Scottish nobles. In 1256 or 1257 Marie married John of Brienne (1227–1296), grand butler of France. They had no children together. In 1260 the rivalries between the Scottish factions for influence during the minority of her son made the situation in Scotland critical, and Marie and her husband were therefore named members of the royal council during the remaining years of the king's minority, until Alexander III was declared of legal majority in 1262. In 1268 Marie separated from John and returned to Scotland. When her daughter-in-law, Margaret, died in February 1275, Marie arranged the new marriage between her son and Yolande of Dreux. In 1275–76, she made a pilgrimage to the shrine of St. Thomas Becket in Canterbury. Marie de Coucy died in the summer of 1285 and was buried in a tomb she had constructed in Newbattle Abbey. Notes References Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700, by Frederick Lewis Weis, Line 120-30 Joseph Bain (ed) Calendar of documents relating to Scotland, volume 2. Brown, Michael, The Wars of Scotland, 1214-1371, (Edinburgh, 2004) Marshall, Rosalind, Scottish Queens, 1034-1714 Richard Oram: "The Kings and Queens of Scotland" Timothy Venning: "The Kings and Queens of Scotland" Mike Ashley: "British Kings and Queens" Elizabeth Ewan, Sue Innes and Sian Reynolds: "The Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women" 1218 births 1285 deaths People from Picardy Scottish royal consorts House of Dunkeld House of Brienne 13th-century Scottish women 13th-century Scottish people 13th-century French women 13th-century French people Remarried royal consorts Queen mothers