Enguerrand VII de Coucy (1340 - 1397), also known as Ingelram de Coucy, was a 14th century French nobleman, the last Sire de Coucy, and the son-in-law of King Edward III of England. Coucy also held the English title of 1st Earl of Bedford due to his marriage to Edward's daughter Isabella Plantagenet (1332-1382) and to English estates granted to the couple by Edward III. Edward III King of England Edward III (13 November 1312–21 June 1377) was one of the most successful English Kings of medieval times. ... The titles of Earl or Duke of Bedford were created several times in the peerage of England. ... Angevin is the name applied to two distinct medieval dynasties which originated as counts (from 1360, dukes) of the western French province of Anjou (of which angevin is the adjectival form), but later came to rule far greater areas including England, Hungary and Poland (see Angevin Empire). ...

Coucy became the Sire de Coucy at the death of his father, Enguerrand VI, during the sequence of battles ending with the battle of Crecy in 1346. He also gained the titles of: 4th Lord Gynes: Sire d' Oisy, in the district of Marle: and the Sire de La Fère. His mother, Katharina von Habsburg of Austria, died in 1348 or 1349 during a wave of the Black Death. Coucy first became involved in the war against England at the age of fifteen, serving among the Barons of Picardy in the battalion of Moreau de Fiennes, a future Marshall of France. In 1358, at the age of eighteen, Coucy acted as a leader during the suppression of the peasant revolt known as the Jacquerie. The Battle of Cr cy took place on August 26, 1346, near Cr cy-en-Ponthieu, in the Somme d partement of northern France and was one of the defining combats of arms of the Hundred Years War. ... Spoiler warning: Marle is a character from the 1995 video game Chrono Trigger. ... Habsburg (sometimes spelled Hapsburg, but never so in official use) was one of the major ruling houses of Europe. ... Illustration of the Black Death from the Toggenburg Bible (1411). ... Categories: Stub | Regions of France ... The title of marshal of France (maréchal de France) was derived from the office of marescallus Franciae created by Philippe Auguste for Albéric Clément (circa 1190). ... The Jacquerie in Froissarts chronicles The Jacquerie was a popular revolt in late medieval Europe that took place in northern France in 1358, during the Hundred Years War. ...

Young Coucy first met Edward III of England in 1359 as one of forty royal and noble hostages exchanged for the future release of the captured King John II of France. He was retained as a hostage in 1360, when the Treaty of Bretigny established territorial adjustments between the two countries and set the monetary payments for King John's release. The hostages finally arrived in England in November 1360. Coucy was to spend the next five years as a guest of the royal court. Chronicler Jean Froissart records that "...the young lord de Coucy shined in dancing and caroling whenever it was his turn. He was in great favor with both the French and English..." John II the Good (French: Jean II le Bon) (April 16, 1319 – April 8, 1364), was King of France from 1350 to 1364. ... The Treaty of Brétigny, concluded on May 8, 1360, between Edward III of England and John II of France, marked the end of the first phase of the Hundred Years War (1337 - 1453). ... Jean Froissart (~1337 - ~1405) was one of the most important of the chroniclers of medieval France. ...

In 1365, the wealthy Coucy was betrothed and married to Isabella of England, age 33, who has been described as an over-indulged, willful, and wildly extravagant princess. To care for her personal needs, her father settled an substantial annual income on her for life, as well as gifts of costly jewelry, and properties that included manors, castles, and priories. Coucy was her choice as a husband, as she wished to be betrothed for love after the failure of previous betrothal negotiations with several noble houses of Europe. Coucy received, as part of the marriage arrangement, the restoration of his family's lands in Yorkshire, Lancaster, Westmorland and Cumberland, England. He was also released as a hostage for the French treaty requirements, with no payment of ransom. In November 1365, after their marriage on July 27, the couple was given leave to travel to France. Their daughter Marie was born in April 1366 at Coucy. During a subsequent visit to England with his new family, Coucy was named the Earl of Bedford and was inducted into the Order of the Garter. In 1367, the Coucy's second daughter, Phillippa, was born in England. At this time, Coucy was gifted with additional French lands, under the title Count of Soissons, which had come to Edward through the payment of ransom. Yorkshire as a traditional county. ... Lancaster can refer to: Places In the United Kingdom: Lancaster, Lancashire (within the City of Lancaster) City of Lancaster In the United States: Lancaster, California Lancaster, Kansas Lancaster, Kentucky Lancaster, Massachusetts Lancaster, Minnesota Lancaster, Missouri Lancaster County, Nebraska Lancaster, New Hampshire Lancaster, New York: Lancaster (town), New York Lancaster (village... Westmorland is one of the 39 traditional counties of England. ... Cumberland is one of the 39 traditional counties of England. ...  Spoken article available (part 1)  (part 2) A garter is one of the Orders most recognisable insignia. ...

