title: Ralph I, Lord of Coucy
text: # Ralph I, Lord of Coucy
  
  Ralph of Coucy, (c. 1134 – 1191), Lord of Coucy, Lord of Marle, La Fère, Crécy, Vervins, Pinon, Landouzy, and Fontaine. He was the son of Enguerrand II, Lord of Coucy and Agnes de Beaugency.
  
  ## History
  
  Ralph married Agnes of Hainault, daughter of Baldwin IV, Count of Hainaut. They had:
  
  * Ada, married Dirk van Beveren
  * Yolande, married Robert II of Dreux
  
  Ralph married the second time to Alix II of Dreux, daughter of Robert I, Count of Dreux and Hawise, countess of Perche. They had:
  
  * Enguerrand III, Lord of Coucy (d.1243)
  * Thomas, lord of Vervines (d.1252/3)
  * Agnes (d.1214)
  
  By his later marriage, Ralph became cousin to Philip II of France. He attended the King of France in 1181 during the war against Philip I, Count of Flanders. He left for the Holy Land, where he died in the siege of Acre in November 1191.
  
  