henry I of England
          1. Hawise de Courcy, Lady of Okehampton; ∞ (1) Renaud de CAvourtenay († 1194 or August 1, 1209 or September 1191), son of Renaud, Seigneur de Courtenay , Montargis , Tanlay , Champignelles et Charny, Baron of Sutton (Berkshire), and Elisabeth du Donjon de Corbeil, Dame de Yerres ( Courtenay House ); ∞ (2) NN
      2. William (I.) de Courcy (Curcy, † after 1114 (1120?)), Attested in 1076, stewardess of the king, Lord of Stoke Courcy ( Stogursey Castle , Somerset) etc. (total about 19,000 hectares); ∞Emma de Falaise († after 1129), daughter of William de Falaise of Stogursey and Geva de Burcy, widow of William FitzHumphrey - descendants see below
      3. ? Chaldera de Courcy; ∞ Guillaume Patry
Stogursey Castle

The Lords of Courcy (2)

  1. Robert (IV.) De Courcy († after 1228 (1236?)), 1177 underage, Sire de Courcy, 1184 Baron de Courcy, Seigneur d'Écajeul, 1205–1226 Chevalier banneret, 1205–1206 Juge de l'Échiquier in the Normandy; ∞ Matilde / Mabille, attested in 1245 - ancestors see above
    1. Richard (II.) De Courcy († around 1273), Baron de Courcy et de Rémilly , 1244/73 attested; ∞ before 1242 Mabille du Hommet, Dame de Marigny et de Rémilly, daughter and heiress of Enguerrand du Hommet, Seigneur de Marigny et de Rémilly, Connétable de Normandie, and NN de Montbray
      1. Enguerrand de Courcy († 1270), 1242/61 attested
      2. Guillaume (II.) De Courcy († 1289), Chevalier, Sire et Baron de Courcy, Seigneur de Marigny et de Rémilly, 1260/80 attested; ∞ Anne / Agnès de Marigny, Dame des Terres de Marigny et de Rémilly, daughter and heiress of Jean, Seigneur de Marigny et de Rosey, and Agnès, probably Dame de Rémilly, widow of Étienne Postel, Chevalier, Seigneur de Fiesque
        1. Geoffroi de Courcy († August 26, 1346 at the Battle of Crécy ), Chevalier, Sire et Baron de Courcy, Seigneur de Montfort, de Bourg-Achard , de Marigny et de Rémilly; ∞ Marie d'Estouteville († around 1333), daughter of Robert V. d'Estouteville († 1334), Seigneur d ' Estouteville , Valmont et Baron de Cleuville , and Marguerite (alias Marie), Dame de Hotot ( Estouteville house )
          1. Richard (III.) De Courcy († around 1381), 1357 Chevalier, Sire et Baron de Courcy, Seigneur de Montfort, de Bourg-Achard, de Marigny et de Rémilly, 1346/68 attested; ∞ (1) before 1346 Alix Bertrand, daughter of Robert VI. Bertrand, Baron de Briquebec, Viscount de Roncheville, and Ide or Philippa de Clermont-Nesle; ∞ (2) Agnès du Plessis (or de Mons), Dame du Plessis et de Roye († after 1397)
            1. (2) Guillaume (III.) De Courcy (* 1362 - † October 25, 1415 in the Battle of Azincourt ), Sire et Baron de Courcy, Seigneur du Plessis-Bouclon et de Roye, around 1390 Chamberlain Charles VI. , 1400/01 ambassador to England, testified after 1401 Capitaine-Governor de la ville de Paris ; ∞? (1) Anne, Dame de Bourg-Achard, possibly daughter of Jean Malet ( House Malet ); ∞ (1 or 2) Marguerite / Françoise de Paynel (* 1372), was in 1396 at the head of Isabelle de Valois's entourage when she married Richard II of England , 1399 member of the Order of the Garter ( Lady of the Garter, Dame de la Jarretière ), daughter of Guillaume Paynel, Seigneur de Hambye (or Nicolas Paynel and Jacquemine de Haveskercke), his children were from this marriage
