William de Braose

• Preferred Name: William de Braose^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}
  
• Alternate Name: William De Braose
  
• Gender: M
  
• Burial: ABT 1230
  
• Title (Nobility): with note: Description: 11th Baron of Abergavenny
  
• Death: 2 MAY 1230 in Aber Garth Celyn, Abergwyngregyn, Gwynedd, Wales at LATI: N3.2369 LONG: E4.024 with note: or Corfe Castle, Dorset, England (Killed by Lover's husband)
  
• Residence: in Brecknock, Breconshire, Wales at LATI: N1.9489 LONG: E3.391 with note: GEDCOM data
  
• He succeeded as the Lord Abergavenny [Feudal].: ABT 1228 with note: GEDCOM data
  
• FSID: 9H8D-21L
  
• Death: Y with note: Description: Hanged by King Llywelyn ap Iorwerth of Wales for having an affair with his wife
  
• Birth: ABT 1197 in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales at LATI: N1.9219 LONG: E3.0585 with note: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Braose-138
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  William de Braose was the son of Reginald de Braose by his first wife, Grecia Briwere. He was an ill-fated member of the House of Braose, a powerful and long-lived dynasty of Marcher Lords.
  
  He was captured by the Welsh forces of Prince Llywelyn the Great, in fighting in the commote of Ceri near Montgomery, in 1228. William was ransomed for the sum of £2,000 and then furthermore made an alliance with Llywelyn, arranging to marry his daughter Isabella de Braose to Llywelyn's only legitimate son Dafydd ap Llywelyn. However, it became known that William had committed adultery with Llywelyn's wife, Joan, Lady of Wales, and Braose was taken at his own home and transported to Wales. The marriage planned between their two children did, however, take place.
  
  The Chronicle of Ystrad Fflur's entry for 1230 reads:
  
  "In this year William de Breos the Younger, lord of Brycheiniog, was hanged by the Lord Llywelyn in Gwynedd, after he had been caught in Llywelyn's chamber with the king of England's daughter, Llywelyn's wife".
  
  Llywelyn had William publicly hanged on 2 May 1230, possibly at Crogen, near Bala, though others believe the hanging took place near Llywelyn's palace at Abergwyngregyn.
  
  After William's death, his wife Eva continued to hold de Braose lands and castles in her own right. She was listed as the holder of Totnes in 1230, and was granted 12 marks to strengthen Hay Castle by King Henry III on the Close Rolls (1234-1237)
  
  With William's death by hanging and his having four daughters, who divided the de Braose inheritance between them and no male heir, the titles now passed to the junior branch of the de Braose dynasty, the only male heir was now John de Braose who had already inherited the titles of Gower and Bramber from his far-sighted uncle Reginald de Braose.
  
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  BIO: from http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISHNOBILITYMEDIEVAL3.htm#MaudBriousedied1301 as of 6/5/2016
  
  WILLIAM de Briouse (-hanged 2 May 1230). A manuscript which narrates the descents of the fo
  
  === Royal Ancestry Biography ===
  “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
  “WILLIAM DE BREWES (or BREUSE), Knt., son and heir, of Totnes, Devon, Kingston, Herefordshire, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Brecon, Builth, and Radnor, Wales, etc., son and heir. He married EVE MARSHAL, daughter of William Marshal, Knt., 4th Earl of Pembroke (or Strigoil), hereditary Master Marshal, by Isabel, daughter of Richard Fitz Gilbert (nicknamed Strongbow), 2nd Earl of Pembroke (or Strigoil) [see MARSHAL 3 for her ancestry]. They had four daughters, Maud, Isabel, Eve, and Eleanor. In 1228 he was granted seisin of the lands and tenements of his father in Herefordshire and Surrey. SIR WILLIAM DE BREWES was hanged by Llewelyn ap Iorwerth 2 May 1230. In 1233 the king ordered the Sheriff of Devon to take the castle of Tomes, Devon, which was in the hand of his widow, Eve, into the king's hand. In 1237 she made fine with the king for 800 marks for having the custody and marriage of Eleanor her daughter. Eve died before 1246.
  Topographer 1 (1789): 195-204. Dugdale Monasticon Anglicanum 3 (1821): 264 ("Ceci Willame [de Breuse] eposa Eve la seor la conte Ricard le mareschal"). Baker Hist. & Antiqs. of Northampton 2 (1836-41): 239-240 (Bruere or Briwere ped). Lipscomb Hist. & Antiqs. of Buckingham 1 (1847): 200-201 (Clare ped.), 202 (Braose ped.). C.P.R. 1232-1247 (1906): 52 (Eve de Braosa styled "sister" of Richard Marshal, sometime earl of Pembroke). C.P. (1926) 6:460 footnote i, 462 footnote n, 463. Sanders English Baronies (1960): 7, 21 ( citing Lloyd, Wales, ii, pp. 402-3), 57, 90. Tremlett Rolls of Arms Henry III (H.S.P., vols. 113-114) (1967), pg. 64 (arms of William de Braose: Gules, four piles meeting in base or). VCH Gloucester 11 (1976): 168-170. Henry III Fine Rolls Project (available at www.finerollshenry3.org.uk/home.html).
  Children of William de Brewes, Knt., by Eve Marshal:
  i. MAUD DE BREWES, married ROGER DE MORTIMER, Knt., of Wigmore, Herefordshire [see MORTIMER 8].
  ii. ISABEL DE BREWES, married DAVID AP LLYWELYN, Knt., Prince of [North] Wales [see WALES 6.4.
  iii. EVE DE BREWES, married WILLIAM DE CANTELOWE, Knt., of Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire [see CANTELOWE 5].
  iv. ELEANOR DE BREWES, married HUMPHREY DE BOHUN, Knt., of Kimbolton, Huntingdonshire, Debden and Walden, Essex, etc. [see BOHUN 7].”
  
  === !CAUSED BY DEA: Executed William de Bra ===
  !CAUSED BY DEA: Executed
  
  William de Braose, Lord of Abergavenny (c. 1197 to 1204 - May 2, 1230) was the son of Reginald de Braose by his first wife, Gracia de Briwere (born 1186) from Stoke in Devon. He was the tenth Baron Abergavenny and an ill-fated member of a powerful and long lived dynasty of Marcher Lords.
  
  Contents [hide]
  1 Dynastic history
  2 Career
  3 Execution
  4 Children of William de Braose and Eva Marshal, daughter of the famous William Marshal
  5 Prominence of the junior branch of the dynasty
  6 Bibliography
  7 Literature
  8 External Links
  
  [edit] Dynastic history
  William de Braose was born in Brecon. The Welsh, who detested him and his family name, called him Gwilym Ddu, Black William. He succeeded his father in his various lordships in 1227, including Abergavenny and Builth.
  
  [edit] Career
  He was captured by the Welsh forces of Llywelyn the Great, leader (Welsh, "Tywysog") of most of Wales, in fighting in the commote of Ceri near Montgomery, in 1228. William was ransomed for the sum of £2,000 and then furthermore made an alliance with Llywelyn, arranging to marry his daughter Isabella de Braose to Llywelyn's only legitimate son Dafydd ap Llywelyn.
  
  However on a later visit to Llywelyn during Easter 1230 William de Braose was found in Llywelyn's private bedchamber with Llywelyn's wife, Joan, Lady of Wales.
  
  [edit] Execution
  The Chronicle of Ystrad Fflur's entry for 1230 reads:
  
  "In this year William de Breos the Younger, lord of Brycheiniog, was hanged by the Lord Llywelyn in Gwynedd, after he had been caught in Llywelyn's chamber with the king of England's daughter, Llywelyn's wife."
  Llywelyn had William publicly hanged on May 2, 1230, in the marshland at the foot of the royal home Garth Celyn, Aber Garth Celyn, the spot remembered as Gwern y Grog, "Hanging Marsh." It is believed that a daughter Joan, Lady of Wales gave birth to in early 1231 was fathered by William, as the child was born roughly 9 months after the incident.
  
  [edit] Children of William de Braose and Eva Marshal, daughter of the famous William Marshal
  They had four daughters and coheiresses:
  
  Isabella de Braose (born c. 1222), wife of Prince Dafydd ap Llywelyn
  Maud de Braose (born c. 1224 - 1301), wife of Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Wigmore another very powerful Marcher dynasty.
  Eleanor de Braose (c. 1226 - 1251), wife of Humphrey de Bohun and mother of Humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford.
  Eve de Braose (c. 1227- July 1255), wife of William de Cantelou.
  
