Individual Details

PRINCESS Marie Coucy

(1218 - 1285)


===Marie de Coucy, Queen Consort of Scotland===
Marie de Coucy was the daughter of Enguerrand III, Lord of Coucy and his third wife Marie de Montmirel. She married twice her first husband was King Alexander II of Scotland, who she married on 15 May 1239, in Roxburgh. Their marriage brought an alliance between the Scots and the Coucy lordship. In 1241 she gave birth to the future King, Alexander III of Scotland. King Alexander II of Scotland died in 1249, and her son was crowned soon after at Scone. She next married Jean de Brienne, Grand Butler of France, sometime before 1257. She was his second wife. They had no children together.

==Sources==
* '''Royal Ancestry by Douglas Richardson Vol. I p. 539'''
* '''Royal Ancestry by Douglas Richardson Vol. IV p. 590'''


'''See Also'''
*[https://archive.org/stream/abbeyofsmarynewb00carruoft#page/46/mode/2up Abby of St Mary Newbottle] -*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_de_Coucy Wikipedia] - Marie de Coucy*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hwbradley/aqwg1025.htm Roots Web] - Selected Families and Individuals*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=BiyyueBTpaMC&pg=PA323&lpg=PA323&dq=Marie+%28Coucy%29+de+Brienne+1218&source=bl&ots=bjF1NAnINs&sig=FqLnX7ahe6N4PbK4C_ZV8kPGMPQ&hl=en&sa=X&ei=NMqkVNWPLMLh8AWPwYGABg&ved=0CDcQ6AEwBTgK#v=onepage&q&f=false Google Books] - Historical Dictionary of the British Monarchy By James Panton*[http://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/gotha/coucy1.html Angelfire] - The families de Coucy and de Guines

    Events

    Birth1218Boves, Somme, Picardie, France
    Marriage15 May 1239Alexander "King of Scotland" Dunkeld
    Death1285Champagne, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France
    Reference No1377999
    Reference No1401461
    Reference No60

    Families

    SpouseAlexander "King of Scotland" Dunkeld (1198 - 1249)
    FatherEnguerrand Coucy (1182 - 1242)
    MotherMarie Montmirail (1195 - 1267)
    SiblingAlix Coucy (1226 - 1260)
    SiblingLiving
    SiblingEnguerrand IV de Coucy (1228 - 1310)