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• FSID: MRRC-VW8

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Aenor Eva de Totenais
Birth: circa 1084 Barnstaple, North Devon, Devonshire, England
Death: 1153 (65-73)
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Immediate Family:
Daughter of Lord Judeal Juhel de Totenais, of Barnstable and Bertha de Picquigny
Wife of Philip de Braose, 2nd Lord of Bramber

Mother of William de Braose II, 3rd Lord of Bramber; Robert de Braose; Philip de Braose, II; Basilia de Braose; Maud Matilda de Braose; and Gillian de Braose « less
Half sister of Walter/Watheus lord of Etchells, Bredbury, and Brinnington and William de Aldithley, Knight

Aenor married de Braose, Sir Philip in 1098 in Sussex, England. Philip (son of de Braose, William I and de Boissey, Eve) was born in 1070 in Bramber, Sussex, England; died in May 1134 in Israel. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Nickname: Agnes
• FSID: LZGX-CTK

Aveline married de Harcourt, Ivo Rollo in 1150 in Shenton, Leicestershire, England. Ivo was born in 1130 in Shenton, Leicestershire, England; died in 1180 in Shenton, Leicestershire, England; was buried in 1180 in Saint Michael's Church, Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Appointments / Titles: Bramber, Sussex, England; 3rd Lord of Bramber
• Appointments / Titles: Between 1173 and 1175, Herefordshire, England; Sheriff of Herefordshire

William married de Pitres, Bertha in 1150. Bertha was born in 1130 in England; died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FSID: G3WF-XJ2

Margaret married de Holland, Mathew in 1197. Mathew (son of de Holland, Siward and de Shockley, Lady Juliana Eva) was born in 1171 in Upholland, Lancashire, England; died in 1224 in Upholland, Lancashire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Appointments / Titles: Lord of Gower, Abergavenny, Brecknock, Builth, Radnor, Kington, Limerick, Glamorgan, Skenfrith, Briouze in Normandy, Grosmont, and White Castle
• FSID: 9HTG-9V9
• Appointments / Titles: Between 1192 and 1199, Herefordshire, England; Sheriff of Herefordshire
• Military: 1195, Painscastle, Radnorshire, Wales; The castle remained in Welsh hands until about 1195 when the area was captured by William de Braose, 4th Lord of Bramber, who refortified the castle. His formidable wife Maud de Braose, also known as Matilda, held Painscastle against the Welsh for a few m

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William de Braose, (or William de Briouze), 4th Lord of Bramber (1144/1153 – 9 August 1211), court favourite of King John of England, at the peak of his power, was also Lord of Gower, Abergavenny, Brecknock, Builth, Radnor, Kington, Limerick, Glamorgan, Skenfrith, Briouze in Normandy, Grosmont, and White Castle.
William was the most notable member of the de Braose dynasty. His steady rise and sudden fall at the hands of King John is often taken as an example of that king's arbitrary and capricious behaviour towards his barons.

William was the son of William de Braose, 3rd Lord of Bramber and his wife Bertha of Hereford, also known as Bertha de Pitres, (born 1130) daughter of Miles Fitz Walter, Earl of Hereford and his wife, Sibyl, daughter of Bernard de Neufmarche. From his father he inherited the Rape of Bramber, in Sussex, and through his mother he inherited a large estate in the Welsh Marches area of modern-day Monmouthshire.

In 1175, William de Braose carried out the Abergavenny Massacre, luring three Welsh princes and other Welsh leaders to their deaths. His principal antagonist was a Seisyll ap Dyfnwal, of Castell Arnallt near Llanover in the valley of the River Usk near Abergavenny, whom he blamed for the death of his uncle Henry. After having invited the Welsh leaders to a Christmas feast at Abergavenny Castle under the pretense of peace and the start of a new era at the end of the year (a traditional time for settling outstanding differences amongst the Welsh), he had them murdered by his men. This resulted in great hostility against him among the Welsh, who named him the "Ogre of Abergavenny". Gerald of Wales exonerates him and emphasizes the religious piety of de Braose and his wife and de Braose generosity to the priories of Abergavenny and Brecon. William de Braose did however reputedly hunt down and kill Seisyll ap Dyfnwal's surviving son, Cadwaladr, a boy of seven.