              1. Guillaume (IV.) De Courcy, dit Le Jeune († after 1467), Chevalier, Sire et Baron de Courcy; ∞ Anne d'Enfernet (or Amphernet), Dame de Magny
                1. Thomas de Courcy († around 1502)
                2. Thomas de Courcy († before 1522), pastor in Saint-Marcouf, then canon in Coutances
                3. Guillaume (V.?) De Courcy (born June 1413), Chevalier, Baron de Courcy, April 25, 1431 Seigneur de Magny; ∞ Charlotte de Lyon - descendants: the lords of Magny (-la-Freule) († after 1789)
              2. Richard de Courcy, 1424 in English captivity, Chevalier, Seigneur du Plessis et de Roye; ∞ Colette (alias Jeanne) de Lyon (alias Lizar), both attested in 1448/62 - descendants: the lords of Le Plessis and Roye († after 1769)
              3. Robert de Courcy, chaplain of Courcy, 1467 attested
            2. (2) Georges de Courcy († October 25, 1415 at the Battle of Azincourt ); ∞ NN († after 1419) - descendants: the lords of Le Plessis-Bouchard and Ferriéres († after 1754)
            3. (2) Richard de Courcy, priest, almsman of the Dauphin Louis de Valois, duc de Guyenne
            4. (2) Gilles (Gillet) de Courcy
          2. Guillaume de Courcy († after 1368), Chevalier, Seigneur de Bourg-Achard; ∞ probably before 1346 Jeanne le Bouteiller de Senlis († March 14, 1376 Paris), daughter of Guy II. Le Bouteiller, Seigneur d ' Ermenonville , and Blanche de Chauvigny, she married in second marriage before December 24, 1353 Nicolas Braque (* 1320; † August 13, 1388), Chevalier, Seigneur de Châtillon-sur-Loing , Saint-Maurice-sur-Laveron et Aillant , treasurer ( grand argentier ) of Kings John II and Charles V , widower of Jeanne du Tremblay - Descendants: the Lords of Bourg-Achard († after 1474)
          3. Jean de Courcy († after 1308), Seigneur de Marigny et de Rémilly; ∞ NN
            1. Jeanne (aka Tiphaine) de Courcy; ∞ Gilbert II. De Malesmains († before 1333), Seigneur de Sacé (or Sacey ), Saint-Hilaire et Marigny
              1. Jeanne de Malesmains († 1386), Dame de Romilly (or Romillé ) et Grenouville; ∞ Olivier (IV.) De Montauban, Sire de Montauban
                1. Olivier (V.) de Montauban († 1389), Seigneur de Montauban et de La Gacilly , Governor de La Faye; ∞ Mahaut d'Aubigné († 1412), Dame de Landal et d'Aubigné - Marigny and Rémilly go to the House of Rohan
            2. ? Alice de Courcy; ∞ before 1310 Olivier II Paynel († before October 1347), Seigneur de La Haye-Pesnel , then Baron de Moron, son of Olivier Paynel and Agnès Rossel, married Isabeau de Mailly († after October 1347) in their second marriage around 1320
          4. Marie de Courcy; ∞ Guillaume V. de Bricqueville de Breteville († 1399), Seigneur de Bricqueville , Gerville et Laune, son of Guillaume IV. De Bricqueville and Jeanne de Meulan
      3. Jean de Courcy, attested in 1260
      4. Nicolas de Courcy
      5. Philippa (aka Jeanne) de Courcy; ∞ Guillaume IV. Paynel († 1272), Baron de Hambye et Bréhal , son of Foulques III. Paynel and Stéphanie de Bréhal
    2. Nicolas de Courcy - presumably ancestor of the Lords of Magny (-la-Campagne)
    3. Mathilde de Courcy; ∞ Guillaume (II.), Sire / Seigneur de Bricqueville et de Laune, 1189 crusader, son of Osbern († after 1190) and Rohese de Caligny
    4. Laurence de Courcy († 1240); ∞ Guillaume du Hommet († 1252), Baron du Hommet , de La Luthumière , La Haye et Varenguebec , Connétable de Normandie

