Raoul II, Lord of Coucy

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Raoul II de Coucy
Born1211 C.E.
Coucy, France
Died1250 C.E. (38-39)
Monsourah, Egypt

Raoul II, Lord of Coucy (died 1250) was a son of Enguerrand III and his wife Maria of Oisy.[1] In 1246 he succeeded his father as lord of Coucy. Raoul died at the Battle of Mansurah in Egypt during the Seventh Crusade.[2]

Raoul married Elisabeth, daughter of Walter III of Châtillon, and later remarried to Philippe of Dammartin,[3] daughter of Simon of Dammartin.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Richard 1992, p. xxviii.
  2. ^ Jackson 2009, p. 172-173.
  3. ^ Pollock 2015, p. 145.

Sources[edit]

  • Jackson, Peter, ed. (2009). The Seventh Crusade, 1244-1254: Sources and Documents. Ashgate Publishing.
  • Pollock, M.A. (2015). Scotland, England and France after the Loss of Normandy, 1204-1296. The Boydell Press.
  • Richard, Jean (1992). Lloyd, Simon (ed.). Saint Louis, Crusader King of France. Translated by Birrell, Jean. Cambridge University Press.
Preceded by Lord of Coucy
1241–1250
Succeeded by