Individual Details
William "Lord of Abergavenny" Braose
(Abt 1144 - 9 Aug 1211)
== Biography ==William de Brewes, Lord of Abergavenny, Brecon, & Ower Gwent, Seigneur de Briouze was born circa 1144 at Bramber, Sussex, England. He married Matilda (Maud) de St. Valerie, daughter of Bernard IV de St. Valerie and Maud, circa 1167.Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 313-314.
William de Brewes, Lord of Abergavenny, Brecon, & Ower Gwent, Seigneur de Briouze died on 9 August 1211 at Corbeil, near Paris, France. He was buried after 9 August 1211 at St. Victor's Abbey, Paris, France.Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 526-527.
"Magnate, was a landholder of the Welsh and Irish marches, whose friendship with King John won him rich rewards, but whose dramatic fall from favour and relentless pursuit by John contributed to baronial distrust and fear of the king." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
== Children ==William and Matilda had at least four sons and five daughters. William (IV), their eldest son, died in 1210 imprisoned with his mother. Their second son, Giles de Briouze, was elected bishop of Hereford in September 1200 and died in November 1215. Giles's death left their third son, Reginald (d. 1227/8), as head of the family; he had gained possession of his father's lands by May 1216. A fourth son, John, married Mabel de Limesy, widow of Hugh Bardolf and coheir to the barony of Cavendish, Suffolk. William married two of his daughters to other Welsh marcher lords. Margaret married Walter de Lacy, lord of Weobley, Herefordshire, and of Meath, Ireland, and Annora married Hugh (III) de Mortimer, baron of Wigmore, Herefordshire. A third daughter, Matilda or Maud, married Gruffudd ap Rhys (d. 1201), the son of the Lord Rhys of Deheubarth, while Loretta de Briouze married Robert de Breteuil, fourth earl of Leicester. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
== Death =="William died at Corbeil outside Paris on 4 September 1211, and was buried in the abbey of St Victoire at Paris. Stephen Langton, in the city awaiting settlement of the Canterbury succession crisis, is said to have assisted at the funeral. John had had Briouze's wife and eldest son imprisoned at either Windsor or Corfe Castle, where they were deliberately starved to death, dying before the end of 1210. John's hounding of this family exposed his cruelty to the English barons, and his equating the harsh law of the exchequer with English custom heightened their fears of his arbitrary rule." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
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William de Brewes, Lord of Abergavenny, Brecon, & Ower Gwent, Seigneur de Briouze died on 9 August 1211 at Corbeil, near Paris, France. He was buried after 9 August 1211 at St. Victor's Abbey, Paris, France.Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 526-527.
"Magnate, was a landholder of the Welsh and Irish marches, whose friendship with King John won him rich rewards, but whose dramatic fall from favour and relentless pursuit by John contributed to baronial distrust and fear of the king." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
== Children ==William and Matilda had at least four sons and five daughters. William (IV), their eldest son, died in 1210 imprisoned with his mother. Their second son, Giles de Briouze, was elected bishop of Hereford in September 1200 and died in November 1215. Giles's death left their third son, Reginald (d. 1227/8), as head of the family; he had gained possession of his father's lands by May 1216. A fourth son, John, married Mabel de Limesy, widow of Hugh Bardolf and coheir to the barony of Cavendish, Suffolk. William married two of his daughters to other Welsh marcher lords. Margaret married Walter de Lacy, lord of Weobley, Herefordshire, and of Meath, Ireland, and Annora married Hugh (III) de Mortimer, baron of Wigmore, Herefordshire. A third daughter, Matilda or Maud, married Gruffudd ap Rhys (d. 1201), the son of the Lord Rhys of Deheubarth, while Loretta de Briouze married Robert de Breteuil, fourth earl of Leicester. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
== Death =="William died at Corbeil outside Paris on 4 September 1211, and was buried in the abbey of St Victoire at Paris. Stephen Langton, in the city awaiting settlement of the Canterbury succession crisis, is said to have assisted at the funeral. John had had Briouze's wife and eldest son imprisoned at either Windsor or Corfe Castle, where they were deliberately starved to death, dying before the end of 1210. John's hounding of this family exposed his cruelty to the English barons, and his equating the harsh law of the exchequer with English custom heightened their fears of his arbitrary rule." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
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Events
| Birth | Abt 1144 | Bramber, Sussex, England | |||
| Death | 9 Aug 1211 | Corbeil, France | |||
| Marriage | Matilda "of Hay" St Valéry | ||||
| Alt name | de Braose | ||||
| Reference No | 14195123 | ||||
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| Reference No | 60 |
Families
| Spouse | Matilda "of Hay" St Valéry (1138 - 1210) |
| Child | Margaret Braose (1177 - 1200) |
| Child | Giles Braose (1163 - ) |
| Child | Robert Braose (1166 - ) |
| Child | Sir Reynold "Lord of Abergavenny" Braose (1171 - 1228) |
| Child | Maud "Matilda, Mawd" Braose (1173 - 1210) |
| Child | William Braose (1175 - 1210) |
| Child | Joan Alice Braose (1175 - 1189) |
| Child | Walter Braose (1175 - ) |
| Child | Thomas Braose (1175 - ) |
| Child | Laurette "Comitissa de Leicestria" Braose (1176 - 1266) |
| Child | Hugh Braose (1180 - ) |
| Child | Bishop Giles Braose (1181 - 1215) |
| Child | Henry Braose (1181 - 1205) |
| Child | John Braose (1183 - 1206) |
| Child | Eleanor Braose (1185 - 1241) |
| Child | Phillip Braose (1204 - ) |
| Father | William Braose (1112 - 1192) |
| Mother | Bertha FitzMiles (1130 - 1210) |