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unusual facts about Enguerrand VII, Lord of Coucy



Château de Rougemont

The castle was burned and destroyed at the end of the 14th century by Enguerrand VII, Lord of Coucy (and Earl of Bedford).

Enguerrand VII, Lord of Coucy

Always diplomatic, Coucy managed to maintain both his allegiance to the King of France and to his English father-in-law during the period of intermittent armed conflict between England and France known as the Hundred Years' War.

He also gained the titles of 4th Lord Gynes: Sire d' Oisy, in the district of Marle and the Sire de La Fère.


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