MARIGNY, ENGUERRAND DE French statesman, was born at Lyons-la-Foret in Normandy. After the death of Pierre Flotte and Hugues de Bonville at the battle of Mons-en-Pevele in 1304, he became Philip IV.'s grand chamber lain and chief minister. In 2306 he was sent to preside over the exchequer of Normandy. He received numerous gifts of land and money from Philip as well as a pension from Edward II. of England. He was an able instrument of Philip's policy, and shared the popular odium which Philip incurred by debasing the coinage. He obtained rich appointments for many of his rela tives, and secured increased revenue for the king. His peace with the Flemings in 1314 disappointed the princes of the blood. He was accused of receiving bribes, and Charles of Valois de nounced him to the king himself ; but Philip stood by him. After the death of Philip IV. on Nov. 29, 1314 the feudal party, whose power the king had tried to limit, turned on his ministers and chiefly on his chamberlain. Enguerrand was arrested, and twenty
eight articles of accusation including charges of receiving bribes were brought against him. He was refused a hearing; but his accounts were correct, and Louis was inclined to spare him any thing more than banishment to the island of Cyprus. Charles of Valois then brought forward a charge of sorcery. Enguerrand was condemned at once and hanged on the public gallows at Montfaucon, protesting that in all his acts he had only been carrying out Philip's commands (April 3o, 1315).
See contemporary chroniclers in vols. xx. to xxiii. of D. Bouquet, Historiens de la France; P. Clement, Trois drames historiques (1857) ; Ch. Dufayard, La Reaction feodale sous les fits de Philippe le Bel, in the Revue historique (1894, liv. 241-272) and Iv. 241-29o.