Maud de Clare († after 1220)

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Maud de Clare (also Matilda de Clare ; † after 1220) was an English noblewoman. She came from the Anglo-Norman family Clare and was the younger daughter of Richard de Clare, 3rd Earl of Hertford , and Amicia FitzWilliam of Gloucester.

Life

Around 1197 she married William de Braose , the eldest son of the mighty Marcher Lord William de Braose, 4th Lord of Bramber and of Maud de St Valery . In 1208 King Johann Ohneland suspected her father-in-law of treason and actually drove him to rebellion. The family first fled to Ireland . When King John persecuted her in Ireland, she fled to Scotland with her husband and his mother. In Galloway they were captured by Duncan of Carrick and delivered to King John in Carrickfergus . Her husband and mother-in-law died in 1210 in the dungeons of Corfe or Windsor Castle , presumably the king let them starve to death. Her children remained in custody until 1218, Maud himself was likely imprisoned at Corfe Castle and handed over to her father in 1213. The inheritance of her father-in-law, who died in exile in 1211, finally passed to his younger son Reginald de Braose . In 1219 Maud tried to get hold of the holdings of the Braose family for their children from Reginald . Reginald eventually had to give her eldest son John the possession of Gower and Bramber , while Brecknockshire , Abergavenny , Builth and Radnorshire remained in his possession.

Maud married the Welsh Lord Rhys Gryg , lord of Ystrad Tywi in south-west Wales, in a second marriage around 1219 . The marriage was likely arranged by her brother Gilbert , who had inherited Glamorgan in south east Wales in 1217 . Her further fate is unknown.

progeny

From her marriage to William de Braose, she had several children, including:

  • John de Braose , (1197 / 98-1232), 8th Lord of Bramber
  • Giles de Braose († around 1218)
  • Philip de Braose († before 1220)
  • Walter de Braose (around 1206 – around 1234)

From her marriage to Rhys Gryg, she probably had at least one son:

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Michael Altschul: A baronial family in medieval England. The Clares . The Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore 1965, p. 29
  2. ^ Michael Altschul: A baronial family in medieval England. The Clares . The Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore 1965, p. 31
personal data
SURNAME De Clare, Maud
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Clare, Matilda de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English nobles
DATE OF BIRTH 12th Century
DATE OF DEATH after 1220