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William de Braose 1200–1230 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1200

Birth Location: Brecon, Breconshire, Wales

Death Date: 2 May 1230

Death Location: Wales

Father: Reginald Bramber

Mother: Grecia Briwere

Spouse(s): Joan Illegitimate, Eva noblewoman

Children(s): Eleanor Braose, Maud Lady, Isabella childless

William de Braose was born in 1200 in Brecon, Breconshire, Wales, the child of Reginald De Braose Lord Abergavenny 5Th Lord Of Bramber And Grecia Briwere. William de Braose married Eva Marshal De Clare Cambro Norman Noblewoman, Joan Of Wales Plantagenet House Lady Of Wales And Snowdon Illegitimate, and had children including Eleanor De Braose, Isabella De Braose Princess Of Wales And Lady Of Snowdon Childless, Maud Matilda De Braose Lady. William de Braose passed away in 1230 in Wales.

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Biography

  • William de Braose was born in 1200 in Brecon, Breconshire, Wales, the child of Reginald De Braose Lord Abergavenny 5Th Lord Of Bramber And Grecia Briwere.
  • William de Braose married Eva Marshal De Clare Cambro Norman Noblewoman, Joan Of Wales Plantagenet House Lady Of Wales And Snowdon Illegitimate, and had children including Eleanor De Braose, Isabella De Braose Princess Of Wales And Lady Of Snowdon Childless, Maud Matilda De Braose Lady.
  • William de Braose passed away in 1230 in Wales.

Immediate Family

Parents

Reginald Bramber
1176–1228
Birth Location: Bramber Castle, Bramber, Sussex, England
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Grecia Briwere
1161–1223
Birth Location: Stoke, Devonshire, England
GB

Spouses(s)

Joan Illegitimate
1188–1237
Birth Location: London, Middlesex, England
JI
Eva noblewoman
1203–1246
Birth Location: Pembroke Castle, Pembrokeshire, Wales
En

Children(s)

Eleanor Braose
1224–1251
Birth Location: Breconshire,Wales
EB
Maud Lady
1224–1300
Birth Location: Breconshire, Powys, Wales
ML
Isabella childless
1222–1248
Birth Location: Wales
Ic

William Braose's Ancestors

Self
William Braose
1200–1230
Birth Place: Brecon, Breconshire, Wales
Parents
Reginald de Braose, Lord Abergavenny, 5th Lord of Bramber
1176–1228
Bramber Castle, Bramber, Sussex, England
Grecia Briwere
1161–1223
Stoke, Devonshire, England
Grandparents
William ("Ogre of Abergavenny" de Braose, 4th Lord of Bramber, Sheriff of Herefordshire, carried out the Abergavenny Massacre: luring three Welsh) princes
1153–1211
Bramber Castle, Bramber, Sussex, England
Maud ("Matilda" d'Saint-Valéry, Lady le) Haie
1155–1210
Bramber, Sussex, England
Great-Grandparents
William Anglo-Norman
1135–1179
Bertha Pîtres
1130–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Philip Lord
1072–1134
Aenor Totnes
1084–1153