In 1192 William de Braose was made sheriff of Herefordshire, a post he held until 1199. In 1196 he was made Justice Itinerant for Staffordshire. In 1195 he accompanied King Richard I of England to Normandy and in 1199, William de Braose fought beside Richard at Châlus, where the king was mortally wounded. He then supported King John's claim to the throne of England, and represented the new king, making various royal grants.

In 1203, William de Braose was put in charge of Arthur of Brittany, whom he had personally captured the previous year at the Battle of Mirebeau. William was suspected of involvement in Arthur's disappearance and death, although no concrete evidence ever came to light. There is somewhat better evidence that he at least knew the truth of the matter. William was in attendance with John in Normandy at the time of Arthur of Brittany's imprisonment and it was alleged that Arthur suffered the same fate as the Welsh princes at William's hand, although this has never been proven. Arthur's death remains a mystery. After Arthur disappeared, De Braose served in the war of 1204 against King Philip II of France in France.

He was greatly favoured by King John early in his reign. John granted him all that he might conquer from the Welsh in Radnorshire, gave him lordship over Limerick in Ireland (save for the city itself), possession of Glamorgan castle, and the Lordship of Gower with its several castles.

In early 1200, King John deprived Theobald Walter, 1st Baron Butler of all his offices and lands in Ireland because of his irregularities as sheriff. His lands were not restored until January 1202. ...
Before 1206 William successfully claimed half of the barony of Totnes from Henry de Nonant, to which family it had been granted after its forfeiture from Juhel de Totnes.
In 1206, after his service in France, King John gave William de Braose the three great neighbouring trilateral castles of Gwent (Skenfrith Castle, Grosmont Castle, and White Castle). These have been interpreted as bribes encouraging silence on the demise of Arthur, seen by many as a rightful heir to the throne occupied by John of England.

At this point only an earldom separated him from the greatest in England.

Soon after this, William de Braose fell out of favour with King John of England. The precise reasons remain obscure. King John cited overdue monies that de Braose owed the Crown from his estates, but the King's actions went far beyond what would be necessary to recover the debt. He distrained (seized) de Braose's English estates in Sussex and Devon, and sent a force to invade Wales to seize the de Braose domains there. Beyond that, he sought de Braose's wife, Maud de St. Valery, who, the story goes, had made no secret of her belief that King John had murdered Arthur of Brittany.

De Braose fled to Ireland, then returned to Wales as King John had him hunted in Ireland. In Wales, William allied himself to the Welsh Prince Llywelyn the Great, and helped him in his rebellion against King John.

In 1210, William de Braose fled Wales disguised as a beggar, to France. His wife and eldest son were captured. William died the following year in August 1211 at Corbeil, France. He was buried in the Abbey of St. Victor in Paris by a fellow exile and vociferous opponent of King John, Stephen Langton, the Archbishop of Canterbury. His hopes to return alive to Wales and for a burial in Brecon were to be unfulfilled. William's wife, Maud, and eldest son, William, once captured, were allegedly murdered by King John, possibly starved to death while incarcerated at Windsor Castle and Corfe Castle in 1210.

While William had aroused the jealousy of the other barons during his rise, the arbitrary and violent manner of his fall very probably discomfited them and played a role in the Baronial uprisings of the next decade. The historian Sidney Painter, in his biography of King John, called it "the greatest mistake John made during his reign, as the King revealed to his Barons once and for all his capacity for cruelty."

