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  32nd Generation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
William de Braose III, Lord of Bramber, Limerick, Abergavenny, and Brecknock was born 1144 in Bramber, Sussex, England.
William de Briwere, Lord of Somborne, Bridgewater, Torre, and Horsley was born circa 1145 in Stoke, Devonshire County, England or Little Bytham, Lincolnshire County, England and married circa 1174 in Trierman Castle, Cumberland County, England.
Beatrice de Vaux "Beatrice de Valle or de Vallibus" was born circa 1149 or 1160 in Stoke, Devonshire County, England or Gillesland, Irthington, Cumberland County, England and married circa 1174 in Trierman Castle, Cumberland County, England.
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  William de Braose - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
William de Braose was the name of several Norman barons in southern Wales following the Norman Conquest.
William de Braose, Third Lord of Bramber (d.
William de Braose, Fourth Lord of Bramber (1140/1150 - August 9, 1211)
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 William de Braose, 4th Lord of Bramber - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
William de Braose, Fourth Lord of Bramber (1140/1150 - August 9, 1211) at his peak was also lord of Gower, Abergavenny, Brecknock, Builth, Radnor, Kington, Limerick, Skenfrith, Grosmont, and Whitecastle.
William was the son of William de Braose, Third Lord of Bramber and Bertha of Hereford, daughter of Miles Fitz Walter, Earl of Hereford and his wife, formerly Sibyl de Neufmarche.
William's wife, Maud de St. Valery, and eldest son, William, were captured and murdered by King John, possibly starved to death.
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 FenGen
William DE BOHUN was born in 1315 in Caldecote, Northamptonshire, Englan.
Maud DE BRAOSE was born in 1226 in Wales.
William DE BRAOSE was born in 1204 in Brecknock, Surrey, England.
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 WILLIAM DE BRAOSE - LoveToKnow Article on WILLIAM DE BRAOSE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
1326), lord of Gower, was a devoted follower of Edward I., and in 1299 was summoned to parliament as baron de Braose; and his nephew Thomas de Braose (d.
He went to Italy and painted a number of landscapes which were exhibited between 1827 and 1835; but subsequently he devoted himself mainly to animal-painting, in which his reputation as an artist was made.
His " Lutte de taureaux " (1837), in the musee at Nantes, and his " Vache attaquee par des loups " (1845), in the Leipzig museum, were perhaps the best of his pictures; but he was remarkable for his accuracy of observation and correct drawing.
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 Vol II File 9: The Paternal Ancestry of Homer Beers James
Robert de Bracy was a witness in Worcester 1282 and 1289, assessor of the Subsidy for Worcester 1283.
William de Bracy was Knight for the Shire of Worcester in 1338.
De Braose rebuked her, however, for speaking thus, and said that if he had in any way offended the king, he was ready to make satisfaction, according to the judgment of the court, and the barons his peers, upon an appointed day, and at any fixed place, without however giving hostages.
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 Serving the King
William de Braose passed many responsibilities in Wales and Bramber to his heir, also William, as early as 1198 but was still an immensely powerful man. He was Sheriff of Hereford under King Richard from 1192 to 1199.
William was soon granted all the lands he could conquer from any Welsh enemies of the crown to extend his honour of Radnor.
Shortly afterwards William de Braose announced to the King and his barons that he was relinquishing the guardianship of Arthur.
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 William de Braose, 3rd Lord of Bramber - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1180) was the eldest son of Philip de Braose, Second Lord of Bramber.
William married Bertha de Pitres, daughter of Miles of Gloucester, Earl of Hereford.
Through this marriage, William acquired lordship of Brecon and Abergavenny in 1166 because Bertha's brothers all died young without heirs.
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 William DE BRAOSE , Lord of Abergavenny, Lord of Totnes, Brecon & Radnor & Eva MARSHAL   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
William DE BRAOSE, Lord of Abergavenny, Lord of Totnes, Brecon and Radnor and Eva MARSHAL
Isabel DE CLARE, Countess Strigoil, Countess of Pembroke
William DE BRAOSE, Lord of Abergavenny, Lord of Totnes, Brecon and Radnor
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 Windsor History, William de Braose and St Leonard's Hermitage
On 24th February 1203 John gave William the land of Gower (in South Wales) for himself and his heirs, it was said "on account of William threatening to depart from him and to return to England." It is possible that William had remonstrated with the King regarding Arthur and was bribed with Gower.
