Lords of Coucy

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medieval noble family

The Lords of Coucy were a powerful medieval noble family who controlled the formidable Château de Coucy and played a significant role in the feudal politics of northern France.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Lord of Coucy	8
Lords of Coucy canonical	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7416004 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Lords of Coucy
Context triple: [Coucy, France, hasHistoricalInhabitants, Lords of Coucy]

A. Lady of Coucy
Lady of Coucy was the feudal title held by the ruling noblewoman of the powerful medieval lordship of Coucy in northern France.
B. The Lady of Lyons
The Lady of Lyons is a popular 1838 romantic melodrama by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, centered on love, pride, and social class in post-Napoleonic France.
C. Lord of Hautefort
Lord of Hautefort was the feudal title held by the medieval Occitan noble and troubadour Bertrand de Born, associated with the castle and lands of Hautefort in southwestern France.
D. Lady of Montargis
Lady of Montargis is a noble title historically associated with Eleanor of England, Countess of Pembroke, reflecting her lordship over the French lordship of Montargis.
E. La Curée
La Curée is a naturalist novel by Émile Zola that explores greed, corruption, and moral decay among Parisian high society during France’s Second Empire.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Lords of Coucy
Target entity description: The Lords of Coucy were a powerful medieval noble family who controlled the formidable Château de Coucy and played a significant role in the feudal politics of northern France.

A. Lady of Coucy
Lady of Coucy was the feudal title held by the ruling noblewoman of the powerful medieval lordship of Coucy in northern France.
B. The Lady of Lyons
The Lady of Lyons is a popular 1838 romantic melodrama by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, centered on love, pride, and social class in post-Napoleonic France.
C. Lord of Hautefort
Lord of Hautefort was the feudal title held by the medieval Occitan noble and troubadour Bertrand de Born, associated with the castle and lands of Hautefort in southwestern France.
D. Lady of Montargis
Lady of Montargis is a noble title historically associated with Eleanor of England, Countess of Pembroke, reflecting her lordship over the French lordship of Montargis.
E. La Curée
La Curée is a naturalist novel by Émile Zola that explores greed, corruption, and moral decay among Parisian high society during France’s Second Empire.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	medieval noble family ⓘ
alliedWith	English crown NERFINISHED ⓘ French crown NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Aisne department NERFINISHED ⓘ Coucy-le-Château-Auffrique commune NERFINISHED ⓘ
coatOfArms	barry of six vair and gules ⓘ
controlled	Château de Coucy NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Kingdom of France NERFINISHED ⓘ
declinePeriod	late 14th century ⓘ
extinctionReason	lack of male heirs ⓘ
floruit	12th century ⓘ 13th century ⓘ 14th century ⓘ
foundedBy	Aubry de Coucy NERFINISHED ⓘ
heldTitle	Count of Soissons NERFINISHED ⓘ Earl of Bedford NERFINISHED ⓘ Sire de Coucy NERFINISHED ⓘ
hereditaryTitle	passed by primogeniture ⓘ
involvedIn	Crusades ⓘ Hundred Years' War NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	large donjon at Château de Coucy ⓘ
knownFrom	feudal charters ⓘ medieval chronicles ⓘ
language	Old French ⓘ
legacy	symbol of feudal independence in France ⓘ
locatedIn	Coucy-le-Château-Auffrique NERFINISHED ⓘ
member	Enguerrand II de Coucy NERFINISHED ⓘ Enguerrand III de Coucy NERFINISHED ⓘ Enguerrand VII de Coucy NERFINISHED ⓘ Marie de Coucy NERFINISHED ⓘ Raoul I de Coucy NERFINISHED ⓘ Raoul II de Coucy NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	control of a formidable fortress ⓘ feudal power in northern France ⓘ
participatedIn	feudal politics of northern France ⓘ
powerBase	fortified towns around Coucy ⓘ landed estates in Picardy ⓘ
region	Picardy NERFINISHED ⓘ northern France NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
seat	Château de Coucy NERFINISHED ⓘ
socialClass	high nobility ⓘ
timePeriod	High Middle Ages ⓘ Late Middle Ages ⓘ
titleHeld	Lord of Coucy NERFINISHED ⓘ
vassalOf	King of England NERFINISHED ⓘ King of France NERFINISHED ⓘ

How these facts were elicited