  [edit] Prominence of the junior branch of the dynasty
  With William's death by hanging and his having four daughters, who divided the de Braose inheritance between them and no male heir, the titles now passed to the junior branch of the de Braose dynasty, the only male heir was now John de Braose who had already inherited the titles of Gower and Bramber from his far-sighted uncle Reginald de Braose.
  
  William's wife Eva continued to hold de Braose lands and castles in her own right, after the death of her husband. She was listed as the holder of Totnes in 1230, and was granted 12 marks to strengthen Hay Castle by King Henry III on the Close Rolls (1234-1237).
  
  === William de Braose. This feudal lord fell ===
  William de Braose. This feudal lord fell a victim to the jealousy of Llewellyn, Prince of Wales, who, suspecting an intimacy between him and the princess, his wife, King Henry's sister, invited him to an Easter feast and treacherously cast him into prison at the conclusion of the banquet. He was soon afterwards put to death with the unfortunate princess. He had married, Eva, dau. of Walter Mareschal, and sister of Richard, Earl of Pembroke, by whom he had four daus., his co-heirs, viz., Isabel, Maud, Even, and Eleanor. The line of the branch thus terminating in heiresses. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 72, Braose, Baron Braose, of Gower]
  
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  In 1229, Dafydd went to London to do homage for the lands and rights he would inherit, and in the same year he married Isabella, the daughter of William de Breos. That was one of a series of marriages between Llywelyn's offspring and members of the great families of the March, for apart from Gruffudd, who married Senana, a descendant of Rhodri ab Owain Gwynedd, all Llywelyn's progeny married into the Francigenae. So great was the desire of the de Breos family to ally with the prince that the uncle, the brother and the daughter of William de Breos married members of the house of Aberffraw. Yet the relationship between the two families did not prevent Llywelyn from hanging William de Breos in 1230 for excessive familiarity with Joan. The hanging was an audacious act and the lack of reaction to it proof of the power of Llywelyn and of the intensity of the desire of William's sons-in-law to obtain their share of his possessions, for William was the last of his line of the de Breoses. The male line died out remarkably frequently among the families of the Marcher Lords and the marriages of co-heiresses played a key role in the dismemberment of the empires of their fathers. [A History of Wales, John Davies, Allen Lane - The Penguin Press, London, 1993]
  
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  William de Briouze, son and heir by 1st wife. He m. Eve, daughter an in her issue coheir of William (Marshal), Earl of Strigul and Pembroke. He d. 2 May 1230, being hanged by Llewelyn [ap Iorwerth, his step-mother's father] abovenamed. His widow d. bef. 1246. [Complete Peerage I:22]
  
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  William de Braose fell victim to the jealousy of Llewellyn, Prince of Wales, who suspecting an intimacy between him and the princess, his wife, King Henry's sister, invited him to an Easter feast, and treacherously cast him in prison at the conclusion of the banquet. He was soon afterwards put to death with the unfortunate princess. [I believe Joan Plantagenet died 6 or 7 years later.]
  
  From The Genealogist article by Wm. Addams Reitwiesner
  
  He was discovered in Joan's chambers, accused of being her lover, and promptly and publicly hanged. While the story that William and Joan were lovers has been generally accepted, the Annals of Margam (in T. Gale, ed , Historiae Britannicae et Anglicanae Scriptores XX (Oxford, 1687), 2-18, [anno] MCCXXX) implies that the "intimacy" was devised by Llywelyn to avenge himself on William for political injuries inflicted not only by William but by the entire Braose family; the execution was hailed by the Welsh as a vindication of a blood-feud against the Braoses dating from at least 1176. Indeed, shortly after the execution Llywelyn wrote to William's widow Eva and to William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke, Eva's brother, stating, in effect, that so far as he was concerned, the intended marriage between Llywelyn's son Dafydd and Eva's daughter Isabella could go forward as planned, and that he could not have prevented the Welsh magnates from taking their vengeance. See J. Goronwy Edwards, Calendar of Ancient Correspondence concerning Wales (Board of Celtic Studies of the University of Wales, History and Law Series, 2)(Cardiff, 1935), pp 51-52, nos. XI.56a, 56b. The marriage in fact took place three months later.
  
  === https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_de_Braose_(died_1230) ===
  Cawley, Charles (23 September 2012a), Untitled English Nobility A – C: William de Briouse (-hanged 2 May 1230), Medieval Lands database, Foundation for Medieval GenealogyEvans, Gwynfor (2001), Cymru O Hud Abergwyngregyn
  
  === THE LIGON FAMILY AND CONNECTIONS; by Wil ===
  THE LIGON FAMILY AND CONNECTIONS; by William D. LIGON, Jr. (1947); Page 108. L.D.S. Film Number - 1,016,922 item 3. or Book 929,273 - L627L - Volume 1 - Family History Center at Salt Lake. THE COMPLETE PEERAGE OF ENGLAND (Second Edition); by George Edward COKAYNE; Volume I, Pages 21 - 22; and Volume VI, Page 452. ENGLISH BARONIES, A STUDY OF THEIR ORIGIN AND DESCENT, 1086 - 1327; by SANDRES (1960); Pages 89 and 104.
  
  === Acceded: Brecknock, Abergavenny. 6th B ===
  Acceded: Brecknock, Abergavenny. 6th Baron de Braose. 6t h Baron de Braose, Lord Brecknock. Lord of Abergavenny. Exe cuted by his father's father-in-law, Llywelyn Fawr ap Iorwe rth. Executed because he had an affair with Llywelyn's wife , Joan, d/o King John. Known as a cuckolder of husbands thr oughout Wales. Arrogant rogue, lack of ethics, but expedien t. Idolized his grandfather Wm. de Braose at expense of hi s father. Nickname "Black Will" a result of his extramarita l activities. Weis' Ancestral Roots Shows Gracia de Briwere as his mother ; however, if Gwladus Ddu "the Dark Eyed" verch Llewelyn, h is father's 2nd wife, was his mother (his maternal parentag e is debated), then he was executed by his own grandfather , Llywelyn Fawr ap Iorwerth Prince of Wales. Weis/Sheppard Magna Carta Sureties Weis/Sheppard Ancestra l Roots, 7th Ed. Complete Peerage Dict. Nat. Biog. Visit. S hropshire (St.Peter pedigree) Bromfield's Norfolk Pedigree s from Plea Rolls a series of articles on Braose in vol 4- 6 of The Genealogist (the old one) Bartrum's Welsh Pedigrees lists him as son of Gracia. He was hanged for having an affair with Joan, King John's i llegitimate daughter. WILLIAM WAS EXECUTED BY HIS FATHER'S FATHER-IN-LAW, LLEWELY N FOR AN AFFAIR WITH LLEWELYN'S WIFE JOAN, DAUGHTER OF JOH N I LACKLAND. 19 JUN 2000 6th Baron de Braiose ... Lord o f Abergavenny, 1228-1230 - BAOSE.TAF (Compuserve); Last nam e sometimes spelled Braiose - RURIK.DEC (Compuserve); 14t h Lord of Abergavenny - BOOTH.TAF (Compuserve), 35718; Lor d Brecknock - FR.TXT; gendex.com/users/daver/rigney/D0001 s ays his parents were Reginald de Braosa and Gladys Dhu - NPH
  
  === SOURCE: Anne Woodward Fox, "The Noble Li ===
  SOURCE: Anne Woodward Fox, "The Noble Lineage of the Delaware West Family", 1958 NOTES: edited by Margaret McNeill Ayres; photocopy, Nelson Family History Center 1152 N Forest Mesa, AZ 85203. CITATION: "Lord of Bramber." William de Braiose, of Brecknock, Abergavenney and Gowr, William was Lord of Briouze in Normandy, and of Bramber, Sussex, of Brecknock, Abergavenney and Gowr, first Baron of Gwentland.{-see "English Baronies," I. J. Sanders, Oxford, 1960, pp. 7 & 21.} He was Sheriff of Hereford in 1175 and was granted by King John a moity of the barony of Totnes. See article and pictures of Abergavenny Castle on the Web at: http://www.castlewales.com/abergav.html Lord of Gwentland 1st Baron of Gwentland, Sheriff of Here
  