William, however, continued to be a close companion of the King until his failure to pay his dues to the Crown caused a rift.
Eventually the de Braose lands were recovered by the family but, whilst they were still held by the King, John presented Geoffrey de Meysi as priest to the chapel of St. Leonard in the Windsor Forest, vacant by the death of Robert V Mauncell.
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 Royal Family of Europe - pafg96 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Margaret Gertrude Von Der SCHULENBERG [Parents] was born in 1703 in Of, Hannover, Hannover, Prussia.
William De BRAOSE [Parents] was born in 1204 in Brecknock, Surrey, England.
Marie Casimiere De La Grange Queen Of POLAND [Parents] was born on 28 Jun 1641 in Of, Nevers, Niaevre, France.
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 The Bailey Family   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Maud de BRAOSE was born between 1226 and 1230 in Bramber, Sussex, England.
William de BRAOSE was born in 1204 in Brecknockshire, Wales.
William de BRAOSE was born between 1175 and 1179 in Bramber, Sussex, England.
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 4th Lord of Bramber William (The Ogre of Abergavenny) de Braose III
The Ogre of Abergavenny's father was Sheriff of Hereford, Lord Bramber William de Braose II and his mother was Bertha de Gloucester de Pitres.
William was the son of William de Braose, Third Lord of Bramber and Bertha of Hereford, daughter of Miles Fitz Walter, Earl of Hereford and his wife, formerly Sibyl de Neufmarche.
William's wife, Maud de St. Valery, and eldest son, William, were captured and murdered by King John, possibly starved to death.
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 Four Daughters
His de Braose inheritance was violently contested and his short rule from 1240 to 1246 was an anti-climax after the achievements of his great father Llywelyn.
Abergavenny was Eva's portion of the de Braose lands.
The remarkable tomb of Eva de Braose at Saint Mary's priory church in Abergavenny shows the Cantilupe arms of her husband on her shield.
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 WILLIAM DE BRAOSE (d. ... - Online Information article about WILLIAM DE BRAOSE (d. ...
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wars and was summoned as baron de Braose in 1342.
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 de Braose Family Genealogy
William de Braose II was born about 1100 in Bramber, Sussex, England and died about 1192 while living in England.
On John's accession to the throne in 1199 William, who was a leader among those urging that he should be crowned, became John's close companion in Britain and Normandy; John made him various territorial grants and it was the non-payment of dues on these lands which was the ostensible reason for William's later downfall.
On 24th February 1203 John gave William the land of Gower (in South Wales) for himself and his heirs, it was said "on account of William threatening to depart from him and to return to England." It is possible that William had remonstrated with the King regarding Arthur and was bribed with Gower.
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 The Children of William Marshal and Isabel de Clare
William Marshal senior was elected regent for King Henry III at Winchester by the papal legate Gualo and the leading magnates of England.
Hugh Bigod died in 1225, and Maud married William of Warenne, earl of Surrey and son of Hamelin Plantagenet, bastard of Geoffrey of Anjou.
William de Warenne died in 1240 and Maud died in 1245.
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 Abergavenny Castle
William Camden, the 16th-century antiquary, said that Abergavenny Castle "has been oftner stain'd with the infamy of treachery, than any other castle in Wales." Only fragments of the rest of the curtain wall remain, mainly on the east side where the stub of a rectangular projecting tower is visible.
Practically all the Marcher Lords were forced to deal with a rebellious and resentful Welsh population in violent ways in order to protect their newly-awarded "kingdoms," but de Braose time and time again seems to have gone out of his way to commit acts of cruelty that went beyond his contemporaries.
William de Braose decided to avenge the death of his uncle Henry.
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 William de Braose, First Lord of Bramber
de Braose was given lands in south western England, adjacent to Wales, and became one of the most powerful of the Marcher Lords.
William was succeeded as Lord of Bramber by his son, Philip[?].
William was present for the consecration of a church in his hometown of Briouze[?] (whence the name Braose), France, in 1093, so we know he was alive in that year.
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 Gordon Family Tree - pafg52 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Grace de Briwere [Parents] was born in 1186 in Stoke, Devonshire, England.
The cause of death was starvation in the dungeons of Windsor Castle.
