Background
She was Queen consort of the Kingdom of Scotland and a descendant of Louis VI of France.
She was Queen consort of the Kingdom of Scotland and a descendant of Louis VI of France.
She brought a large train of French followers to Scotland. Two years later, she gave birth to the future King, Alexander III of Scotland. The marriage brought an alliance between the Scots and the Coucy lordship, and for the rest of the 13th century, they exchanged soldiers and money.
Two years later she returned to Picardy, although she would frequently revisit the Kingdom of Scotland.
She also visited Canterbury on pilgrimage in 1275-1276. Marie de Coucy died in 1285.