  === Sources: Kraentzler 1126, 1133; 1150, 13 ===
  Sources: Kraentzler 1126, 1133; 1150, 1312; Coe, Norr, A. Roots 177,194; Elwes; AF; Antiquities of Shropshire, Vol 4; Ayers, p129. Lord Braose of Gower. He was the sheriff of Hertsfordshire. Roots: William de Braiose, of Brecknock, Abergavenney and Gowr. FirstBaron of Gwentland. K: First Baron of Gwentland, Brecknock and Abergavenny. Norr: Lord of Bamber, Sussex. 10th Lord of Abergaveny. Succeeded Hughde Beauchamp, grandson of William de Mandeville (Norr, p20, #33). Born about1112. Antiquities: William, son of Philip de Braose. Occurs 1140, 1158,1175. Living 1179. SOURCES: 1. Norr, Vernon M., _Some Early English Pedigrees_, p. 34, gen. 33. William de Braose was the Lord of Bramber, co. Sussex, and was the 10th Lord of Abergavenny, having succeeded Hugh de Beauchamp. He married in 1141 to Bertha, daughter of Miles of Gloucester. Hedied in 1189. 2. Cokayne, G. E., Vol. I, "Abergavenny": He married by 1150 toBertha, daughter of Miles of Gloucester. 3. Ancestral File. Gives his birth date as "abt 1192" in England. This individual has the following other parents in the AncestralFile: Philip De /BRAOSE/ (AFN:9G8Z-BS) and Aanor De /TOTNES/(AFN:8PTW-D3) Philip De /BRAOSE/ (AFN:9G8Z-BS) and Aenor /DE TOTNAIS/(AFN:9NR2-C7) Philip De /BRAOSE/ (AFN:9G8Z-BS) and Aenor /DE TOTNAIS/(AFN:G8BK-Q6) Philip De /BRAOSE/ (AFN:9G8Z-BS) and Aenor /DE TOTNAIS/(AFN:FLH2-XB) Philip De /BRAOSE/ (AFN:9G8Z-BS) and Aenor De /TOTENEIS/(AFN:91SH-13) Philip De /BRAOSE/ (AFN:9G8Z-BS) and Aenor /FITZJUDHEL/(AFN:9G8Z-D5)
  
  === [G675.ged] Weis' Ancestral Roots Shows ===
  [G675.ged] Weis' Ancestral Roots Shows Gracia de Briwere as his mother; however, if Gwladus Ddu "the Dark Eyed" verch Llewelyn, his father's 2nd wife, was his mother (his maternal parentage is debated), then he was executed by his own grandfather, Llywelyn Fawr ap Iorwerth Prince of Wales. SRCES: Weis/Sheppard Magna Carta Sureties Weis/Sheppard Ancestral Roots, 7th Ed. Complete Peerage Dict. Nat. Biog. Visit. Shropshire (St.Peter pedigree) Bromfield's Norfolk Pedigrees from Plea Rolls a series of articles on Braose in vol 4-6 of The Genealogist (the old one) Bartrum's Welsh Pedigrees lists him as son of Gracia.
  
  === Sources: Coe, Norr, Colket; A. Roots 66, ===
  Sources: Coe, Norr, Colket; A. Roots 66, 67, 68, 177; Kraentzler 1097, 1126; Bradney; Antiquities of Shropshire, Vol. 4; Magna ChartaSureties 146. Roots: William de Braiose (Braose or Briouze), 6th Baron de Braioseand a descendant of Griffith (176-2), Prince of Wales. Sureties: William de Braiose, 6th Baron de Braiose, Lord ofAbergavenny, 1228-1230. K: William de Braose of Abergavenney, Monmouthshire. Only son of Gracia. Lord of Avergavenny. Sixth Baron de Braiose (orBraose). Bradney: 8th Lord Abergavenny. Hanged by Llewellyn ap Iowerth for "an intrigue with his wife." Antiquities: William de Braose. Had livery 13 July 1228. Died 1230. ******* William de Braose was hanged 2 May 1230 by Llywelyn Fawr for having anaffair with Llywelyn's wife, Joan or Joanna, natural daughter of King John ofEngland. SOURCES: 1. Ancestral File (AFN:84ZT-2B). Shows him born in Surrey, England,rather than Brecknock, Wales. The Ancestral File also shows him marriedto a "N N Lellwys" after he was married to Eva Marshal, but is the onlysource to record this marriage. As Eva was left a widow with 4 youngdaughters when her husband was hanged, it would seem to be highly unlikely.It is possible that this reflects one of the supposedly many mistresseshe was alleged to have had.
  
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  === From c1173 to 1230 successive fathers, s ===
  From c1173 to 1230 successive fathers, sons, and younger brothers called de Briouze were feudal lords of Abergavenny. William de Briouze, the first of them, who derived his name from his lordship of Briouze in Normandy, married the sister and coheir of the 2nd Earl of Hereford (also daughter of 1st Earl) mentioned above, which seems to account for his coming into possession of a lordship in that part of the Welsh marches. [Burke's Peerage]
  
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  William de Briouze (e), Lord of Briouze in Normandy, and of Bramber, Sussex, son and heir of Philip de Briouze, be Aenor, daughter and heir of Juhel son of Alvred, Lord of Barnstaple and Totnes. He married, in or before 1150, Bertha, 2nd sister and coheir of William of Hereford being daughter of Miles of Gloucester, 1st Earl of Gloucester. Sheriff of Hereford, Easter 1173-75, at which earlier date probably he already possessed the Lordship of Over Gwent. He was living in 1179. [Complete Peerage I:21-2, XIV:6, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]
  
  (e) Briouze-Saint-Gervais (formerly Braiose), arrond. of Argentan, dept. of Orne. His descendants spelt the name Brewes. In some 25 early references to this name, not in charter latin, it appears as Breouse, Breuse, or Brewys (the last of which still exists as a surname), but never as Braose, the form adopted in peerages, for which it seems doubtful if there be any good authority.
  
  Note: The above text "1st Earl of Gloucester", which was part of a correction in CP XIV:6, is a mistake; Miles was Earl of Hereford.
  
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  William was very fortunate in his marriage to Berta. All of her brothers died young without heirs, so she brought a number of important lordships to the de Braoses in 1166. These included Brecon and Abergavenny. William became Sheriff of Hereford in 1174. His interest in Sussex was maintained as he confirmed the grants of his father and grandfather for the maintenance of Sele Priory and extended St Mary's, Shoreham.
  
  See St Mary's, Shoreham, Sussex.
  
  William m. Berta, dau. of Milo de Gloucester, Earl of Hereford, and co-heir of her brother, William, Earl of Hereford, by whom he acquired Brecknock, with other extensive territorial possessions. He had two sons, William and Reginald, and was s. by the elder. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 72, Braose, Baron Braose, of Gower]
  
