Marie de Coucy

For other people named Marie de Coucy, see Marie de Coucy (disambiguation).

Marie de Coucy
Queen Consort of Scotland
Tenure	1239–1249
Born	c. 1218 France
Died	1285 France
Burial	Newbattle Abbey, Scotland
Spouse	Alexander II of Scotland (m. 1239; his death 1249) Jean de Brienne, Grand Butler of France (m. c. 1257; her death c. 1285)
Issue	Alexander III of Scotland
Father	Enguerrand III, Lord of Coucy
Mother	Marie de Montmirel

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 and a descendant of Louis VI of France.

Biography

On 15 May 1239 she married King Alexander II of Scotland in Roxburgh. She brought a large train of French followers to Scotland. Two years later, 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 Marie made sure her son was crowned as soon as possible at Scone. Two years later she returned to Picardy, although she would frequently revisit the Kingdom of Scotland. She 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.

Ancestry

Family of Marie de Coucy

16. Thomas, Lord of Coucy               8. Enguerrand II, Lord of Coucy                       17. Mélisende de Crècy               4. Ralph I, Lord of Coucy                             18. Ralph I, Lord of Beaugency               9. Agnès de Beaugency                       19. Mathilde de Vermandois               2. Enguerrand III, Lord of Coucy                                   20. Louis VI of France               10. Robert I, Count of Dreux                       21. Adelaide of Maurienne               5. Alix de Dreux                             22. Guy de Baudement               11. Agnes de Baudemont, Countess of Braine                       23. Alix, Dame de Braine               1. Marie de Coucy                                         24. Helie, Seigneur de Montmirail               12. Andre I, Seigneur de Montmirail                       25. Adelaide de Pleure               6. Jean I, Seigneur de Montmirail                             26. Simon d'Oisy, Châtelain de Cambrai               13. Hildiarde d'Oisy, Viscountess de Meaux                       27. Ade de la Ferté-Ancoul               3. Marie de Montmirel                                   28. Guy I, Seigneur de Dampierre               14. William I, Seigneur de Dampierre                       29. Helvide de Baudémont               7. Helvide de Dampierre                             30. Dreux IV, Seigneur de Mouchy               15. Ermengarde de Mouchy                       31. Adélaïde

References

• Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700, by Frederick Lewis Weis, Line 120-30
• Joseph Bain (ed) Calendar of documents relating to Scotland, volume 2.
• Brown, Michael, The Wars of Scotland, 1214-1371, (Edinburgh, 2004)
• Marshall, Rosalind, Scottish Queens, 1034-1714

Preceded by Joan of England

Queen consort of Scotland 1239–1249

Succeeded by Margaret of England