The Courcy of Stogursey

  1. William (I.) de Courcy (Curcy, † after 1114 (1120?)), Attested in 1076, stewardess of the king, Lord of Stoke Courcy ( Stogursey Castle , Somerset) etc. (total about 19,000 hectares); ∞Emma de Falaise († after 1129), daughter of William de Falaise of Stogursey and Geva de Burcy, widow of William FitzHumphrey - ancestors see above
    1. William (II.) De Courcy (* around 1095; † before 1130); ∞ probably 1125 Avice de Rumilly (alias de Meschines), Dame de Bescaudebey, daughter of William FitzRanulf du Bessin , of Skipton-in-Craven (alias Guillaume de Briquessart, dit “Meschin”), Lord of Coperland (brother of Ranulph le Meschin , 1st Earl of Chester ( House of Conteville ), and Cecily de Rumilly, they married William Paynel of Drax in second marriage and before 1153 Walter de Percy in third marriage
      1. William (III.) De Courcy (* around 1118, † 1171), the king's stewardess; ∞ Gundred de Warenne (* around 1145; † before December 6, 1224), daughter of Rainald de Warenne and Alice de Wormgay, widow of Peter de Valognes, married Geoffroy Hose / Huse ( House Warenne ) in third marriage
        1. William (IV.) De Courcy (* probably 1163/64; † before October 1194)
        2. Alice de Courcy (around 1167; † 1225); ∞ (1) Henry of Cornhill (* around 1153, † between September 29, 1192 and September 29, 1193), son of Gervase of Cornhill ; ∞ (2) Warin FitzGerold (* probably 1167; † after November 14, 1216), royal Chamberlain , son of Henry FitzGerold and Matilda
          1. (1) Joan of Cornhill, † after December 6, 1224) ∞ Hugh Neville († after 1210 and before July 21, 1234), married in second marriage before April 1230 Beatrix, widow of Ralph de Fay († around 1223) ( house Neville )
          2. (2) Margaret FitzWarin († 1252); ∞ (1) Baldwin de Redvers (* after April 28, 1200; † September 1, 1216), son of William de Redvers, 5th Earl of Devon , and Mabile de Beaumont; ∞ (2) Falkes de Bréauté († after July 18, 1226 in Rome), favorite and executor of King John Ohneland's will
            1. ? (2) Thomas de Bréauté, attested in 1255
        3. ? (illegitimate, mother unknown) John de Courcy (* around 1160; † before September 22, 1219), 1185–1199 Justiciar of Ireland , 1210 attested; ∞ 1180 Aufrica († after September 22, 1219), daughter of Guðrøðr Óláfsson , King of the Isle of Man , son of Olaf the Red and probably his second wife Affreca
          1. ? (illegitimate, mother unknown) Miles de Courcy († around 1230), 1223 1st Baron Kingsale - descendants: the Barons Kingsale in Ireland, currently Nevinson de Courcy (* 1958), 36th Baron Kingsale
    2. ? Jordan de Courcy
    3. Robert (IV.) De Courcy of Stoke, Somerset († 1157 at the Battle of Counsylth), stewardess to the king