  === 2 SOUR S003866 3 DATA 4 TEXT Date of ===
  2 SOUR S003866 3 DATA 4 TEXT Date of Import: Sep 17, 2002 2 SOUR S229184 3 DATA 4 TEXT Date of Import: Dec 3, 2002 [Humphrey.ged] William de Braose [Black William] was hanged by Llywelyn ap Iorwerth in 1230. The stated reason for the hanging was the accusation that William had dallied with Llywelyn's wife Joan, bastard of King John. This does not withstand close scrutiny, an d William was in all probability hung for the crimes of his grandfather, William de Braose lord of Bramber and Abergavenny, against the Welsh. Notes: Weis" "Ancestral Roots. . ." (66:28), (67:28), (68:28), (177:8), (253:29). Cokayne's "Complete Peerage", (Abergavenny, p.22), (Zouche, p.938). William is best known for his relationship with LLYWELYN THE GREAT, Prince of Aberffraw (RIN 1084). In 1229 William's daughter, Isabel, was married to LLYWELYN's son, Dafydd. Says John Davies in his book, "A History of Wales" : "So great was the d esire of the de Breos family to ally with the prince that the uncle, the brother, and the daughter of William de Breos married members of the house of Aberffraw. [editorial note : this is not quite accurate. William's relatives who married into t he house of Aberffraw were : 1.- John de Braose* (RIN 3524), the son of William's uncle, also named William, who married LLYWELYN's daughter, MARGARET (RIN 2952); 2.- William's father, REGINALD, who married, as his second wife, GWLADYS DDU (RIN 10 67), another of LLYWELYN's daughters; and of course, 3.- his daughter Isabel.] Yet the relationship between the two families did not prevent LLYWELYN from hanging William de Breos in 1230 for excessive familiarity with JOAN [Llywelyn's wife]. Th e hanging was an audacious act and the lack of reaction to it is proof of the power of LLYWELYN and the intensity of the desire of William's sons-in-law to obtain their share of his possessions, for William was the last of his branch of the de Bre oses." Note also the oddity that both William's step mother (GWALDYS DDU) and his s on-in-law (Dafydd) were children of LLYWELYN. Our line is through one of the above-mentioned sons-in-law, ROGER DE MORTIMER, who married William's daughter, MAUD . Child 1: Isabella Child 2: Maud Child 3: Eva Child 4: Eleanor[Corrie Hale Families 11-18-02.FTW] [Humphrey.ged] William de Braose [Black William] was hanged by Llywelyn ap Iorwerth in 1230. The stated reason for the hanging was the accusation that William had dallied with Llywelyn's wife Joan, bastard of King John. This does not withstand close scrutiny, an d William was in all probability hung for the crimes of his grandfather, William de Braose lord of Bramber and Abergavenny, against the Welsh. Notes: Weis" "Ancestral Roots. . ." (66:28), (67:28), (68:28), (177:8), (253:29). Cokayne's "Complete Peerage", (Abergavenny, p.22), (Zouche, p.938). William is best known for his relationship with LLYWELYN THE GREAT, Prince of Aberffraw (RIN 1084). In 1229 William's daughter, Isabel, was married to LLYWELYN's son, Dafydd. Says John Davies in his book, "A History of Wales" : "So great was the d esire of the de Breos family to ally with the prince that the uncle, the brother, and the daughter of William de Breos married members of the house of Aberffraw. [editorial note : this is not quite accurate. William's relatives who married into t he house of Aberffraw were : 1.- John de Braose* (RIN 3524), the son of William's uncle, also named William, who married LLYWELYN's daughter, MARGARET (RIN 2952); 2.- William's father, REGINALD, who married, as his second wife, GWLADYS DDU (RIN 10 67), another of LLYWELYN's daughters; and of course, 3.- his daughter Isabel.] Yet the relationship between the two families did not prevent LLYWELYN from hanging William de Breos in 1230 for excessive familiarity with JOAN [Llywelyn's wife]. Th e hanging was an audacious act and the lack of reaction to it is proof of the power of LLYWELYN and the intensity of the desire of William's sons-in-law to obtain their share of his possessi ons, for William was the last of his branch of the de Bre oses." Note also the oddity that both William's step mother (GWALDYS DDU) and his son-in-law (Dafydd) were children of LLYWELYN. Our line is through one of the above-mentioned sons-in-law, ROGER DE MORTIMER, who married William's daughter, MAUD . Child 1: Isabella Child 2: Maud Child 3: Eva Child 4: Eleanor !NOTE: Humphrey.ged;;;;, Source Media Type: Other. Date of Import: Sep !NOTE: Corrie Hale Families 11-18-02.FTW;;;;, Source Media Type: Other. !NOTE: GEDCOM File : Corrie Hale Families 12-4-02.ged !BIRTH: Humphrey.ged;;;;, Source Media Type: Other. Date of Import: Sep !BIRTH: Corrie Hale Families 11-18-02.FTW;;;;, Source Media Type: Other. !DEATH: Humphrey.ged;;;;, Source Media Type: Other. Date of Import: Sep !DEATH: Corrie Hale Families 11-18-02.FTW;;;;, Source Media Type: Other. !MARRIAGE: GEDCOM File : Corrie Hale Families 12-4-02.ged !MARRIAGE: Humphrey.ged;;;;, Source Media Type: Other. Date of Import:
  
  === 1 HIST WILLIAM WAS EXECUTED BY HIS FAT ===
  1 HIST WILLIAM WAS EXECUTED BY HIS SON'S GRAND FATHER-IN-LAW, LLEWELYN FOR AN AFFAIR WITH LLEWELYN'S WIFE JOAN, DAUGHTER OF JOHN I LACKLAND.
  
  === May 2 1230, Hanged by Llywelyn ab Iorwe ===
  May 2 1230, Hanged by Llywelyn ab Iorwerth for having an affair with Llywelyn's wife
  
  === Lord of Abergavenny, Builth, and other M ===
  Lord of Abergavenny, Builth, and other Marcher Lordships, 1227. Styled by the Welsh as "Black William" he was imprisoned by Llewelyn apIorwerth in 1229 during Hubert de Burgh's disastrous Kerry (Ceri)campaign. He was ransomed and released after a short captivity duringwhich he agreed to cede Builth as a marriage portion for his daughterIsabella on her bethrothal to David, son and heir of Llewelyn. Thefollowing Easter, Llewelyn discovered an intrigue between his wife, Joan,and William. Supported by a general clamour for his death, Llewelyn hadWilliam publicly hanged on May 2, 1230. (Internet) He was hanged by his son-in-law David's father, Llywelyn "the Great" abIorwerth, prince of Gwynedd, for having an affair with Llywelyn's wife(1230). He fell victim to the jealousy of Llewellyn, Prince of Wales, whosuspecting an intimacy between him and the princess, his wife, KingHenry's sister, invited him to an Easter feast, and treacherously casthim in prison at the conclusion of the banquet. He was soon afterwardsput to death. (Internet) He was discovered in Joan's chambers, accused of being her lover, andpromptly and publicly hanged. While the story that William and Joan werelovers has been generally accepted, other sources imply that the"intimacy" was devised by Llywellyn to avenge himself on William forpolitical injuries inflicted not only by William but by the entire Braosefamily; the execution was hailed by the Welsh as a vindication of ablood-feud against the Braoses dating from at least 1176. Indeed, shortlyafter the execution Llywellyn wrote to William's widow Eva and to WilliamMarshal, Earl of Pembroke, Eva's brother, stating, in effect, that so faras he was concerned, the intended marriage between Llywellyn's son Dafyddand Eva's daughter Isabella could go forward as planned, and that hecould not have prevented the Welsh magnates from taking their vengeance.("The Genealogist")
  
  === SOURCE:Magna Charta Sureties; Visitation ===
  SOURCE:Magna Charta Sureties; Visitations of Cornwall 1620.
  
  === !SOURCES: 1. The Plantagenet Ancestry, E ===
  !SOURCES:
  1. The Plantagenet Ancestry, Eng. 116, p. 72, 78
  2. The Complete Peerage, G.E.C., Eng. V, v. 1, p. 22, v. 6, p. 462, v. 9, p.280
  3. Burke's Extinct Peerage, 1883, Eng. P-1, p. 72
  4. Arch. Cambr., Wales Pub. A, 3s, v. 3, p. 32
  5. v. 6, p. 191-93
  6. Irish Pedigrees, Ire 6, v. 2, p. 47
  7. Wells & Allied Families, B8G4, p. 162, 163, 177, 178
  
  !RESEARCH NOTES:
  1. The claim in "Arch. Cambr." 3rd s, v. 6, p. 191-193, that the above couple had a daughter Ada who married Henry Lord Hastings is in error, since that Adawas a daughter of David, Earl of Huntington. (See Complete Peerage, G.E.C., v.6, p. 345, 366) The claim that the above couple had a child Bertha who marriedWalter de Beauchamp is not in any way confirmed by any of the above sources.
  
  === William was Lord of Briouze in Normandy, ===
  William was Lord of Briouze in Normandy, and of Bramber, Sussex, of Brecknock, Abergavenney and Gowr, first Baron of Gwentland.{-see "English Baronies," I.J.Sanders, Oxford, 1960, pp. 7 & 21.} He was Sheriff of Hereford in 1175 and was granted by King John a moiety (share) of the barony of Totnes.
  
