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- Enguerrand III de Boves, Lord of Coucy (c. 1182 – 1242) was a medieval French nobleman. The eldest son and successor of Ralph I, Lord of Coucy (c. 1134 – 1191) and Alix de Dreux, he succeeded as Lord of Coucy (sieur de Couci) in 1191, and held it until his death; he was also lord of Marle and Boves.
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Enguerrand III de Boves, Lord of Coucy (c. 1182 – 1242) was a medieval French nobleman. The eldest son and successor of Ralph I, Lord of Coucy (c. 1134 – 1191) and Alix de Dreux, he succeeded as Lord of Coucy (sieur de Couci) in 1191, and held it until his death; he was also lord of Marle and Boves.
Count of Amiens. 1116–1130: Thomas, or Thomas de Marle; son of predecessor. 1130–1149: Enguerrand II known as de Fère or de Marle, lord of Coucy, Marle, Fère, Crécy, Vervins, Pinon, Landousies, Fountains and some other places; son of predecessor, died during the Second Crusade. 1149–1191: Raoul I, son of predecessor.
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The castle was constructed in the 1220s by Enguerrand III, Lord of Coucy. The castle proper occupies the tip of a bluff or falaise. It forms an irregular trapezoid of 92 x 35 x 50 x 80 m. At the four corners are cylindrical towers 20 m in diameter (originally 40 m in height). Between two towers on the line of approach was the massive donjon (keep)....
Model of the castle as it looked before 1917Plate depicts Castle of Coucy in the 13th century, describing architectural featuresRampart of the basse-courChâteau of Coucy, watercolor, ca 1820 (Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris)Corvisier, Christian. Le château de Coucy et l'enceinte de la ville, Itinéraires Picardie. Éditions du Patrimoine, Centre des Monuments Nationaux. ISBN 978-2-85822-882-9.de Kay, Ormonde (trans.) N'Heures Souris Rames: The Coucy Castle Manuscript.Angus & Robertson, 1985.Laurent, Jean-Marc. Le château féodal de Coucy.La Vague verte, 2001.Leson, Richard. "′Partout la figure du lion′: Thomas of Marle and the Enduring Legacy of the Coucy Donjon Tympanum," Speculum93.1 (2018):27-71.- c. 1220s
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When Enguerrand III de Coucy was born in 1182, in Marle, Aisne, Picardie, France, his father, Raoul Ier de Coucy, was 48 and his mother, Alix de Dreux, was 26. He married Béatrice de Vignory about 1200. He died in 1243, in his hometown, at the age of 61, and was buried in Longpont, Aisne, Picardie, France. More. Photos and Memories (4)
Château de Coucy is the legacy of the Enguerrand dynasty, commonly known as the "Sires de Coucy", whose two most emblematic figures are Enguerrand III and Enguerrand VII. They reigned over the fortress from the 11th to the 14th century. The château was built in the early 13th century by Lord Enguerrand III de Coucy.
Enguerrand III de Boves, Lord of Coucy (c. 1182 – 1242) was a medieval French nobleman. The eldest son and successor of Ralph I, Lord of Coucy (c. 1134 – 1191) and Alix de Dreux, he succeeded as Lord of Coucy (sieur de Couci) in 1191, and held it until his death; he was also lord of Marle and Boves. Property. Value.
The Château de Coucy is a French castle in the commune of Coucy-le-Château-Auffrique, in Picardy, built in the 13th century and renovated by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc in the 19th century. During its heyday, it was famous for the size of its central tower and the pride of its lords.
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