| LC control no. | n 78009953 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Coucy, Enguerrand de, 1340-1397 |
| Variant(s) | Coucy, Enguerran de, 1340-1397 Enguerrand VII, de Coucy, 1340-1397 De Coucy, Enguerrand, 1340-1397 De Coucy, Enguerran, 1340-1397 |
| Associated country | France |
| Birth date | 1340 |
| Death date | 1397-02-18 |
| Place of birth | France |
| Place of death | Bursa (Turkey) |
| Profession or occupation | Condottieri |
| Found in | Tuchman, B.W. A distant mirror, 1978 (subj.) CIP galley (Enguerrand de Coucy VII, 1340-1397) 1384 la presa della città, 2020: t.p. ((subj.) Enguerran de Coucy) back cover, etc. (professional soldier, captain of his own army, and powerful figure in France; sent to Italy in 1384 by Louis I, Duke of Anjou, to ensure his claim to the throne of Naples; enroute, Courcy was diverted at Arezzo, an independent city fiercely divided by Guelf and Ghibelline factions; he was the last soldier of fortune to intervene in the political affairs of Arezzo; upon learning that Louis d'Anjou had died in Bari, Coucy sold Arezzo to Florence for 40,000 florins, bringing an end to its autonomy and a guarantee of Enguerran's safe return to France) Diz. biog. degli Italiani v. 30 (Coucy, Enguerrand de: taken prisoner at the Battle of Nicopolis, he died in Bursa, Turkey on Feb. 18, 1397) |
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