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unusual facts about Marie de Coucy



John de Cheam

When the mother of the king, Marie de Coucy, fled from her second husband John de Brienne (aka Jean d'Acre), the Grand Butler of the King of France and the son of John de Brienne, King of Jerusalem, Bishop John was used by King Alexander to reconcile them.


see also

Alexander of Scotland

King Alexander III of Scotland (1241–1286), King of Scots, only son of Alexander II by his second wife Marie de Coucy

Dirleton Castle

Marie de Coucy was the daughter of Enguerrand III, Lord of Coucy (d.1242), builder of the Château de Coucy, in Picardy (c.1220s), which probably served as a model for Dirleton.