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[]

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

Sources[]

  • 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
Enguerrand IV, Lord de Coucy


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