Richard de Clare Earl of Pembroke was born in 1130 in Tunbridge, Kent, England.
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 Bramber - West Sussex
William was certainly a good choice when it came to keeping the locals in their place.
Williams de Braose son Philip founded the Knights Templars, when he died part of Bramber was donated to the Templars by Philips Widow, a short distance from the castle the Templars built their Chapel House.
William of Waynflete, Bishop of Winchester, founder of Magdalen College Oxford took over ownership of the Chapel House and around 1470 the Chapel house was extended to include an inn for travellers and pilgrims.
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 Relatives of D.T. Rogers(b. 1943) - pafg219 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
William de Braose [Parents] was born in 1204 in Brecknock, Surrey, England.
Reginald de Braose [Parents] was born about 1178/1185 in of, Bramber, Sussex, England.
William de Briwere [Parents] was born about 1145 in Stoke, Devonshire, England.
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 The Hanged Man
William Cragh, the hanged man of the title, was executed for brigandage; his body having been carried to the house of a merchant, en route to the graveyard, the wife of the baron who had condemned him prayed to Thomas Cantilupe for the restoration of William's life.
William Cragh, more of a freedom fighter than a brigand, had repeatedly skirmished with the occupying forces, embodied here by the English magnate and scion of a Conquest family, William de Briouze.
The William de Braose who testified to the miracle - not, you'll note the son of the lady who prayed for William Cragh but her stepson - seems to have considered the saint's intercession a most regrettable interference.
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 Family Tree Maker's Genealogy Site: Genealogy Report: Ancestors of Mildred Russell DROWNE
William DE BEAUCHAMP, Sheriff of Bedford, born 1185 in Bedford, Bedfordshire, England; died 1260 in Bedford, Bedfordshire, England; married Ida LONGESPEE 1220 in Bedford, Bedfordshire, England.
William de Braose had for sometime previously been in charge of Arthur's imprisonment, but when he believed that John meant the boy no good, he refused to remain responsible for the boy's welfare.
Henry de Hereford, caused divers Welshmen to be murthered in the castle of Bergavenny, as they sat at meat; and that for this, and for some other pickt quarrel, King John banished him and all his out of England.
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 Family Trees of Thomas Jefferson and Other Famous Americans - pafg172 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
William De BRAOSE [Parents] was born about 1100 in Of, Bramber, Sussex, England.
Philip De BRAOSE was born before 1073 in Of, Bramber, Sussex, England.
Philip De BRAOSE was born in 1100/1130 in Of Bramber, Sussex, England.
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 Untitled Document
During the reign of Henry III the castle is mentioned as being of the honour of Brecknock, which was at this time in the possession of William de Braose.
William de Braose was a supporter of the king against Llywelyn, but Llywelyn caught him in bed with his wife.
It appears that William de Braose had been plotting with Princess Jean to assassinate Prince Llywelyn and seize control of the Principality of Wales for himself.
www.smr.herefordshire.gov.uk /castles/castlesdata_az/huntington.htm   (1071 words)

  
 William de BRAOSE "Lord of Bramber"
William made considerable grants to the abbey of Saint Florent, Saumur to endow the foundation of Sele Priory near Bramber and a priory at Briouze.
The latest evidence for William is his presence at the consecration of his church at Briouze in 1093.
William De Braose constructed the motte and bailey castle at Bramber c1070, along with the Norman church, and most of the surviving masonry dates from this time.
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 Annora the Anchoress of Iffley Church
Her father was William de Braose, a powerful baron in the reigns of King Richard I and King John.
Her father was one of John's supporters early in the reign, but about 1207 a fierce quarrel broke out between the two of them, and John was so enraged by William that he vented his wrath on the whole de Braose family.
William de Braose was outlawed, Mathilda and their eldest son were put in Windsor Castle and left to starve to death.
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 Maximilian Genealogy Master Database 2000 - pafg857 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
William DE BRAOSE was born about 1175 and died 1210.
William DE BRAOSE [Parents] was born about 1100 in Bramber, Sussex.
William DE BRAOSE was born about 1153 and died 9 Aug 1211.
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 Genealogy - pafg118 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
William de Ferrers Earl of Derby is printed as #833769156.
William de Beauchamp was born about 1130 in of Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, ENGLAND.
William de Ferrers Earl of Derby is printed as #805316094.
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