William Braose's Descendants

1.
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William (de) Braose (1200–2 May 1230) m. Joan (of Wales Plantagenet house, Lady of Wales and Snowdon,) Illegitimate (1188–2 Feb 1237) m. Eva (Marshal de Clare, Cambro-Norman) noblewoman (1203–1246)
  1. 1. Eleanor (De) Braose 1224–1251 m. Humphrey (VI de Bohun, Earl Hereford &) Essex 1225–1265
    1. 1. Margery (De Bohun) (Verdun) 1251–1309
    2. 2. Humphrey (VII de Bohun, 3rd Earl Hereford & Essex, known primarily for his opposition to King Edward I over the Confirmatio) Cartarum 1249–1298 m. Maud (De) Fiennes 1246–1298
      1. 1. Humphrey ('Ordainer of Magna Carta' de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford, Anglo-Norman family of the Welsh) Marches 1276–1322 m. Elizabeth (Plantagenet, Countess consort of) Holland 1282–1316
        1. 1. William (de Bohun, K.G., 1st Earl of Northampton, Hundred Years War commander of divison: Battle of) Crecy 1311–1360 m. Elizabeth (de Badlesmere) (Bohun) 1313–1356
        2. 2. Margaret (de Bohun, 2nd Countess of) Devon 1311–1391 m. Sir (Hugh Courtenay, 2nd\10th Earl of Devon, knight banneret 1327, Battles of Crecy &) Poitiers 1303–1377
        3. 3. Humphrey (VII de Bohun, Lord High Constable of England, 6th Earl of) Hereford 1309–1360
        4. 4. Lady (Eleanor de) Bohun 1304–1363 m. Sir (James Butler, 1st Earl of Ormonde, held hostage in Dublin Castle for his father) 1317 1305–1338
        5. 5. John (de Bohun, 5th Earl of) Hereford 1307–1336
        6. 6. Edward (de Bohun, twin of) William 1310–1334
    3. 3. Alianore (de Bohun, (de) Ferrers) 1243–1314
  2. 2. Maud (Matilda de Braose,) Lady 1224–1300 m. Roger (de Mortimer, 6th Lord Of) Wigmore 1231–1282
    1. 1. Margaret Mortimer –1297 m. Robert (de Vere, 6th Earl of) Oxford 1257–1331
      1. 1. Thomas (de) Vere, –1331
    2. 2. Edmund (de Mortimer, 7th Lord) Mortimer 1261–1304 m. Lady (Margaret de Fiennes, Baroness) Wigmore 1262–1333
      1. 1. Roger (IV de Mortimer, 3rd Baron of Wigmore, 1st Earl of) March 1287–1330 m. 1295–1358 m. Joan (de Geneville, 2nd Baroness Geneville, Countess of March, Baroness) Mortimer 1286–1356
        1. 1. Catherine (de) Mortimer 1314–1369 m. Thomas (de Beauchamp 11th Earl of Warwick, a founder and the 3rd Knight of the Order of the Garter, Battle of) Falkirk 1313–1369
        2. 2. Edmund (de) Mortimer 1302–1331 m. Elizabeth (de Badlesmere) (Bohun) 1313–1356
        3. 3. Maud (de) Mortimer 1307–1345 m. John (de Cherleton, 2nd Baron) Powys 1304–1360
        4. 4. Roger (de) Mortimer 1308–
        5. 5. Geoffrey (de) Mortimer 1310–
        6. 6. Agnes (de) Mortimer 1313–1368
        7. 7. Margaret (de) Mortimer 1308–1337 m. Thomas ('The Rich' de Berkeley, Marshall of English Army in France, Captain of the Scottish Marches in 1342, tried for murder of King Edward) II 1296–1361
      2. 2. Maude Mortimer –1312
      3. 3. Isolde (de Mortimer (de) Audley) 1270–1338 m. Hugh (de Audley, Lord) Audley 1250–1325
        1. 1. Alice (de) Audley 1300–1374 m. Ralph (de Neville, Lord of) Raby 1291–1367
        2. 2. Hugh (De) Audley 1289–1347 m. Margaret (de) Clare 1293–1342
    3. 3. Ralph (de Mortimer, Sheriff of Shropshire and) Staffordshire 1274–
    4. 4. Isabella (de Mortimer, Countess of) Arundel 1248–1300 m. John (FitzAlan, 7th Earl of Arundel, feudal Lord of Clun and Oswestry in the Welsh) Marches 1246–1272
      1. 1. Richard (Fitz Allen, 8th Earl of Arundel,) Anglo-Norman 1266–1301 m. Alicia (Alesia di Saluzzo, Countess of) Arundel 1269–1292
        1. 1. Eleanor (fitzAlan) (Percy0 1284–1328 m. Henry (II de Percy, 1st Baron Percy of Alnwick,) Ordinancer 1273–1314
        2. 2. Edmund (FitzAlan, 8Th Earl of) Arundel 1285–1326 m. Alice (de) Warenne 1287–1338
        3. 3. Margaretha Stuart 1290–1354 m. Sir (William Butler ( Le Boteler), 2nd Lord) Boteler 1298–1369
      2. 2. Joan (fitzAlan, of Cornwall Lady of) Winchester 1260–
  3. 3. Isabella (de Braose, Princess of Wales and Lady of Snowdon,) childless 1222–1248 m. Dafydd (ap Llywelynn Prince of Aberffraw and Lord of) Snowdon 1212–1246

William Braose's Timeline

4 Records

1197
1197
Birth of William de Braose in Brecon, Breconshire, Wales
Brecon, Breconshire, Wales
1200
1200
Birth of William de Braose
None
1230
2 May 1230
Age 30
Death of William de Braose in hung by Llywelyn the Great's orders for adultery with Joan of Wales, Prince of Wales, Wales
hung by Llywelyn the Great's orders for adultery with Joan of Wales, Prince of Wales, Wales
1230
2 May 1230
Age 30
Death of William de Braose in Wales
Wales

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1197
    Event Place: Brecon, Breconshire, Wales
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1200

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 2 May 1230
    Event Place: hung by Llywelyn the Great's orders for adultery with Joan of Wales, Prince of Wales, Wales
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 2 May 1230
    Event Place: Wales
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