Individual Details
William IV DE BRAOSE
(1204 - 2 May 1230)
He was an ill-fated member of a powerful and long lived dynasty of Marcher Lords. He was captured by the Welsh forces of Prince Llywelyn the Great, in fighting in the commote of Ceri near Montgomery, in 1228. William was ransomed for the sum of £2,000 and then furthermore made an alliance with Llywelyn, arranging to marry his daughter Isabella de Braose to Llywelyn's only legitimate son Dafydd ap Llywelyn.
However on a later visit to Llywelyn during Easter 1230 William de Braose was found in Llywelyn's private bedchamber with Llywelyn's wife, Joan, Lady of Wales. The Chronicle of Ystrad Fflur's entry for 1230 reads: "In this year William de Breos the Younger, lord of Brycheiniog, was hanged by the Lord Llywelyn in Gwynedd, after he had been caught in Llywelyn's chamber with the king of England's daughter, Llywelyn's wife."
However on a later visit to Llywelyn during Easter 1230 William de Braose was found in Llywelyn's private bedchamber with Llywelyn's wife, Joan, Lady of Wales. The Chronicle of Ystrad Fflur's entry for 1230 reads: "In this year William de Breos the Younger, lord of Brycheiniog, was hanged by the Lord Llywelyn in Gwynedd, after he had been caught in Llywelyn's chamber with the king of England's daughter, Llywelyn's wife."
Events
| Birth | 1204 | Brecknock, Breconshire, Wales | |||
| Death | 2 May 1230 | (hanged) |
Families
| Spouse | Eva MARSHAL ( - 1194) |
| Child | Maud DE BRAOSE (1224 - 1301) |
| Father | Reginald DE BRAOSE ( - 1228) |
| Mother | Grecia DE BRIWERE (1176 - 1223) |