William de Braose († 1210)

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William de Braose (* around 1175 ; † 1210 ) was a cambro-Norman nobleman.

Life

William came from the Cambro-Norman Braose family and was the eldest son of William de Braose and his wife Maud de St Valery . From 1203 to 1204 he took part in the unsuccessful war between King John Ohneland and Philip II of France in Normandy ( Franco-English War from 1202 to 1214 ). From this time onwards his father gave him more and more of his extensive possessions, so that William was known as Lord of Brecon . In 1208 King John Ohneland suspected the Braoses of treason. After his brother Giles , Bishop of Hereford, went into exile in France because of the interdict against England, the king demanded that William be held hostage for his father's loyalty. His mother refused to surrender her son and fled to Ireland with him and his family, while his father began a rebellion against the king. When Johann landed in Ireland with an army in 1210, William fled to Scotland with his sons and mother. In Galloway they were captured by Duncan of Carrick and delivered to Johann in Carrickfergus . Williams' father could not raise the requested ransom and eventually fled into exile in France, where he died the following year. Maud and her son William died in the dungeons of Windsor or Corfe Castle , allegedly Johann let them starve to death together.

family

William married around 1197 Maud de Clare (* 1184; † after 1220), a daughter of Richard de Clare . The couple had several children, including four sons, who remained in custody until January 1218:

  • John de Braose , (1197 / 98-1232), 8th Baron von Bramber
  • Giles de Braose († around 1218)
  • Philip de Braose, († before 1220), married Eve around 1218, but died before 1220 without an heir
  • Walter de Braose (around 1206 – around 1234)

William's wife Maud was only able to escape capture, but was later arrested by the king at Corfe Castle and finally handed over to her father in 1213. In 1219 she married the Welsh prince Rhys Gryg († 1234), a son of Lord Rhys .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Braose Rebellion of 1207 to 1210. Retrieved August 12, 2013 .
  2. ^ Archibald AM Duncan: Scotland. The Making of the Kingdom (The Edinburgh History of Scotland; Vol. I ). Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh 1975. ISBN 0-05-00203-7-4 , p. 250.
  3. ↑ Douglas Richardson: Magna Carta Ancestry - A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families . GRIN, Munich 2011, ISBN 1-4610-4520-7 , p. 314
personal data
SURNAME Braose, William de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES William de Briouze
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Anglo-Norman nobleman
DATE OF BIRTH around 1175
DATE OF DEATH 1210