Enguerrand de Coucy le Brun Earl of Bedford

• Preferred Name: Enguerrand de Coucy le Brun Earl of Bedford^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}
  
• Gender: M
  
• Death: 1116 in La Fère, Aisne, Picardie, France at LATI: N9.6624 LONG: E0.3658
  
• Birth: ABT 1042 in Coucy, Ardnns, France at LATI: N9.5067 LONG: E0.4586
  
• FSID: LYK6-52W
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Enguerrand I st Coucy (approx. 1042-1116 ). Son of Dreux or Drogon de Boves. From his father, he inherited the lordship of Boves, and marrying first Ade de Marle, he acquired the seigneuries of Marle, Coucy and La Fere.
  
  In 1085, he became count of Amiens of the head of his grandmother. In 1105 , the abbey of Saint-Fuscien south of Amiens is endowed by Enguerrand de Boves of the seigneurie whole.
  
  He becomes owner in 1080 of the castle of Coucy, which he gives the name to the House formed by his descendants .
  Family
  Enguerrand I and Ade Marle, daughter of Létaud (or Liétard) Roucy (or Marle), lord of Marle and Coucy, and niece of Count Ebles I st of Roucy 2 have two children:
  
  1.) Thomas de Marle
  
  2.) Agnès de Coucy
  
  Guibert, abbot of the abbey of Nogent-sous-Coucy notes that Thomas de Marle had such an ignominious mother, that is to say of a life so overwhelmed and unbridled, that for that he was never much loved by his father. Ade was in fact an independent woman, with a generous temperament and assertive personality, leading her life (love in particular) as she pleased. This type of free women, "scandalous", who could not pass the leash, is less rare than it seems in the Middle Ages among the aristocrats heir to seigneuries: think of Sibyl of Porcien, Eleanor of Aquitaine, to Elisabeth Ire Tudor a little later. Thus, it is not proven that his heir Thomas de Boveshis child was really Enguerrand did not really treat him as a son, and Thomas did not necessarily see Enguerrand as a father, but had a tense relationship.
  
  Enguerrand is also not free from sins, since he devotes himself to the love of other women. According to sources, after having repudiated Ade de Marle for adultery or after widowhood, Enguerrand de Boves married in second marriage Sibyl of Château-Porcien . Degraded condition Woman (Porcien County, which was powerful, is reduced to a trickle: her heir will fail to save him), Sibylle is the daughter of Roger, Count of Porcien , and former wife of Godfrey I st from Namur, who had divorced her for notorious misconduct. His free life appears to Ade de Marle, but in decadent mode.
  
  «b»History
  «/b»He participated in the first crusade in 1096 and is present at the headquarters of Antioch, which capitulates onJune 3, 1098. The legend says it's Enguerrand I st who, during a battle against the Moors during the First Crusade in the Holy Land, who lost his banner, cut into strips her blue cloak lined with red to make a new one that later became the coat of arms of Coucy: three red bands and three bands made of bells, head to tail, azure and white ( heraldic fur: the vair ).
  
  In 1100, returned to France, he enters into conflict with his son Thomas de Marle and obtains the support of his cousin Bishop Enguerrand de Laon. He then reconciled with him during the events of the Commune of Amiens to fight against the revolted bourgeois.
  
  The inhabitants of Amiens having obtained from King Louis le Gros, the permission to settle in commune, with the support of the bishop Geoffroy and Guermond his vidame, asked Thomas to support them in their works against Adam, the squire who was guarding the Tower of Castillon for Enguerrand, the count, father of Thomas. But Thomas reconciled with his father and fought with him against the inhabitants of Amiens. The inhabitants obtained the support of King Louis-le-Groswho sent them reinforcement. The siege lasted two years. Sibylle, Thomas's stepmother, and who did not love him (she hoped that he was disinherited by Enguerrand), betrays his son-in-law by informing the vidame Guermond. Thomas, seriously wounded in an ambush, sought revenge and executed Gautier, half-brother of Sibylle. The clergy then decided to excommunicate it in 1114 during the assembly of Beauvais. The king assaulted Thomas , removed the castles of Crépy and Nogent, and ruined the forts erected on the lands belonging to the Abbey of Saint John of Laon.
  
  BIO
  BIO: Seigneur de Boves and de Coucy; Count of Amiens.
  