Coucy and his English wife spent much of their lives on their northern French estate, although Isabella made frequent trips to England, particularly while Coucy was away in the service of France. They had three daughters: Marie de Coucy (1366 to 1404), Philippa de Coucy (1367 to 1411) and Isabel de Coucy (unknown to 1411). He held the office of Governor of Brittany in 1380. He also held the offices of Grand Butler of France and Marshal of France. Considered among the most skilled and experienced of all the knights of France, Coucy twice refused the position of Constable of France, the highest - and, at times, the most lucrative - military office in France. Traditional coat of arms This article is about the historical duchy and French province, as well as the cultural area of Brittany. ... The Constable of France (French connétable de France, from Latin comes stabulari for count of the stables), as the First Officer of the Crown, was one of the original five Great Officers of the Crown of France (along with seneschal, chamberlain, butler, and chancellor) and Commander in Chief of...

Always diplomatic, Coucy managed to maintain both his allegiance to the King of France and to his English father-in-law during the period of intermittant armed conflict between England and France known as the Hundred Years' War. At various time, he acted as a warrior, envoy, councillor and mediator during the conflict. However, Coucy resigned all of his English honours on the accession of King Richard II on 26 August 1377. In 1380, after the death of Isabella of England, Coucy married Isabelle, daughter of the Jean I, Duke of Lorraine and Sophie von Württemberg. A map of Europe in the 1430s, at the height of the Hundred Years War The Hundred Years War is the name modern historians give to what was actually a series of related armed conflicts fought over a 116-year period between the Kingdom of England and France, beginning in... Richard II may refer to: King Richard II of England Richard II, a play by William Shakespeare about the king Richard II of Normandy This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The Duchy of Lorraine was an independent state for most of the period of time between 843 to 1739. ...

Coucy died of the bubonic plague at age 56, on February 18, 1397, at Bursa, Anatolia, Turkey while participating in the last medieval crusade. He fought in the Battle of Nicopolis on 28 September 1396, where he was taken prisoner by the Turks. His body was returned to Europe and he was buried at Abbey of Villeneuve, near Soissons, France. After the death of Coucy, his eldest daughter, Marie de Bar, and his second wife, Isabelle of Lorraine (d. 1423), engaged in a prolonged dispute over the estate. Upon Marie's sudden death in 1405, the vast Coucy lands became part of the royal estates of France. Bubonic plague is an infectious disease that is believed to have caused several epidemics or pandemics throughout history. ... Bursa (formerly known as Brusa or Prusa) is the capital of the Bursa Province in northwestern Turkey. ... Anatolia ( Greek: ανατολή anatolē or anatolí, rising of the sun or East; compare Orient and Levant, by popular etymology Turkish Anadolu to ana mother and dolu filled), also called by the Latin name of Asia Minor, is a region of Southwest Asia which corresponds today to the Asian portion of... This article is about the medieval Crusades . ... The Battle of Nicopolis took place on September 25, 1396, between a French-Hungarian alliance and the Ottoman Empire. ... The city of Soissons in the Aisne département, Picardie, France on the Aisne River is about 60 miles northeast of Paris and is one of the most ancient cities of France, and is probably the ancient capital of the Suessiones. ...

Coucy estate

Chateau of Coucy, watercolor, ca 1820 (Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris)

Coucy inherited the most awesome fortress in Europe at the death of his father, Enguerrand VI in 1346. The castle is known as the Château de Coucy and is considered a spectacular architectural achievement for its time. Coucy was responsible for the maintenance of the castle and additional construction on his familial estates, which consisted of the fortress, 150 towns and villages, famous forests and ponds, along with significant revenue. The estate was centered in the commune of Coucy Le Château Auffrique, in the modern département of Aisne, France. The famous castle was renovated by Viollet le Duc in the 19th century, however it was severely damaged in during World War I (1917), by German artillery fire. Chateau of Coucy, watercolor, ca 1820 (Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris From French Wikipedia Auteur: Non identifié Titre: [Château de Coucy] Publication: [Entre 1820 et 1822] Description: Aquarelle sur traits à la mine de plomb ; 16,8 x 24,4 cm Droits: libre de droit Notes: Inscription tronquée au verso Cote... Chateau of Coucy, watercolor, ca 1820 (Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris From French Wikipedia Auteur: Non identifié Titre: [Château de Coucy] Publication: [Entre 1820 et 1822] Description: Aquarelle sur traits à la mine de plomb ; 16,8 x 24,4 cm Droits: libre de droit Notes: Inscription tronquée au verso Cote... The new buildings of the library. ... The Alcázar of Segovia, Spain A castle (from the Latin castellum, diminutive of castra, a military camp, in turn the plural of castrum or watchpost), is a fort, a camp and the logical development of a fortified enclosure. ... Chateau of Coucy, watercolor, ca 1820 (Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris) The Château de Coucy is a French castle in the commune of Coucy Le Château Auffrique, in the département of Aisne, built in the 13th century and renovated by Viollet le Duc in the 19th. ... The départements (or departments) are administrative units of France, roughly analogous to British counties and are now grouped into 22 metropolitan and four overseas régions. ... Aisne is a département in the northern part of France named after the Aisne River. ... Eug ne Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc (Paris, January 27, 1814 - Lausanne 1879) was a French architect, famous for his restorations of medieval buildings. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... 1917 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

Reference

• Tuchman, Barbara W. (1978), A Distant Mirror: the Calamitous 14th Century., Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1984. ISBN 0-394-40026-7.