  === Source: Burke, Dormant & Extinct Peerage ===
  Source: Burke, Dormant & Extinct Peerages, 72. William was very fortunate in his marriage to Berta. All of her brothers died young without heirs so she brought a number of important lordships to the de Braoses in 1166. These included Brecon and Abergavenny. William became Sheriff of Hereford in 1174. His interest in Sussex was maintained as he confirmed the grants of his father and grandfather for the maintenance of Sele Priory and extended St. Mary's, Shoreham. http://freespace.virgin.net/doug.thompson/BraoseWeb/William2.htm
  
  === !Ancestral Roots of Certain American Col ===
  !Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700. by Frederick Lewis Weis. Seventh Edition. Page 152
  
  === The Plantagenet Ancestry Eng 116 p.78; T ===
  The Plantagenet Ancestry Eng 116 p.78; The Complete Peerage GEC Eng V Vol 1 p.21. 22, Vol 4 p.193,194, Vol 6 p.451-454; The Genealogist Eng Pub AF os Vol 4 p.139-141, 235; Arch Cambr Wales Pub A 4s Vol 14 p. 177, 6s Vol 10 p.340; Burke's Extinct Peerage 1883 & 1886 Eng P-1 p. 72; Dict of Nat'l Biog Eng Pub A Vol 6 p.229-231; Dugdale's Baronage of Eng, Eng AL Vol 1 p.414,416; Wells & Allied Families B8 G4 p.177; Sussex Arch Collections Suss 1 Vol 5 p.5,148; The Ligon Family B15 A183 Vol 1 p. 108. Archive Record - SLC, UT
  
  === Born: ca 1197 His father handed over th ===
  Born: ca 1197 His father handed over the Sussex lands of Bramber and Knepp to him in August 1218, so it is probable that he came of age in that year. He died: 2nd May 1230 (Hanged) Known as Black William William succeeded his father as Lord of Abergavenny (right), Builth and other Marcher Lordships in1227. Styled by the Welsh as "Black William" he was imprisoned by Llewelyn ap Iorwerth in 1229 during Hubert de Burgh's disastrous Kerry (Ceri) campaign. He was ransomed and released after a short captivity during which he agreed to cede Builth as a marriage portion for his daughter Isabella on her betrothal to David, son and heir of Llewelyn. The following Easter, Llewelyn discovered an intrigue between his wife, Joan, and William. Supported by a general clamour for his death, Llewelyn had William publicly hanged on 2nd May 1230. ### Successive marcher lords attempted to reunite the territories held by William de Braose. The distribution of his wealth and power had repercussions for centuries to come. Matilda's grandson Roger Mortimer deposed Edward II. All the monarchs of England from 1413 have been descendants of Matilda de Braose. Eleanor's descendants include Henry V and Henry VI. ### The daughters of William de Braose and their inheritances attracted excellent marriages. Isabel produced no children for her Welsh prince, Dafydd. 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. After Dafydd's death Isabel gained Haverfordwest from the Marshal lands of Pembrokeshire, in lieu of Builth, which was taken by the crown. Matilda and Roger Mortimer were betrothed as toddlers. He was the son of Gwladus Ddu, Llywelyn's daughter, whose first husband had been Reginald de Braose. The marriage perpetuated some complex family ties. Radnor joined the Mortimer lordship and was close to the family seat at Wigmore. During the barons' war of the 1260s Roger and Matilda suffer ed some heavy defeats but they succeeded in rallying the marchers against Simon de Montfort. They master-minded the legendary escape of prince Edward from captivity after the king's defeat at Lewes. At the battle of Evesham in 1265, Simon de Montfort's body was brutally dismembered and Roger Mortimer sent the head with other gruesome trophies home to his wife at Wigmore. She died in 1301. Eleanor never lived to see her husband's tragic death at Beeston castle. He was Humphrey de Bohun, a loyal supporter of Simon de Montfort. His father, the earl of Hereford and Essex, had deserted the cause but Humphrey died of his wounds after fighting for de Montfort at the battle of Evesham. Eleanor's inheritance of Brecon passed to her son, also Humphrey, who succeeded his grandfather to the earldom in 1275. Abergavenny was Eva's portion of the de Braose lands. She married William de Cantilupe, whose brother Saint Thomas was bishop of Hereford and the barons' nominated chancellor of England in 1265. The family were close friends of Simon de Montfort, who was the chief mourner at William's funeral in 1254. His wife died the following year. Eva's tomb can still be seen in the priory church of Saint Mary in Abergavenny. Successive marcher lords attempted to reunite the territories held by William de Braose. The distribution of his wealth and power had repercussions for centuries to come. Matilda's grandson Roger Mortimer deposed Edward II. All the monarchs of England from 1413 have been descendants of Matilda de Braose. Eleanor's descendants include Henry V and Henry VI. 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. In her cupped hands she holds an object thought to be a heart. ###
  
  === !SOURCES; The Genealogist, Eng. Pub. AF ===
  !SOURCES; The Genealogist, Eng. Pub. AF, os, v.4. p.139, 235-244, v.5, p. 65-70, 147; Sussex Arch. Cp;;ect. Sussex 1,v.5. p.148-152; The Complete Peerage, G.E.C. Eng. V.v.1, p.22, v.7, p.535,536,v.9 p.275. Burkes Extinct Peerage 1883 Eng. p 1 p72. The Plantagenet Ancestry Eng. 6 s.v.10 p. 340-343; Wells and Allied Families B8G44 p. 177,178. Dictionary of National Bio. Eng. Pub. A v.6 p.229-231. NOTE; Th child John adopted the surname Knill, which his descendants are known by. The temple work done under the heirship of Robert Wimmer in 1939 claims as children for this couple, Flandrina, Roger, Philip, Thomas, Walter, Henry and Bernard; however none of the above sources justify such children belonging to this group.
  
  === William succeeded his father as Lord of ===
  William succeeded his father as Lord of Abergavenny (right), Builth and other Marcher Lordships in1227. Styled by the Welsh as "Black William" he was imprisoned by Llewelyn ap Iorwerth in 1229 during Hubert de Burgh's disastrous Kerry (Ceri) campaign. He was ransomed and released after a short captivity during which he agreed to cede Builth as a marriage portion for his daughter Isabella on her betrothal to David, son and heir of Llewelyn. The following Easter, Llewelyn discovered an intrigue between his wife, Joan, and William. Supported by a general clamour for his death, Llewelyn had William publicly hanged on 2nd May 1230.
  
  === Data of William and his descendants ext ===
  Data of William and his descendants extracted by Doug Thompson Doug-T@@msn.com from "The Victoria County History of Sussex (The Rape of Bramber)" and "The De Braose Family".
  === Life Sketch ===
  William de Braose was the son of Reginald de Braose by his first wife, Grecia Briwere. He was an ill-fated member of the House of Braose, a powerful and long-lived dynasty of Marcher Lords.
  
  He was captured by the Welsh forces of Prince Llywelyn the Great, in fighting in the commote of Ceri near Montgomery, in 1228. William was ransomed for the sum of £2,000 and then furthermore made an alliance with Llywelyn, arranging to marry his daughter Isabella de Braose to Llywelyn's only legitimate son Dafydd ap Llywelyn. However, it became known that William had committed adultery with Llywelyn's wife, Joan, Lady of Wales, and Braose was taken at his own home and transported to Wales. The marriage planned between their two children did, however, take place.
  
  The Chronicle of Ystrad Fflur's entry for 1230 reads:
  
  "In this year William de Breos the Younger, lord of Brycheiniog, was hanged by the Lord Llywelyn in Gwynedd, after he had been caught in Llywelyn's chamber with the king of England's daughter, Llywelyn's wife".
  
  Llywelyn had William publicly hanged on 2 May 1230, possibly at Crogen, near Bala, though others believe the hanging took place near Llywelyn's palace at Abergwyngregyn.
  
  After William's death, his wife Eva continued to hold de Braose lands and castles in her own right. She was listed as the holder of Totnes in 1230, and was granted 12 marks to strengthen Hay Castle by King Henry III on the Close Rolls (1234–1237)
  
  With William's death by hanging and his having four daughters, who divided the de Braose inheritance between them and no male heir, the titles now passed to the junior branch of the de Braose dynasty, the only male heir was now John de Braose who had already inherited the titles of Gower and Bramber from his far-sighted uncle Reginald de Braose.
  
  BIO
  BIO: from http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISHNOBILITYMEDIEVAL3.htm#MaudBriousedied1301 as of 6/5/2016
  
  WILLIAM de Briouse (-hanged 2 May 1230). A manuscript which narrates the descents of the fo
  
  === https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_de_Braose_(died_1230) ===
  Cawley, Charles (23 September 2012a), Untitled English Nobility A – C: William de Briouse (-hanged 2 May 1230), Medieval Lands database, Foundation for Medieval GenealogyEvans, Gwynfor (2001), Cymru O Hud Abergwyngregyn
  
  === 1 HIST WILLIAM WAS EXECUTED BY HIS FAT ===
  1 HIST WILLIAM WAS EXECUTED BY HIS SON'S GRAND FATHER-IN-LAW, LLEWELYN FOR AN AFFAIR WITH LLEWELYN'S WIFE JOAN, DAUGHTER OF JOHN I LACKLAND.
  