The de Braose lineage
1. William de Braose's eldest son, William, married Maud (Matilda) de Clare (ca. 1184–1213), the daughter of Richard de Clare, 3rd Earl of Hertford. This younger William was captured with his mother and starved to death in 1210. He had fathered four sons, John, Giles, Philip and Walter and although they were also held in prison, they were released in 1218. John, the eldest, was said to have been brought up secretly, in Gower, by a Welsh ally or retainer. On his release he came under the care of his uncle Giles de Braose. John made a claim to being the rightful heir of the de Braose lands and titles and although the courts did not find for him, his other uncle Reginald de Braose was able to cede by a legal convention the Baronies of both Gower and Bramber to him for a fee. This established John's branch of the family and positioned it for survival at least or, at best, an opportunity for continued future power and influence.
2. The middle son, Giles de Braose, exiled in France until 1213, was Bishop of Hereford from 1200 until his death in 1215. He made peace with King John and agreed terms for regaining de Braose lands in 1215 but had also made alliances with the Welsh leader Llywelyn the Great. He died in 1215 before he could come into the lands.
3. William's third son, Reginald de Braose reacquired his father's lands and titles for himself through simply seizing them back by force following the death of Giles. Reginald did not actually come to terms with the Crown until 1217 and the new, young King Henry III of England, after the death of King John. This, in turn, aroused the anger of Llywelyn the Great who had an understanding with Giles de Braose and the seeming duplicity caused the Welsh to attack de Braose lands in Brecon and Abergavenny and Gower. Abergavenny Castle had to be rebuilt as a result. Reginald de Braose died in 1228.
4. William's eldest daughter Matilda/Maud married a prominent Welsh prince, Gruffydd ap Rhys II of Deheubarth.
5. Another daughter, Margaret, married Walter de Lacy, Lord of Meath in Ireland and himself another powerful Marcher Lord.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_de_Braose,_4th_Lord_of_Bramber

William married de Valéry, Lady Maud in 1167 in Bramber Castle, Bramber, Sussex, England. Maud (daughter of de Valéry, Bernard IV and de Valéry, Matilda) was born on 30 Nov 1155 in France; died in 1210 in Corfe Castle, Dorset, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FSID: G9X1-GQH
• Occupation: Knight

Robert married de Columbers, Cecily in 1220 in Lancashire, England. Cecily was born in 1201 in Hale, Lancashire, England; died in 1298 in Upholland, Lancashire, England; was buried in 1298 in Greyfriars, Preston, Lancashire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Appointments / Titles: 9th Baron Abergavenny
• Appointments / Titles: Lord of Brecon
• Alternate Birth: 1182, Bramber Castle, Bramber, Sussex, England

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Reginald de Braose
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Reginald de Braose (died June 1228) was one of the sons of William de Braose, 4th Lord of Bramber and Matilda, also known as Maud de St. Valery and Lady de la Haie. Her other children included William and Giles.[1]

The de Braoses were loyal to King Richard I but grew in power under King John of England. The dynasty was in conflict with King John towards the end of his reign and almost lost everything. Reginald de Braose was a scion of the powerful Marcher family of de Braose, helped manage its survival and was also related by marriage to the Welsh Princes of Wales.

Magna Carta
He supported his brother Giles de Braose in his rebellions against King John. Both brothers were active against the King in the Baron's War. Neither was present at the signing of Magna Carta in June 1215 because at this time they were still rebels who refused to compromise.

Restoration of royal favour
King John acquiesced to Reginald's claims to the de Braose estates in Wales in May 1216. Reginald became Lord of Brecon, Abergavenny, Builth and held other Marcher Lordships but was also very much a vassal of the Welsh leader Llewelyn Fawr, Prince of Gwynedd who had become his father-in-law in 1215 [2] when Reginald married Llywelyn's daughter, Gwladus Ddu.

Henry III restored Reginald to favour and the Bramber estates (confiscated by King John) in 1217.

Welsh wars
At this seeming betrayal, Rhys and Owain, Reginald's Welsh nephews who were Princes of Deheubarth, were incensed and took Builth, except the castle. Llywelyn Fawr also became angry and his forces besieged Brecon. Reginald eventually surrendered to Llewelyn and gave up Seinhenydd (Swansea). By 1221 they were at war again, with Llewelyn again laying siege to Builth. The siege was relieved by King Henry III's forces. From this time on Llewelyn tended to support the claims of Reginald's nephew John de Braose concerning the de Braose lands in Wales.

