was castellan of the castle of that name
from 1186 to 1203. Some twenty-six songs are attributed to him, and
about fifteen or sixteen are undoubtedly authentic. They are modelled
very closely on Provencal originals, but are saved from the category of
mere imitations by a grace and simplicity peculiar to the author. The
legend of the love of the Chatelain de Coucy and the Lady of Fayel, in
which there figures a jealous husband who makes his wife eat the heart
of her lover, has no historical basis, and dates from a late 13th
century romance by Jakemon Sakesep. It is worth noting that the story,
which seems to be Breton in origin, has been also told of a Provencal
troubadour, Guilhem de Cabestaing, and of the minnesinger Reinmar von
Brennenberg. Pierre de Belloy, who wrote some account of the family of
Couci, made the story the subject of his tragedy _Gabrielle de Vergy_.

The songs of the Chatelain de Coucy were edited by Fritz Fath
(Heidelberg, 1883). For the romance see Gaston Paris, in the _Hist.
litt. de la France_ (vol. 28, pp. 352-360). An exquisite song,
"Chanterai por mon courage," expressing a woman's regrets for her
lover at the Crusade, is attributed in one MS., probably erroneously,
to the Lady of Fayel (_Hist. litt._ xxiii. 556). An English metrical
romance of "The Knight of Curtesy," and the "Fair Lady of Faguell,"
was printed by William Copland, and reprinted in Ritson's _Eng.
Metrical Romances_ (ed. E. Goldsmid, vol. iii., 1885).

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