Count Enguerrand III de Coucy
- Born: 1174 800
- Marriage: Matilda of Saxony
- Died: 1243 at age 69 800
Other names for Enguerrand were Enguerrand the Builder and Engelram III de Coucy.
General Notes:
Couci is in Picardy. [GADD.GED]
Motto: "King am not, nor Prince, nor Duke, nor Count either, I am the sire of Coucy".
Seigneur de Coucy, count of Roucy and Perche. His daugther, Mary, married King Alexander II of Scotland and gave birth to King Alexander III. Enguerrand built the biggest tower in Christendom for his castle of Coucy : 177 feet high, 105 feet wide, 25 feet thick at his base. [Early Blazon]
Enguerrand married Matilda of Saxony, daughter of Duke Henry III of Saxony and Matilda Plantagenet. (Matilda of Saxony was born circa 1172 773 and died circa 1209 773.)
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