Reginald was a witness to the re-issue of Magna Carta by King Henry III in 1225. He died two or three years later in 1227 or 1228 in Brecon and was succeeded by his son by his first wife, Graecia Briwere (or Brewer), daughter of William Brewer, 1st Baron Brewer, the ill-fated William de Braose. He was buried in Brecon Priory Church (now Brecon Cathedral).

It may be that the Matilda de Braose who was the wife of Rhys Mechyll, Prince of Deheubarth was the daughter of Reginald.

See also
House of Braose

Notes
1. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography underB riouze [Braose], William (III) de
2. Brut y Tywysogion

References
Complete Peerage, G E Cokayne, Vol 1 pages 21–22 for the family of Reginald

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Maud and William De Braose are reputed to have had 16 children.The best documented of these are listed below.
Issue:
1. Maud de Braose (died 29 December 1210), married Gruffydd ap Rhys II, by whom she had two sons, Rhys and Owain.
2. William de Braose (died 1210). Starved to death with his mother in either Windsor or Corfe Castle. He married Maud de Clare, daughter of Richard de Clare, 3rd Earl of Hertford, by whom he had issue, including John de Braose.
3. Margaret de Braose (died after 1255), married Walter de Lacy, Lord of Meath, son of Hugh de Lacy, Lord of Meath and Rohese of Monmouth.
4. Reginald de Braose (died between 5 May 1227 and 9 June 1228), married firstly, Grace, daughter of William Briwere, and secondly, in 1215, Gwladus Ddu, daughter of Welsh Prince Llewelyn the Great. He had issue by his first wife, including William de Braose, who married Eva Marshal.
5. Giles de Braose, Bishop of Hereford (died 13 November 1215)
6. John de Braose (died before 27 May 1205), married Amabil de Limesi.
7. Loretta de Braose, married Robert de Beaumont, 4th Earl of Leicester. She died without issue.
8. Annora de Braose, married Hugh de Mortimer and later became a recluse at Iffley.
9. Flandrina de Braose, Abbess of Godstow, (elected 1242, deposed 1248).

Reginald married verch Llewelyn, Gwladys in 1215. Gwladys (daughter of ap Iorwerth, Prince Llewelyn and Plantagenet, Princess Joan) was born in 1194 in Gwynedd, Wales; died in 1251 in Windsor, Berkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Reginald married de Briwere, Grecia in 1203 in Brecknock, Breconshire, Wales. Grecia was born in 1176 in Stoak, Cheshire, England; died in 1223 in Bramber, Sussex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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https://www.geni.com/people/William-de-Braose-IV/4129460599360059866
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/86930215/william-de_braose

William was the son of William de Braose, 4th Lord of Bramber and Maud de St. Valéry. He married Maud de Clare, daughter of Richard de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford and Amice FitzRobert de Meullant of Gloucester, by whom he had issue, including John de Braose.

After his mother refused to hand over William as a hostage to King John, they fled to Ireland, where they found refuge at Trim Castle with the de Lacy's, the family of his sister Margaret. In 1210, King John sent an expedition to Ireland. William and Maud escaped but were apprehended on the Antrim coast while trying to sail for Scotland. After being briefly held at Carrickfergus Castle, they were sent to England. By the orders of King John they were taken to Corfe Castle were William and Maud was walled up alive inside the dungeon where they starved to death

The manner in which Maud and her son William met their deaths so outraged the English nobility that Magna Carta, which King John was forced to sign in 1215, contains clause 39; it reads:
No man shall be taken ,imprisoned, outlawed, banished or in any way destroyed, nor will we proceed against or prosecute him, except by the lawful judgement of his peers or by the law of the land.

William IV de Braose

Buried:
Body lost or destroyed

William married de Clare, Mathilde in 1196 in England. Mathilde (daughter of de Clare, Sir Richard and FitzWilliam, Amice) was born in 1180 in Yorkshire, England; died in 1213 in Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England; was buried in 1213 in Bramber, Sussex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]