Enguerrand I de Coucy

Abt 1035 - Abt 1116  (~ 81 years)

• Name	Enguerrand I de Coucy  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1035  [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Abt 1116  [2]
  Person ID	I7227	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of AP, Ancestor of DDB, Ancestor of DGH, Ancestor of DK, Ancestor of EK, Ancestor of JMF, Ancestor of JTS, Ancestor of LD, Ancestor of LDN, Ancestor of LMW, Ancestor of TNH, Ancestor of TSW, Ancestor of TWK, Ancestor of UKL, Ancestor of WPF
  Last Modified	6 Jan 2018

  
  

  Father	Dreux de Boves,   b. of Boves, Somme, Picardie, France d. Aft 1069
  Family ID	F4855	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ade de Roucy
  Marriage	Bef 1060  [2]
  Divorce	Yes, date unknown  [2]
  Children	+ 1. Thomas de Marle,   b. Abt 1060   d. Between 1129 and 1130 (Age ~ 69 years)
  Family ID	F5894	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Nov 2018

  
  

• Notes

  Lord of Boves and Coucy. From Leo van de Pas's site: The first Enguerrand to be lord of Coucy was the son of Dreux de Coucy, seigneur de Boves, and great grandson of Jean de Coucy. He probably received Coucy in fief at the end of the 11th century. With his first wife Ada de Marle, daughter of Liétaud de Roucy, Seigneur de Marle, Enguerrand had a son Thomas de Marle, a notorious knight brigand in conflict with King Louis VI. Enguerrand had some doubts about the parentage of his son, as his wife Ada had committed adultery. He strongly disliked Thomas and sought to disinherit him. Enguerrand repudiated Ada for her adultery. After her death he abducted Sibil de Porcean, wife of Godefroid, comte de Namur. He married her despite the fact that she was still married to Godefroid (who later divorced her and married Ermesinde, Gräfin von Luxemburg). For his actions Enguerrand was excommunicated by the Church. He sought to make amends by taking part in the First Crusade; between 1096 and 1099 he fought heroically in the Holy Land. During one battle with the Muslims he mislaid his banner; he tore off his coat of scarlet lined with squirrel fur, and cut out a new emblem from it. Thus was born the celebrated description of his arms: 'Fassé de vair et de gueulle de six pieces' (fessy of squirrel fur and gules of six parts), which would bear the name of Coucy on many battle fields. Enguerrand's excommunication was lifted through the help of his kinsman, also called Enguerrand, the bishop of Laon. Enguerrand died about 1116.

  
  

• Sources

  [S145] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr. 8th edition, William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall, eds. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2004, 2006, 2008. [S49] Genealogics by Leo Van de Pas, continued by Ian Fettes and Leslie Mahler.