  ** from http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/NORTHERN%20FRANCE.htm#EnguerrandICoucydied1116
  
  ENGUERRAND [I] de Boves, son of DREUX [Drogo] de Boves &
  
  === ROYALTY FOR COMMONERS, P.3; ===
  ROYALTY FOR COMMONERS, P.3;
  
  === [Greene.FTW] [kinfolk2.GED] Husband: ===
  [Greene.FTW] [kinfolk2.GED] Husband: Thomas de{82 233} COUCY Birth: Circa 1073{82} Place: Coucy, France{82} Death: 1131{233} Occupation: Sire de Coucy and Marle; Count of Amiens{151} Father: Enguerrand I de{82} COUCY (1042-1116) Mother: Ada de Marle{82} (1044-) Wife: Melisende de CRECY{82 233} Birth: Circa 1080{82} Place: Crecy, France{82} Death: After 1147{233} Father: Guy II "the Red" de Montlhery{82 151} (1037-1108) Mother: Adelaide de CRECY{82} (1028-1104) Children... 1. M Child: Engerrand II de{82 233} COUCY Birth: Circa 1108{82} Place: Coucy, France{82} Death: 1148{82} Spouse: Agnes de BEAUGENCY{82} Marriage: 1132{233} 2. M Child: Robert de Boves de{233} COUCY Death: 19 Jun 1191{233} Place: slain before Akkon{233} Spouse: Beatrix de St. Pol{233} 3. F Child: Melisende de Marle{82 233} Birth: Circa 1112{82} Place: Coucy, France{82} Spouse: Hugh IV de{82 233} GOURNAY Husband9s Notes... References: Turton{104} p. 90, 175. Stuart RC{151} [37-30]. ES{233} vii, 80. Wife9s Notes... References: Turton{104} p. 90, 175. Stuart RC{151} [5-30]. ES{233} vii, 80. Last Modified: 19 Jun 1996 Reference Note 82 Call, Michel L. Royal Ancestors of Some American Families ; Pedigree Charts. Printed by the author, 1991. Reference Note 104 William Harry Turton, 1856-1938. The Plantagenet ancestry. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1993. CSL Sutro CS71 P7 1928 and 1984. Reference Note 151 Stuart, Roderick W. Royalty for commoners : the complete known lineage of John of Gaunt, . . . second edition. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1992. Reference Note 233 Europaische Stammtafeln : Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der europaischen Staaten / begrundet von Wilhelm Karl Prinz zu Isenburg ; fortgefuhrt von Frank Baron Freytag von Loringhoven ; neue Folge herausgegeben von Source: [kinfolk2.GED]; Susan Shannon, Susanorl@sundial.net;http://www.familytreemaker.com/u sers/s/n/a/susan-h-shannon/;
  
  === Herr v. Boves u. Coucy, Gf. v. Amiens ===
  Herr v. Boves u. Coucy, Gf. v. Amiens
  
  === !The Record of the House of Gournay GS 9 ===
  !The Record of the House of Gournay GS 929.242 G743g pedigree chart p. 127.
  
  === Sources: RC 6, 37; Kraentzler 1372. RC: ===
  Sources: RC 6, 37; Kraentzler 1372. RC: Engelram/Engleram, Seigneur de Boves and de Coucy. Count ofAmiens. K: Enguerrant de Boves I, Seigneur de Boves and Coucy, Count d'Amiens.
  
  === Husband: Thomas de{82 233} COUCY ===
  Husband: Thomas de{82 233} COUCY Birth: Circa 1073{82} Place: Coucy, France{82} Death: 1131{233} Occupation: Sire de Coucy and Marle; Count of Amiens{151} Father: Enguerrand I de{82} COUCY (1042-1116) Mother: Ada de Marle{82} (1044-) Wife: Melisende de CRECY{82 233} Birth: Circa 1080{82} Place: Crecy, France{82} Death: After 1147{233} Father: Guy II "the Red" de Montlhery{82 151} (1037-1108) Mother: Adelaide de CRECY{82} (1028-1104) Children... 1. M Child: Engerrand II de{82 233} COUCY Birth: Circa 1108{82} Place: Coucy, France{82} Death: 1148{82} Spouse: Agnes de BEAUGENCY{82} Marriage: 1132{233} 2. M Child: Robert de Boves de{233} COUCY Death: 19 Jun 1191{233} Place: slain before Akkon{233} Spouse: Beatrix de St. Pol{233} 3. F Child: Melisende de Marle{82 233} Birth: Circa 1112{82} Place: Coucy, France{82} Spouse: Hugh IV de{82 233} GOURNAY Husband9s Notes... References: Turton{104} p. 90, 175. Stuart RC{151} [37-30]. ES{233} vii, 80. Wife9s Notes... References: Turton{104} p. 90, 175. Stuart RC{151} [5-30]. ES{233} vii, 80. Last Modified: 19 Jun 1996 Reference Note 82 Call, Michel L. Royal Ancestors of Some American Families ; Pedigree Charts. Printed by the author, 1991. Reference Note 104 William Harry Turton, 1856-1938. The Plantagenet ancestry. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1993. CSL Sutro CS71 P7 1928 and 1984. Reference Note 151 Stuart, Roderick W. Royalty for commoners : the complete known lineage of John of Gaunt, . . . second edition. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1992. Reference Note 233 Europaische Stammtafeln : Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der europaischen Staaten / begrundet von Wilhelm Karl Prinz zu Isenburg ; fortgefuhrt von Frank Baron Freytag von Loringhoven ; neue Folge herausgegeben von
  