  === May 2 1230, Hanged by Llywelyn ab Iorwe ===
  May 2 1230, Hanged by Llywelyn ab Iorwerth for having an affair with Llywelyn's wife
  
  === Royal Ancestry Biography ===
  “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
  “WILLIAM DE BREWES (or BREUSE), Knt., son and heir, of Totnes, Devon, Kingston, Herefordshire, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Brecon, Builth, and Radnor, Wales, etc., son and heir. He married EVE MARSHAL, daughter of William Marshal, Knt., 4th Earl of Pembroke (or Strigoil), hereditary Master Marshal, by Isabel, daughter of Richard Fitz Gilbert (nicknamed Strongbow), 2nd Earl of Pembroke (or Strigoil) [see MARSHAL 3 for her ancestry]. They had four daughters, Maud, Isabel, Eve, and Eleanor. In 1228 he was granted seisin of the lands and tenements of his father in Herefordshire and Surrey. SIR WILLIAM DE BREWES was hanged by Llewelyn ap Iorwerth 2 May 1230. In 1233 the king ordered the Sheriff of Devon to take the castle of Tomes, Devon, which was in the hand of his widow, Eve, into the king's hand. In 1237 she made fine with the king for 800 marks for having the custody and marriage of Eleanor her daughter. Eve died before 1246.
  Topographer 1 (1789): 195-204. Dugdale Monasticon Anglicanum 3 (1821): 264 ("Ceci Willame [de Breuse] eposa Eve la seor la conte Ricard le mareschal"). Baker Hist. & Antiqs. of Northampton 2 (1836-41): 239-240 (Bruere or Briwere ped). Lipscomb Hist. & Antiqs. of Buckingham 1 (1847): 200-201 (Clare ped.), 202 (Braose ped.). C.P.R. 1232-1247 (1906): 52 (Eve de Braosa styled "sister" of Richard Marshal, sometime earl of Pembroke). C.P. (1926) 6:460 footnote i, 462 footnote n, 463. Sanders English Baronies (1960): 7, 21 ( citing Lloyd, Wales, ii, pp. 402-3), 57, 90. Tremlett Rolls of Arms Henry III (H.S.P., vols. 113-114) (1967), pg. 64 (arms of William de Braose: Gules, four piles meeting in base or). VCH Gloucester 11 (1976): 168-170. Henry III Fine Rolls Project (available at www.finerollshenry3.org.uk/home.html).
  Children of William de Brewes, Knt., by Eve Marshal:
  i. MAUD DE BREWES, married ROGER DE MORTIMER, Knt., of Wigmore, Herefordshire [see MORTIMER 8].
  ii. ISABEL DE BREWES, married DAVID AP LLYWELYN, Knt., Prince of [North] Wales [see WALES 6.4.
  iii. EVE DE BREWES, married WILLIAM DE CANTELOWE, Knt., of Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire [see CANTELOWE 5].
  iv. ELEANOR DE BREWES, married HUMPHREY DE BOHUN, Knt., of Kimbolton, Huntingdonshire, Debden and Walden, Essex, etc. [see BOHUN 7].”
  
  === http://knight-france.com/geneal/names/1731.htm ===
  http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISHNOBILITYMEDIEVAL3.htm#MaudBriousedied1301
  
  === !CAUSED BY DEA: Executed William de Bra ===
  !CAUSED BY DEA: Executed
  
  William de Braose, Lord of Abergavenny (c. 1197 to 1204 – May 2, 1230) was the son of Reginald de Braose by his first wife, Gracia de Briwere (born 1186) from Stoke in Devon. He was the tenth Baron Abergavenny and an ill-fated member of a powerful and long lived dynasty of Marcher Lords.
  
  Contents [hide]
  1 Dynastic history
  2 Career
  3 Execution
  4 Children of William de Braose and Eva Marshal, daughter of the famous William Marshal
  5 Prominence of the junior branch of the dynasty
  6 Bibliography
  7 Literature
  8 External Links
  
  [edit] Dynastic history
  William de Braose was born in Brecon. The Welsh, who detested him and his family name, called him Gwilym Ddu, Black William. He succeeded his father in his various lordships in 1227, including Abergavenny and Builth.
  
  [edit] Career
  He was captured by the Welsh forces of Llywelyn the Great, leader (Welsh, "Tywysog") of most of Wales, in fighting in the commote of Ceri near Montgomery, in 1228. William was ransomed for the sum of £2,000 and then furthermore made an alliance with Llywelyn, arranging to marry his daughter Isabella de Braose to Llywelyn's only legitimate son Dafydd ap Llywelyn.
  
  However on a later visit to Llywelyn during Easter 1230 William de Braose was found in Llywelyn's private bedchamber with Llywelyn's wife, Joan, Lady of Wales.
  
  [edit] Execution
  The Chronicle of Ystrad Fflur's entry for 1230 reads:
  
  "In this year William de Breos the Younger, lord of Brycheiniog, was hanged by the Lord Llywelyn in Gwynedd, after he had been caught in Llywelyn's chamber with the king of England's daughter, Llywelyn's wife."
  Llywelyn had William publicly hanged on May 2, 1230, in the marshland at the foot of the royal home Garth Celyn, Aber Garth Celyn, the spot remembered as Gwern y Grog, "Hanging Marsh." It is believed that a daughter Joan, Lady of Wales gave birth to in early 1231 was fathered by William, as the child was born roughly 9 months after the incident.
  
  [edit] Children of William de Braose and Eva Marshal, daughter of the famous William Marshal
  They had four daughters and coheiresses:
  
  Isabella de Braose (born c. 1222), wife of Prince Dafydd ap Llywelyn
  Maud de Braose (born c. 1224 - 1301), wife of Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Wigmore another very powerful Marcher dynasty.
  Eleanor de Braose (c. 1226 - 1251), wife of Humphrey de Bohun and mother of Humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford.
  Eve de Braose (c. 1227- July 1255), wife of William de Cantelou.
  
  [edit] Prominence of the junior branch of the dynasty
  With William's death by hanging and his having four daughters, who divided the de Braose inheritance between them and no male heir, the titles now passed to the junior branch of the de Braose dynasty, the only male heir was now John de Braose who had already inherited the titles of Gower and Bramber from his far-sighted uncle Reginald de Braose.
  
  William's wife Eva continued to hold de Braose lands and castles in her own right, after the death of her husband. She was listed as the holder of Totnes in 1230, and was granted 12 marks to strengthen Hay Castle by King Henry III on the Close Rolls (1234-1237).
  
  === [G675.ged] Weis' Ancestral Roots Shows ===
  [G675.ged] Weis' Ancestral Roots Shows Gracia de Briwere as his mother; however, if Gwladus Ddu "the Dark Eyed" verch Llewelyn, his father's 2nd wife, was his mother (his maternal parentage is debated), then he was executed by his own grandfather, Llywelyn Fawr ap Iorwerth Prince of Wales. SRCES: Weis/Sheppard Magna Carta Sureties Weis/Sheppard Ancestral Roots, 7th Ed. Complete Peerage Dict. Nat. Biog. Visit. Shropshire (St.Peter pedigree) Bromfield's Norfolk Pedigrees from Plea Rolls a series of articles on Braose in vol 4-6 of The Genealogist (the old one) Bartrum's Welsh Pedigrees lists him as son of Gracia.
  
  === Lord of Abergavenny, Builth, and other M ===
  Lord of Abergavenny, Builth, and other Marcher Lordships, 1227. Styled by the Welsh as "Black William" he was imprisoned by Llewelyn apIorwerth in 1229 during Hubert de Burgh's disastrous Kerry (Ceri)campaign. He was ransomed and released after a short captivity duringwhich he agreed to cede Builth as a marriage portion for his daughterIsabella on her bethrothal to David, son and heir of Llewelyn. Thefollowing Easter, Llewelyn discovered an intrigue between his wife, Joan,and William. Supported by a general clamour for his death, Llewelyn hadWilliam publicly hanged on May 2, 1230. (Internet) He was hanged by his son-in-law David's father, Llywelyn "the Great" abIorwerth, prince of Gwynedd, for having an affair with Llywelyn's wife(1230). He fell victim to the jealousy of Llewellyn, Prince of Wales, whosuspecting an intimacy between him and the princess, his wife, KingHenry's sister, invited him to an Easter feast, and treacherously casthim in prison at the conclusion of the banquet. He was soon afterwardsput to death. (Internet) He was discovered in Joan's chambers, accused of being her lover, andpromptly and publicly hanged. While the story that William and Joan werelovers has been generally accepted, other sources imply that the"intimacy" was devised by Llywellyn to avenge himself on William forpolitical injuries inflicted not only by William but by the entire Braosefamily; the execution was hailed by the Welsh as a vindication of ablood-feud against the Braoses dating from at least 1176. Indeed, shortlyafter the execution Llywellyn wrote to William's widow Eva and to WilliamMarshal, Earl of Pembroke, Eva's brother, stating, in effect, that so faras he was concerned, the intended marriage between Llywellyn's son Dafyddand Eva's daughter Isabella could go forward as planned, and that hecould not have prevented the Welsh magnates from taking their vengeance.("The Genealogist")
  
