COUCY, Queen Marie de^[1]

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• Name	COUCY, Marie de
  Prefix	Queen
  Birth	Abt 1218	Boves, Somme, Picardie, France
  Gender	Female
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  Death	1251	Roxburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
  Burial	Newbattle Abbey, Newbattle, Midlothian, Scotland
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  Family 1	SCOTLAND, King Alexander ,   b. 24 Aug 1198, Haddington, Lothian, Scotland Haddington, Lothian, Scotlandd. 8 Jul 1249, Kerrera, Argyleshire, Scotland (Age 50 years)
  Marriage	15 May 1239	Boves, Somme, Picardie, France
  Children	1. SCOTLAND, King Alexander III ,   b. 4 Sep 1241, Roxburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland Roxburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotlandd. 19 Mar 1286, Fife, Fife, Scotland (Age 44 years)
  Family ID	F16568	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

  Family 2	BRIENNE, Jean de II ,   b. 1217, Galilee, Israel Galilee, Israeld. 1296, Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	1240	Boves, Somme, Picardie, France
  Notes	MARRIAGE: Also shown as Married Boves, Somme, France. ~SEALING_SPOUSE: Also shown as SealSp 1 Mar 1993, SLAKE.
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  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

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  Marie de Coucy (c. 1218 – 1285) was a Queen consort of the Kingdom of Scotland by marriage to Alexander II of Scotland, King of Scots. She was a member of the royal council during the two last years of the minority of her son, Alexander III, in 1260-1262. Marie was the daughter of Enguerrand III, Lord of Coucy and his third spouse Marie de Montmirel (fr) (1192 – 1267) and a great-great granddaughter of Louis VI of France. According to the chronicler Matthew Paris, she was beautiful and very wealthy. In 1238, Alexander II, King of Scots needed to have an heir after the death of his first childless spouse, Joan of England. King Henry III of England claimed sovereignty over Scotland, which was opposed by Alexander, who wished to make an alliance with France against England. Enguerrand III was a powerful French vassal and a known enemy of England, and the marriage between Marie and Alexander II was regarded as a French-Scottish alliance against England. On 15 May 1239 Marie married Alexander II of Scotland in Roxburgh. The marriage brought an alliance between the Scots and the Coucy lordship, and for the rest of the 13th century, they exchanged soldiers and money. She brought a large train of French followers to Scotland.[2] In her retinue was her chancellor Richard Vairement and her nephew Enguerrand de Guines, who came to have some influence in Scottish affairs. Her nephew married Christiane de Bailleul, a cousin of King John Balliol, and thus became a Scottish magnate. Two years after her marriage, she gave birth to the future King, Alexander III of Scotland. Alexander II died on 8 July 1249 during an expedition against the Lord of Argyll on the island of Kerrera. Immediately after the news reached her, Marie made sure her eight-year-old son was crowned as soon as possible at Scone.[3] Although her son was a minor and was placed under regency, Marie did not become regent. On 9 June 1250 Marie and her son Alexander III were present in Dunfermline for the observance of the canonization Saint Margaret of Scotland and the translation of her remains to the new shrine. In autumn 1250 Marie returned to Picardy and, for the rest of her life, she divided her time between France and Scotland. In 1252 she attended the wedding between her son Alexander III and Margaret of England in York with a great entourage of French and Scottish nobles. In 1256 or 1257 she married Jean de Brienne (1227–1296), Grand Butler of France and King of Acre, in his second marriage. De Brienne was the son of John of Brienne, King of Jerusalem (1210–1225) and Emperor of Constantinople (1229–1237), and Berenguela of Leon. They had no children together. In 1260 the rivalries between the Scottish factions for influence during the minority of her son made the situation in Scotland critical, and Marie and her spouse were therefore named members of the royal council during the remaining years of the king's minority, until Alexander III was declared of legal majority in 1262. In 1268 Marie separated from her spouse and returned to Scotland. When her daughter-in-law Margaret of England died in February 1275, Marie arranged the new marriage between her son and Yolande, the stepdaughter of her spouse. In 1275–76, she made a pilgrimage to the shrine of St. Thomas Becket in Canterbury. Marie de Coucy died in the summer of 1285 and was buried in a tomb she had constructed in Newbattle Abbey. Marie de Coucy (c. 1218 – 1285) was the daughter of Enguerrand III, Lord of Coucy and his third wife Marie de Montmirel (c. 1184-1267). She was Queen consort of the Kingdom of Scotland. Biography On May 15, 1239 she married King Alexander II of Scotland at Roxburgh, with whom she mothered the future King, Alexander III of Scotland. The marriage brought an alliance between the Scots and the Coucy lordship, and for the rest of the 13th century, they exchanged soldiers and money. Her husband died in 1249, and so two years later she returned to Picardy, although she would frequently revisit the Kingdom of Scotland. Her second husband was Jean de Brienne, Grand Butler of France, whom she married sometime before 1257. She was his second wife. They had no children together, however, de Brienne had a daughter Blanche by his first wife Jeanne, Dame de Chateaudun. Marie de Coucy died in 1285. References * Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700, by Frederick Lewis Weis, Line 120-30 * Brown, Michael, The Wars of Scotland, 1214-1371, (Edinburgh, 2004) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Marie de Coucy From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia For other people named Marie de Coucy, see Marie de Coucy (disambiguation). Marie de Coucy (c. 1218 – 1285) was the daughter of Enguerrand III, Lord of Coucy and his third wife Marie de Montmirel (c. 1184-1267). She was Queen consort of the Kingdom of Scotland. Biography On 15 May 1239 she married King Alexander II of Scotland at Roxburgh, by whom she gave birth to the future King, Alexander III of Scotland. The marriage brought an alliance between the Scots and the Coucy lordship, and for the rest of the 13th century, they exchanged soldiers and money. Her husband died in 1249, and so two years later she returned to Picardy, although she would frequently revisit the Kingdom of Scotland. She has also visited Canterbury on pilgrimage in 1275–76. Her second husband was Jean de Brienne, Grand Butler of France, whom she married sometime before 1257. She was his second wife. They had no children together, however, de Brienne had a daughter Blanche by his first wife Jeanne, Dame de Chateaudun. Marie de Coucy died in 1285.

  
  

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  [S72] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM), (June 1998 (c), data as of 5 JAN 1998).