Isabella (Plantagenet) de Coucy LG (abt. 1332 - bef. 1382)

Born about 16 Jun 1332 in Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire, England

Ancestors

Wife of Enguerrand (Coucy) de Coucy — married 27 Jul 1365 in Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England

Descendants

Died before 5 Oct 1382 before about age 50 in England

Biography

Name

Name: Isabella of England. ^{[1] [2] [3]}.

First daughter of Edward III, King of England and Philippa of Hainault. ^{[4] [5]}

styled Countess of Bedford - in right of her husband the Earl of Bedford.

Lady of the Garter ^[6]

Birth

Born: 16 June 1332 at Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire, England. ^{[1] [3]}

Cawley notes that various chronicles give dates of 16 Feb or Mar or 16 Jun 1332 or 1334.^[1] Using the wardrobe accounts of Edward III it is possible to determine that the correct date should be 16 June. ^{[7] [3]}

Marriage and Children

Married: Enguerrand VII, Seigneur de Coucy, son of Enguerrand VI Guines, Seigneur de Coucy and Katharina of Austria, on 27 July 1365 at Windsor Castle in Windsor, Berkshire, England. ^{[1] [2]}

Children of Enguerrand VII de Coucy and Isabella of England:

• Marie de Coucy. Born say 1367 (estimate based on parents marriage). m. Henri de Bar, son of Robert I, Duc de Bar and Marie de France. She died in 1404.^{[8] [9]}

• Phillipa de Coucy. Born say 1367 (rough estimate based on parents marriage). She married Robert de Vere, Earl of Oxford, son of Thomas de Vere, Earl of Oxford and Maud de Ufford by 05 Oct 1376. The marriage was reputiated and they were declared divorced sometime in 1387; the divorce was then later declared void on 17 Oct 1389. She died in Oct 1411. ^{[10] [11]}

Death

Died: Died 5 October 1382 in England. ^{[3] [12]}

Date is the one given by Richardson. Cawley notes several other possibledates of death but does not give any sources including 15 Mar/4 May 1379 or 17 Jun/05 Oct 1382. ^[1] The Bedford section of Complete peerage stated she had died before May 1379. ^[13] However, in the Gynes section (Coucey family) the correct date is given. On 22 November 1382 orders were issued to the collectors of customs regarding a regarding a grant of land "late belonging to the King's aunt, Isabel, late Countess of Bedford, who d. 5 Oct. last past." On the same day executors were appointed to carry out the terms of the Countess' will. ^[12]

Buried: Greyfriars Church, Newgate, London. England.^{[1] [3] [12]}

Sources

Footnotes and citations:

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} Cawley, Medieval Lands: Isabella of England
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Cawley, Medieval Lands: Enguerrand de Coucy
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4} Richardson, Royal Ancestry, vol. I, pp. 85-86.
4. ↑ Cawley, Medieval Lands : Edward III
5. ↑ Cawley, Medieval Lands : Phillipa of Hainault
6. ↑ Beltz, Order of the Garter, p. 244.
7. ↑ Green, Princesses of England, (1857):164-165. Archive.org LINK
8. ↑ Beltz, Order of the Garter. p. 158 Books.google.com LINK
9. ↑ Cawley, Medieval Lands: Marie de Coucy
10. ↑ Cawley, Medieval Lands: Philippa de Coucy
11. ↑ Cawley, Medieval Lands: Robert de Vere
12. ↑ ^{12.0 12.1 12.2} Cokayne. Complete Peerage, vol. 6 p. 228.
13. ↑ Cokayne. Complete Peerage, vol. 2 page 70.

Source list:

• Beltz, George. Memorials of the Order of the Garter (William Pickering, London, 1841) Page 244 "Investiture of Ladies with the Garter and the Robes of the Order"

• Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A Prosopography of Medieval European Noble and Royal Families, Online at Foundation for Medieval Genealogy Website.

• Cokayne, George Edward. Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, revised and expanded second editions. (Original 14 volumes in 13: London, 1910-1940; Microprint reprint 14 volumes in 6, Great Britain:Sutton publishing, 2000). See volume 2: sub Bedford, and volume 6: sub Gynes.

• Green, Mary Anne Everett. Lives of the Princesses of England, from the Norman Conquest. (London, 1857):164-165. Archive.org LINK

• Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, in 5 vols. (Salt Lake City, Utah, 2013).

• Release by John, son of John de Nowers, of Gothurst, to Edward King of England, and SIr Ingelram Coucy, Earl of Bedford, and Lady Isabella, his consort, daughter of the same King, and the hirs of the said King, of the manors, etc, of Salden, Murreslee, Hyiftele, Kymbell, Weston, turnvill, Wendovere, Wycombe, Horewode Magna, Horewode Parva, Hoggeston, Bechehampton, Ewell and Luton. Witnesses:- W. bishop of Winchester, J. bishop of Ely, Sir William de Latymer, Robert de Thorp, John Knyvet, John Delves, and William Croiser, knts. Endorsed: Enrolled on the Close Roll, 43 Edward III Buckinghamshire. Surr. Beds. Date: [1100-1603] discovery.

See also:

• Wikipedia: Isabella de Coucy