  === !SOURCES; The Genealogist, Eng. Pub. AF ===
  !SOURCES; The Genealogist, Eng. Pub. AF, os, v.4. p.139, 235-244, v.5, p. 65-70, 147; Sussex Arch. Cp;;ect. Sussex 1,v.5. p.148-152; The Complete Peerage, G.E.C. Eng. V.v.1, p.22, v.7, p.535,536,v.9 p.275. Burkes Extinct Peerage 1883 Eng. p 1 p72. The Plantagenet Ancestry Eng. 6 s.v.10 p. 340-343; Wells and Allied Families B8G44 p. 177,178. Dictionary of National Bio. Eng. Pub. A v.6 p.229-231. NOTE; Th child John adopted the surname Knill, which his descendants are known by. The temple work done under the heirship of Robert Wimmer in 1939 claims as children for this couple, Flandrina, Roger, Philip, Thomas, Walter, Henry and Bernard; however none of the above sources justify such children belonging to this group.
  
  === Sources: Coe, Norr, Colket; A. Roots 66, ===
  Sources: Coe, Norr, Colket; A. Roots 66, 67, 68, 177; Kraentzler 1097, 1126; Bradney; Antiquities of Shropshire, Vol. 4; Magna ChartaSureties 146. Roots: William de Braiose (Braose or Briouze), 6th Baron de Braioseand a descendant of Griffith (176-2), Prince of Wales. Sureties: William de Braiose, 6th Baron de Braiose, Lord ofAbergavenny, 1228-1230. K: William de Braose of Abergavenney, Monmouthshire. Only son of Gracia. Lord of Avergavenny. Sixth Baron de Braiose (orBraose). Bradney: 8th Lord Abergavenny. Hanged by Llewellyn ap Iowerth for "an intrigue with his wife." Antiquities: William de Braose. Had livery 13 July 1228. Died 1230. ******* William de Braose was hanged 2 May 1230 by Llywelyn Fawr for having anaffair with Llywelyn's wife, Joan or Joanna, natural daughter of King John ofEngland. SOURCES: 1. Ancestral File (AFN:84ZT-2B). Shows him born in Surrey, England,rather than Brecknock, Wales. The Ancestral File also shows him marriedto a "N N Lellwys" after he was married to Eva Marshal, but is the onlysource to record this marriage. As Eva was left a widow with 4 youngdaughters when her husband was hanged, it would seem to be highly unlikely.It is possible that this reflects one of the supposedly many mistresseshe was alleged to have had.
  
  === !SOURCES: 1. The Plantagenet Ancestry, E ===
  !SOURCES:
  1. The Plantagenet Ancestry, Eng. 116, p. 72, 78
  2. The Complete Peerage, G.E.C., Eng. V, v. 1, p. 22, v. 6, p. 462, v. 9, p.280
  3. Burke's Extinct Peerage, 1883, Eng. P-1, p. 72
  4. Arch. Cambr., Wales Pub. A, 3s, v. 3, p. 32
  5. v. 6, p. 191-93
  6. Irish Pedigrees, Ire 6, v. 2, p. 47
  7. Wells & Allied Families, B8G4, p. 162, 163, 177, 178
  
  !RESEARCH NOTES:
  1. The claim in "Arch. Cambr." 3rd s, v. 6, p. 191-193, that the above couple had a daughter Ada who married Henry Lord Hastings is in error, since that Adawas a daughter of David, Earl of Huntington. (See Complete Peerage, G.E.C., v.6, p. 345, 366) The claim that the above couple had a child Bertha who marriedWalter de Beauchamp is not in any way confirmed by any of the above sources.
  
  === SOURCE:Magna Charta Sureties; Visitation ===
  SOURCE:Magna Charta Sureties; Visitations of Cornwall 1620.
  
  === SOURCE: Anne Woodward Fox, "The Noble Li ===
  SOURCE: Anne Woodward Fox, "The Noble Lineage of the Delaware West Family", 1958 NOTES: edited by Margaret McNeill Ayres; photocopy, Nelson Family History Center 1152 N Forest Mesa, AZ 85203. CITATION: "Lord of Bramber." William de Braiose, of Brecknock, Abergavenney and Gowr, William was Lord of Briouze in Normandy, and of Bramber, Sussex, of Brecknock, Abergavenney and Gowr, first Baron of Gwentland.{-see "English Baronies," I. J. Sanders, Oxford, 1960, pp. 7 & 21.} He was Sheriff of Hereford in 1175 and was granted by King John a moity of the barony of Totnes. See article and pictures of Abergavenny Castle on the Web at: http://www.castlewales.com/abergav.html Lord of Gwentland 1st Baron of Gwentland, Sheriff of Here
  
  === Born: ca 1197 His father handed over th ===
  Born: ca 1197 His father handed over the Sussex lands of Bramber and Knepp to him in August 1218, so it is probable that he came of age in that year. He died: 2nd May 1230 (Hanged) Known as Black William William succeeded his father as Lord of Abergavenny (right), Builth and other Marcher Lordships in1227. Styled by the Welsh as "Black William" he was imprisoned by Llewelyn ap Iorwerth in 1229 during Hubert de Burgh's disastrous Kerry (Ceri) campaign. He was ransomed and released after a short captivity during which he agreed to cede Builth as a marriage portion for his daughter Isabella on her betrothal to David, son and heir of Llewelyn. The following Easter, Llewelyn discovered an intrigue between his wife, Joan, and William. Supported by a general clamour for his death, Llewelyn had William publicly hanged on 2nd May 1230. ### Successive marcher lords attempted to reunite the territories held by William de Braose. The distribution of his wealth and power had repercussions for centuries to come. Matilda's grandson Roger Mortimer deposed Edward II. All the monarchs of England from 1413 have been descendants of Matilda de Braose. Eleanor's descendants include Henry V and Henry VI. ### The daughters of William de Braose and their inheritances attracted excellent marriages. Isabel produced no children for her Welsh prince, Dafydd. 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. After Dafydd's death Isabel gained Haverfordwest from the Marshal lands of Pembrokeshire, in lieu of Builth, which was taken by the crown. Matilda and Roger Mortimer were betrothed as toddlers. He was the son of Gwladus Ddu, Llywelyn's daughter, whose first husband had been Reginald de Braose. The marriage perpetuated some complex family ties. Radnor joined the Mortimer lordship and was close to the family seat at Wigmore. During the barons' war of the 1260s Roger and Matilda suffer ed some heavy defeats but they succeeded in rallying the marchers against Simon de Montfort. They master-minded the legendary escape of prince Edward from captivity after the king's defeat at Lewes. At the battle of Evesham in 1265, Simon de Montfort's body was brutally dismembered and Roger Mortimer sent the head with other gruesome trophies home to his wife at Wigmore. She died in 1301. Eleanor never lived to see her husband's tragic death at Beeston castle. He was Humphrey de Bohun, a loyal supporter of Simon de Montfort. His father, the earl of Hereford and Essex, had deserted the cause but Humphrey died of his wounds after fighting for de Montfort at the battle of Evesham. Eleanor's inheritance of Brecon passed to her son, also Humphrey, who succeeded his grandfather to the earldom in 1275. Abergavenny was Eva's portion of the de Braose lands. She married William de Cantilupe, whose brother Saint Thomas was bishop of Hereford and the barons' nominated chancellor of England in 1265. The family were close friends of Simon de Montfort, who was the chief mourner at William's funeral in 1254. His wife died the following year. Eva's tomb can still be seen in the priory church of Saint Mary in Abergavenny. Successive marcher lords attempted to reunite the territories held by William de Braose. The distribution of his wealth and power had repercussions for centuries to come. Matilda's grandson Roger Mortimer deposed Edward II. All the monarchs of England from 1413 have been descendants of Matilda de Braose. Eleanor's descendants include Henry V and Henry VI. 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. In her cupped hands she holds an object thought to be a heart. ###
  