  === #Générale# Sire de Boves et de Coucy C ===
  #Générale# Sire de Boves et de Coucy Comte d'Amiens.
  
  === A village in northern France, "Coucy gav ===
  A village in northern France, "Coucy gave its name to the sires de Coucy, a famous feudal house. The founder of the family was Enguerrand de Boves, who, at the end of the 11th century, seized the castle of Coucy by force. Later his son, Thomas de Marle, succeeded him in 1115 and was subdued by King Louis VI in 1117." - Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1956 Edition, 6:585.
  
  === !Seigneur de Coucy. !Emille Carrier's no ===
  !Seigneur de Coucy. !Emille Carrier's notes.
  
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  !#552-v7-t80;
  
  === !#18-7table#80 !#233-v6-p282,283 !Tuchma ===
  !#18-7table#80 !#233-v6-p282,283 !Tuchman, A Distant Mirror-p8 !Titles: Comte d'Amiens, Baron de Boves, Sire de Coucy !Alive 1096 on crusade to the Holy Land !Enguerrand 1 de Boves de Coucy was first to be called Sire de Coucy !Enguerrand divorced his first wife Ade de Marle Countess de Roucy
  
  === !Engleram (Enguerrand) de Coucy, Seigneu ===
  !Engleram (Enguerrand) de Coucy, Seigneur de Boves and de Coucy; Count of Amiens; b. c10422, Coucy, Ardennes, France; d. 1116; md (1) (her 1st) Adele (Ada) de Roucy (6-31 (mothr of Gen 30), heiress of Marle; md (2) Sibylle de Porcean, dau. of Roger de Porcean. [Royalby for Commoners," by Stuart, line 37-31.]
  
  === Comte D'Amiens Comte D'Amiens ===
  Comte D'Amiens Comte D'Amiens

1. Adalaica de Amici, b. 1064 in Gard, Occitanie, France    

1. Thomas de Coucy, b. 1073 in Coucy-le-Château-Auffrique, Aisne, Picardie, France     d. 9 NOV 1131 in Laon, Aisne, Picardie, France

1. Title: Baudouin III, Comte de Hainaut, in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
   Page: Baudouin II, Comte de Hainaut, in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/HAINAUT.htm#BaudouinIIHainautdied1098B [See document in the Memories section]
   
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   Note: Guy de Crecy and Melisende de Crecy in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/nfralaoncou.htm#_Toc494629903 [See document in the Memories section]
   Page: Guy de Crecy and Melisende de Crecy in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/nfralaoncou.htm#MelisendeCrecyMThomasCoucy [See document in the Memories section]
   
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   Page: Adam, Adeleme and Guy, Chatelains d’Amiens, in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/nfraamp.htm#GuyAmiensdied1146 [See document in the Memories section]
   
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5. Title: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
   Publication: Name: https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/142857848;
   Note: Enguerrand I, Seigneur de Coucy, and Thomas de Coucy, Seigneur de Coucy et de Marle and Comte d’Amiens, in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/nfraamp.htm#ThomasICoucydied1130 [See document in the Memories section]
   Page: Enguerrand I, Seigneur de Coucy, and Thomas de Coucy, Seigneur de Coucy et de Marle and Comte d’Amiens, in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/nfraamp.htm#ThomasICoucydied1130 [See document in the Memories section]