William de Braose, 7th Baron of Bramber
William de Braose, 7th Baron of Braose , (* 1197/1204; † May 2, 1230 in Pembroke ) was a cambro-Norman nobleman.
origin
William came from the Cambro-Norman Braose family and was the eldest son of Reginald de Braose and his first wife Grace Brewer . His father had received back the confiscated property of his grandfather William de Braose from Johann Ohneland in 1216 . In August 1218 his father gave him the Rape of Bramber and Knepp Castle in Sussex .
Life
He married Eva Marshal († 1246) on May 2, 1220 , a daughter of William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke ( House Marshal ) and Isabel de Clare ( House Clare ). The couple had four children:
- Isabel de Braose (* around 1222 - † February 1248) ⚭ 1229 Dafydd ap Llywelyn , Prince of Gwynedd .
- Maud de Braose (* around 1225; † March 1301) ⚭ 1247 Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Mortimer († 1282) (thus she married a son from the second marriage of her stepmother Gwladus Ddu )
- Eva de Braose (* around 1227; † July 1255) ⚭ around 1241 William de Cantilupe († 1254)
- Eleanor de Braose (* around 1229; † before 1251) ⚭ after 1241 Humphrey V. de Bohun († 1265), son of Humphrey de Bohun, 2nd Earl of Hereford ( Bohun House )
In 1226 he had to hand over Bramber to his cousin John de Braose , who also made claims to the inheritance of their grandfather William . After his father's death in 1228 William became Baron of Abergavenny , Builth and his father's other lands. Called Black Will by the Welsh , he was seized by Llywelyn from Iorwerth during the disastrous campaign to Ceri in 1228 , but released on payment of a ransom. Llywelyn also engaged his son Dafydd to William's daughter Isabel, and Isabel's dowry included the Builth reign. During a visit to Williams at Llywelyn's court on Easter 1230, Llywelyn discovered an affair between his wife Joan of Wales and William. His entourage loudly demanded William's execution, so Llywelyn executed him by hanging him, a humiliating death for a noble .
After the execution, Llywelyn had William's widow Eva inquire whether she would continue to support the wedding between Isabella and Dafydd, which Eva said in the affirmative. Since William died without a male heir, his lands were divided among his daughters. His widow managed the land until her death, thus securing the inheritance for her daughters. Of his lands, Isabella received Builth, Maud received Radnor, Eleanor received Brecon, and Kington, and Eva received Abergavenny and the portion of Totnes .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ David Walker: Medieval Wales . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1990. ISBN 978-0-521-31153-3 , p. 96
- ↑ de braose family genealogy. Retrieved July 10, 2013 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Braose, William de, 7th Baron Bramber |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bramber, 7th Baron von; Black Will |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English nobleman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1197 or 1204 |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 2, 1230 |
| Place of death | Pembroke |