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Enguerrand VII | |
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Lord of Coucy | |
Born | Enguerrand de Coucy 1340 Coucy Castle, Picardy, France |
Died | 18 February 1397 Bursa, Anatolia, Ottoman Empire In captivity, of bubonic plague | (aged 56–57)
Title held | 25 August 1346 – 18 February 1397 |
Other titles | Earl of Bedford Count of Soissons |
Nationality | French |
Locality | Coucy-le-Château-Auffrique |
Spouse(s) | Isabella of England Isabelle of Lorraine |
Issue | Marie de Coucy, Countess of Soissons Philippa de Coucy, Countess of Oxford Isabelle de Coucy, Countess of Nevers Perceval (illegitimate son) |
Father | Enguerrand VI, Lord of Coucy |
Mother | Catherine of Austria |
Enguerrand VII de Coucy, KG (1340 – 18 February 1397), also known as Ingelram de Coucy and Ingelram de Couci, was a medieval French nobleman and the last Lord of Coucy. He became a son-in-law of King Edward III of England following his marriage to the king's daughter, Isabella of England, and the couple was subsequently granted several English estates, among them the title Earl of Bedford. Coucy fought in the Battle of Nicopolis in 1396 as part of a failed crusade against the Ottoman Empire, but was taken prisoner and contracted the bubonic plague. He died in captivity the following year at Bursa.
Coucy had no surviving legitimate sons. Fierce legal disputes were fought over the succession of his lordship of Coucy, which, as a result, passed to the crown lands of France.