de Braose, John

Male 1198 - 1232  (34 years)


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  • Name de Braose, John  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Christening 1197  Gower, Glamorgan, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4
    Birth 1198  Bramber, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Gender Male 
    Appointments / Titles Bramber, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Lord of Bramber Gover 
    Appointments / Titles Gower, Glamorgan, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Lord of Gower 
    Appointments / Titles Stinton Hall, Salle, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Lord of Stinton 
    Nickname Tadody 
    FSID LH73-R16  [1, 3, 4
    Burial Jul 1232  Priory Church, Aconbury, Herefordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Death 18 Jul 1232  Bramber, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Person ID I31400  The Thoma Family
    Last Modified 20 Sep 2023 

    Father de Braose, Lord William IV,   b. 1175, Bramber, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1210, Corfe Castle, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 35 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother de Clare, Mathilde,   b. 1180, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1213, Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 33 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 1196  England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Family ID F12009  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family verch Llywelyn, Lady Margred,   b. 1202, Glamorgan, Wales Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Oct 1267, Clifford Castle, Clifford, Herefordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years) 
    Marriage 1219  Bramber Castle, Bramber, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4
    Divorce Y  [1, 3, 4
    Children 
     1. de Braose, William VI,   b. Between 1220 and 1224, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Jan 1291, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)  [natural]
     2. de Braose, Sir Richard,   b. 1232, Burgh by Sands, Cumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Jun 1292, Stinton Hall, Salle, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years)  [natural]
    Family ID F12010  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 20 Sep 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsChristening - 1197 - Gower, Glamorgan, Wales Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1198 - Bramber, Sussex, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsAppointments / Titles - Lord of Bramber Gover - - Bramber, Sussex, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsAppointments / Titles - Lord of Gower - - Gower, Glamorgan, Wales Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsAppointments / Titles - Lord of Stinton - - Stinton Hall, Salle, Norfolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1219 - Bramber Castle, Bramber, Sussex, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - Jul 1232 - Priory Church, Aconbury, Herefordshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 18 Jul 1232 - Bramber, Sussex, England Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • John de Braose, Lord of Gower, born c1197, died 18 July 1232 at Bamber, co Sussex from a fall from a horse; married 1219 Margaret, died 1263, daughter of Llewellyn ap Iorwerth, Prince of Wales. [Magna Charta Sureties]

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      Nicknamed "Tadody" by the Welsh when he was hidden in Gower as a child after King John had his father and grandmother killed. He was later in the custody of Engelard de Cigogny (castellan of Windsor) along with his brother Giles. Cigogny was ordered to give the two boys up to William de Harcourt in 1214. At this time John became separated from his brother. He was present at the signing of the Magna Charta in 1215.

      John disputed his uncle Reginald's claim to the Braose lands, sometimes resorting to arms. Llewelyn, Prince of Wales, helped him to secure Gower (1219). In 1221, with the advice and permission of Llewelyn, he repaired his castle of Abertawy (Swansea). He purchased the Rape of Bramber from Reginald and his son William in 1226. In that year John confirmed the family gifts to Sele Priory, near Bramber, and to the Abbey of St FLorent, Saumur, and added others. After the death of Reginald (1228) he became Lord of Skenfrith, Grosmont, and Whitecastle, the three Marcher castles, by charter from the king but he lost these in 1230 to Hugh de Burgh at the same time as Gower became a subtenancy of de Burgh's Honour of Carmarthen and Cardigan.

      See Castle of Abertawy, Swansea

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      Joan de Braose, surnamed Tadody, had been privately nursed by a Welsh woman at Gower. This John had grants of lands from King Henry III and was also possessed of the Barony of Brembye, in Sussex, where he died in 1231, by a fall from his horse, his foot sticking in the stirrup. He married, it is stated, Margaret, dau. of Llewellyn, Prince of Wales, by whom (who m. afterwards Walter de Clifford) he had a son, his successor, William de Braose. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, England, 1883, p. 72, Braose, Baron Braose, of Gower]
      - Jim Weber, Rootsweb

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      Sir John "Tadody" de Braose, Lord of Bramber and Gower "Lord Bramber gower", "Lord of Stinton", "de Braose", "de Briouse" B: 1197 Gower, Glamorganshire, Wales D: 07/18/1232 Bramber, Sussex, England. He was in royal custody until he came of age in January 1218, indicating a birth year about 1197. He had been privately nursed by a Welsh woman, at Gower. This John de Braos had grants of lands from King Henry III. and held also the Barony of Brembye, in Sussex, where he died in 1231, by a fall from his horse, his foot remaining in the stirrup. Nicknamed "Tadody" by the Welsh when he was hidden in Gower as a child after King John had his father and grandmother killed. He was later in the custody of Engelard de Cigogny (castellan of Windsor) along with his brother Giles. Cigogny was ordered to give the two boys up to William de Harcourt in 1214. At this time John became separated from his brother. M: Margred verch Llewelyn B: 1202 Meisgyn, Penychen, Glamorganshire, Wales D:1264 Clifford Castle, Herefordshire, England, buried Priory Church/Aconbury, Herefordshire, England. John disputed his uncle Reginald's claim to the Braose lands, sometimes resorting to arms. Llewelyn, Prince of Wales, helped him to secure Gower (1219). In 1221, with the advice and permission of Llewelyn, he repaired his castle of Abertawy (Swansea). He purchased the Rape of Bramber from Reginald and his son William in 1226. In that year John confirmed the family gifts to Sele Priory, near Bramber, and to the Abbey of St FLorent, Saumur, and added others. After the death of Reginald (1228) he became Lord of Skenfrith, Grosmont, and Whitecastle, the three Marcher castles, by charter from the king but he lost these in 1230 to Hugh de Burgh at the same time as Gower became a subtenancy of de Burgh's Honour of Carmarthen and Cardigan.

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