Enguerrand VI, Lord of Coucy

Enguerrand VI. de Coucy († 1346 ) was a gentleman ( Sire ) of Coucy, Marle, La Fere, Oisy and Montmirail out of the house Ghent. He was a son of Guillaume and his wife, Isabelle de Châtillon.

At the request of King Philip VI. Enguerrand married in November 1338 the German nobles Catherine of Austria, daughter of Duke Leopold I of Austria. This marriage was the alliance policy of the king of France, who was looking for broken previously in conflict with England ( Hundred Years War ) allies among the German princes. The bride brought a very high, asked by both her ​​father and the French king, dowry.

1339 besieged the English under Sir John Chandos Castle Oisy that could be but successfully defended by Enguerrands administrator of the castle. He successfully defended himself with the royal troops Tournai. In 1346 he participated in a campaign of Duke John of Normandy in the Guyenne and fell a little later in the fight, probably in the skirmishes before or at the Battle of Crécy itself He was buried in the abbey Ourscamp.

From his marriage he left a still infant son, Enguerrand, the took over his mother as well as the royal councilor Jean de Nesle, lord of Offemont, the guardianship. Catherine of Austria married in 1348 in second marriage to Count Conrad II of Hardegg, but died in 1349 of the plague.