The Norman Neville

  1. Richard de Neufville ( Neuville-sur-Touques , Normandy); ∞ NN - ancestors see above
    1. Gilbert de Neville (* 1042; † probably after 1115/18), 1086 landowner in Walcot (Lincolnshire) ; ∞ NN
      1. Geoffrey de Neville (* around 1090; † probably after 1145/46), of Walcot, Lincolnshire
        1. Gilbert Neville (around 1115; † before 1169), Baron of Ashby (Lincolnshire) , 1155/65 founder of Tupholme Abbey ; ∞ Philicia de Damoys (* around 1109, † 1166)
          1. Geoffrey de Neville († before 1193), 1155/65 co-founder of Tupholme Abbey; ∞ between 1169 and November 1176 Emma de Bulmer († before 1208), daughter of Bertrand de Bulmer and Emma Fossard de Mulgrave
            1. Henry de Neville († before March 3, 1227); ∞ Alice, attested in 1227
            2. [FMG] Isabel de Neville († before May 1254), heiress to Henry de Nevilles; ∞ (1) Robert FitzMaldred († between June 25, 1242 and May 26, 1248), Lord of Raby and Brancepeth, son of Maldred ( House of Neville ); ∞ (2) before May 26, 1248 Gilbert de Brakenberg
          2. William de Neville
          3. Walter de Neville († after 1194); ∞ Cecilia de Crèvecœur († after 1204), probably daughter of Alexander de Crèvecœur [and Amabel FitzSwayne]
            1. Alexander de Neville († probably 1212/27) [Lord of Radbourne]; ∞ Margaret, attested in 1227
              1. John de Neville († 1230, probably before October)
              2. Alexander de Neville († before July 12, 1249) [Baron of Redbourne]
                1. Alexander de Neville (* probably 1235/36)
              3. Clementia de Neville; ∞ William de Alenzun [son of William de Alenzun]
          4. Maud Neville (around 1135; † 1181); ∞ Simon de Warde (* around 1130 - † February 1181), [son of Osbert La Warde]
        2. Alan Neville of Ashby (* around 1117; † probably 1177/78), 1155/65 co-founder of Tupholme Abbey , Chief Forester, judge at the Court of Exchequer; ∞ Julianna (* around 1125; † 1170)
          1. Ralph Neville (around 1154; † 1212); ∞ NN
            1. Hugh Neville (1175 - July 21, 1234) Sheriff of Oxfordshire, 1198-1216 and 1224-1229 Chief Forester, buried in Waltham Abbey ; ∞ Joan Cornhill (* around 1189; † December 1224) [daughter of Henry Ralph de Cornhill and Alice de Hastings]
              1. Joan Neville (around 1224; † 1250); ∞ (1) John Cobham [son of Henry Cobham]; ∞ (2) Walter Lynde (* around 1235; † December 10, 1272) [son of John de Lynde and Clairica de Hartley]
              2. John Neville († before June 8, 1246 Wethersfield, Essex), 1235-1244 Chief Forester, buried at Waltham Abbey ; ∞ Hawise de Courtenay (* around 1222), daughter of Robert de Courtenay [and Mary de Redvers] ( House of Courtenay )
                1. John de Neville († before 1282)
                2. Joan Neville de La Hyde; ∞ Henry de La Mare (* around 1208; † 1257) [son of William de La Mare, of Ashsted and Mitcham, and Basile]
                3. Hugh de Neville (* before 1240, † before 1269)
          2. Geoffrey de Neville († before December 26, 1225) King's Chamberlain , 1214 and 1218–1219 Seneschal of Gascony , 1215 Seneschal of Poitou; ∞ Mabel, daughter of Adam FitzSwayne from Yorkshire [and Matilda]
            1. John († after 1265)
            2. Alan
      2. Jollan Neville (around 1110, † 1140); ∞ [Mary] FitzRichard († 1162) [daughter of Richard FitzLosoard]
        1. Jollan Neville (around 1140; † 1209); ∞1184 Amfelicia de Rolleston (* around 1150; † 1219) [daughter of Alan de Rolleston and Olive Roaldsson]
          1. Jollan Neville (around 1187, † 1246); ∞ Maud Beauchamp, Baroness Mowbray (* around 1191; † 1238) [daughter of Andrew de Beauchamp and Eva de Gray]
            1. Margaret Neville (around 1235, † 1300); ∞ William Warde (* around 1230 - 11 July 1266), [son of Simon Warde and Constance de Vesci, Lady of Knaresborough]

literature

Web links

  • Charles Cawley, Family of Baldric ( online , accessed July 15, 2020)
  • Charles Cawley, Medieval Lands, Courcy ( online , accessed July 7, 2020)
  • Charles Cawley, Medieval Lands, Neville, Origins ( online , accessed July 16, 2020)
  • Étienne Pattou, Maison de Courcy, de Magny, de Ferrières , ( online , accessed July 7, 2020)

Remarks

  1. ↑ Aubert suspects him to be a member of the Teutonic Order , which, however, did not yet exist during Balderich's lifetime
  2. ^ Aubert wrong: Beaugency
  3. ↑ Aubert: "petite fille de Gilbert, Comte de Brionne, qui lui-même étoit petit-fils de Richard, I. du nom, Duc de Normandie. Cette petite-fille de Gilbert, Comte de Brionne étoit Alix, fille de Richard, Seigneur de Clere & de Bienfaite, & de Rohès Giffard. "
  4. ↑ Aubert, quoting Ordericus Vitalis : "Sæpe fatus BALDRICUS magnæ nobilitatis fuit, nam Gilesbertus, Comes Brionnæ, nepos Ricardi, Ducis Normanorum, Baldrico Teutonico ... neptem suam in coniugium dedit, ex quâ nati sunt sex filii: & plures filiæilicet: de Baschevilla & Fulco de Alnon, ROBERTUS DU CURCEIO & Ricardus de Nova-Villa, Baldricus de Balgenzaio & Wigerius Apuliensis
  5. ^ Aubert wrong: Beaugency
  6. ↑ It is unclear whether Guillaume I is the son of Robert III, Raoul or Guillaume de Courcy, s. Pattou, p. 3; Aubert states that the Mâitre d'Hotel Guillaume de Courcy was Raoul's son
  7. ↑ Aubert: he survived Henry II of England, † 1189, went to Palestine with Richard the Lionheart in 1190 and died on this crusade
  8. ↑ See Étienne Pattou, Vicomtes d'Avranches , p. 3 ( online , accessed July 18, 2020)
  9. ↑ Not with Aubert
  10. ^ In Aubert's son of Robert (IV.), Since Richard (II.) Is missing