Died 1149 Parents Thomas, Lord of Coucy | Spouse Agnès de Beaugency Children Ralph I, Lord of Coucy | |
Grandchildren Enguerrand III, Lord of Coucy, Yolande de Coucy Grandparents Enguerrand I, Lord of Coucy, Adèle de Marle | ||
Enguerrand II, Lord of Coucy, known as of La Fère or of Marle, was a French nobleman. He was also lord of Marle, La Fère, Crécy (sur-Serre), Vervins, Pinon, Landouzy (la-Ville), Fontaine (lès-Vervins), and of several other places. Unlike his father, the brigand-lord Thomas de Marle, Enguerrand II peacefully administered his lands, building a chapel in his castle (the chapel's foundations survive as some of the oldest remains in Coucy).
In 1131, he married Agnès de Beaugency, daughter of Mathilde de Vermandois and Raoul I of Beaugency. Agnès gave him two sons:
His main leisure pursuit was hunting in the woods, where legend holds he met and killed a fierce lion or beast which had been terrorising the area, and founded the Order of the Lion to commemorate the event.