  === Acceded: Brecknock, Abergavenny. 6th B ===
  Acceded: Brecknock, Abergavenny. 6th Baron de Braose. 6t h Baron de Braose, Lord Brecknock. Lord of Abergavenny. Exe cuted by his father's father-in-law, Llywelyn Fawr ap Iorwe rth. Executed because he had an affair with Llywelyn's wife , Joan, d/o King John. Known as a cuckolder of husbands thr oughout Wales. Arrogant rogue, lack of ethics, but expedien t. Idolized his grandfather Wm. de Braose at expense of hi s father. Nickname "Black Will" a result of his extramarita l activities. Weis' Ancestral Roots Shows Gracia de Briwere as his mother ; however, if Gwladus Ddu "the Dark Eyed" verch Llewelyn, h is father's 2nd wife, was his mother (his maternal parentag e is debated), then he was executed by his own grandfather , Llywelyn Fawr ap Iorwerth Prince of Wales. Weis/Sheppard Magna Carta Sureties Weis/Sheppard Ancestra l Roots, 7th Ed. Complete Peerage Dict. Nat. Biog. Visit. S hropshire (St.Peter pedigree) Bromfield's Norfolk Pedigree s from Plea Rolls a series of articles on Braose in vol 4- 6 of The Genealogist (the old one) Bartrum's Welsh Pedigrees lists him as son of Gracia. He was hanged for having an affair with Joan, King John's i llegitimate daughter. WILLIAM WAS EXECUTED BY HIS FATHER'S FATHER-IN-LAW, LLEWELY N FOR AN AFFAIR WITH LLEWELYN'S WIFE JOAN, DAUGHTER OF JOH N I LACKLAND. 19 JUN 2000 6th Baron de Braiose ... Lord o f Abergavenny, 1228-1230 - BAOSE.TAF (Compuserve); Last nam e sometimes spelled Braiose - RURIK.DEC (Compuserve); 14t h Lord of Abergavenny - BOOTH.TAF (Compuserve), 35718; Lor d Brecknock - FR.TXT; gendex.com/users/daver/rigney/D0001 s ays his parents were Reginald de Braosa and Gladys Dhu - NPH
  
  === 2 SOUR S003866 3 DATA 4 TEXT Date of ===
  2 SOUR S003866 3 DATA 4 TEXT Date of Import: Sep 17, 2002 2 SOUR S229184 3 DATA 4 TEXT Date of Import: Dec 3, 2002 [Humphrey.ged] William de Braose [Black William] was hanged by Llywelyn ap Iorwerth in 1230. The stated reason for the hanging was the accusation that William had dallied with Llywelyn's wife Joan, bastard of King John. This does not withstand close scrutiny, an d William was in all probability hung for the crimes of his grandfather, William de Braose lord of Bramber and Abergavenny, against the Welsh. Notes: Weis" "Ancestral Roots. . ." (66:28), (67:28), (68:28), (177:8), (253:29). Cokayne's "Complete Peerage", (Abergavenny, p.22), (Zouche, p.938). William is best known for his relationship with LLYWELYN THE GREAT, Prince of Aberffraw (RIN 1084). In 1229 William's daughter, Isabel, was married to LLYWELYN's son, Dafydd. Says John Davies in his book, "A History of Wales" : "So great was the d esire of the de Breos family to ally with the prince that the uncle, the brother, and the daughter of William de Breos married members of the house of Aberffraw. [editorial note : this is not quite accurate. William's relatives who married into t he house of Aberffraw were : 1.- John de Braose* (RIN 3524), the son of William's uncle, also named William, who married LLYWELYN's daughter, MARGARET (RIN 2952); 2.- William's father, REGINALD, who married, as his second wife, GWLADYS DDU (RIN 10 67), another of LLYWELYN's daughters; and of course, 3.- his daughter Isabel.] Yet the relationship between the two families did not prevent LLYWELYN from hanging William de Breos in 1230 for excessive familiarity with JOAN [Llywelyn's wife]. Th e hanging was an audacious act and the lack of reaction to it is proof of the power of LLYWELYN and the intensity of the desire of William's sons-in-law to obtain their share of his possessions, for William was the last of his branch of the de Bre oses." Note also the oddity that both William's step mother (GWALDYS DDU) and his s on-in-law (Dafydd) were children of LLYWELYN. Our line is through one of the above-mentioned sons-in-law, ROGER DE MORTIMER, who married William's daughter, MAUD . Child 1: Isabella Child 2: Maud Child 3: Eva Child 4: Eleanor[Corrie Hale Families 11-18-02.FTW] [Humphrey.ged] William de Braose [Black William] was hanged by Llywelyn ap Iorwerth in 1230. The stated reason for the hanging was the accusation that William had dallied with Llywelyn's wife Joan, bastard of King John. This does not withstand close scrutiny, an d William was in all probability hung for the crimes of his grandfather, William de Braose lord of Bramber and Abergavenny, against the Welsh. Notes: Weis" "Ancestral Roots. . ." (66:28), (67:28), (68:28), (177:8), (253:29). Cokayne's "Complete Peerage", (Abergavenny, p.22), (Zouche, p.938). William is best known for his relationship with LLYWELYN THE GREAT, Prince of Aberffraw (RIN 1084). In 1229 William's daughter, Isabel, was married to LLYWELYN's son, Dafydd. Says John Davies in his book, "A History of Wales" : "So great was the d esire of the de Breos family to ally with the prince that the uncle, the brother, and the daughter of William de Breos married members of the house of Aberffraw. [editorial note : this is not quite accurate. William's relatives who married into t he house of Aberffraw were : 1.- John de Braose* (RIN 3524), the son of William's uncle, also named William, who married LLYWELYN's daughter, MARGARET (RIN 2952); 2.- William's father, REGINALD, who married, as his second wife, GWLADYS DDU (RIN 10 67), another of LLYWELYN's daughters; and of course, 3.- his daughter Isabel.] Yet the relationship between the two families did not prevent LLYWELYN from hanging William de Breos in 1230 for excessive familiarity with JOAN [Llywelyn's wife]. Th e hanging was an audacious act and the lack of reaction to it is proof of the power of LLYWELYN and the intensity of the desire of William's sons-in-law to obtain their share of his possessi ons, for William was the last of his branch of the de Bre oses." Note also the oddity that both William's step mother (GWALDYS DDU) and his son-in-law (Dafydd) were children of LLYWELYN. Our line is through one of the above-mentioned sons-in-law, ROGER DE MORTIMER, who married William's daughter, MAUD . Child 1: Isabella Child 2: Maud Child 3: Eva Child 4: Eleanor !NOTE: Humphrey.ged;;;;, Source Media Type: Other. Date of Import: Sep !NOTE: Corrie Hale Families 11-18-02.FTW;;;;, Source Media Type: Other. !NOTE: GEDCOM File : Corrie Hale Families 12-4-02.ged !BIRTH: Humphrey.ged;;;;, Source Media Type: Other. Date of Import: Sep !BIRTH: Corrie Hale Families 11-18-02.FTW;;;;, Source Media Type: Other. !DEATH: Humphrey.ged;;;;, Source Media Type: Other. Date of Import: Sep !DEATH: Corrie Hale Families 11-18-02.FTW;;;;, Source Media Type: Other. !MARRIAGE: GEDCOM File : Corrie Hale Families 12-4-02.ged !MARRIAGE: Humphrey.ged;;;;, Source Media Type: Other. Date of Import:
  
  === William succeeded his father as Lord of ===
  William succeeded his father as Lord of Abergavenny (right), Builth and other Marcher Lordships in1227. Styled by the Welsh as "Black William" he was imprisoned by Llewelyn ap Iorwerth in 1229 during Hubert de Burgh's disastrous Kerry (Ceri) campaign. He was ransomed and released after a short captivity during which he agreed to cede Builth as a marriage portion for his daughter Isabella on her betrothal to David, son and heir of Llewelyn. The following Easter, Llewelyn discovered an intrigue between his wife, Joan, and William. Supported by a general clamour for his death, Llewelyn had William publicly hanged on 2nd May 1230.
  
  === William was Lord of Briouze in Normandy, ===
  William was Lord of Briouze in Normandy, and of Bramber, Sussex, of Brecknock, Abergavenney and Gowr, first Baron of Gwentland.{-see "English Baronies," I.J.Sanders, Oxford, 1960, pp. 7 & 21.} He was Sheriff of Hereford in 1175 and was granted by King John a moiety (share) of the barony of Totnes.
  
  === From c1173 to 1230 successive fathers, s ===
  From c1173 to 1230 successive fathers, sons, and younger brothers called de Briouze were feudal lords of Abergavenny. William de Briouze, the first of them, who derived his name from his lordship of Briouze in Normandy, married the sister and coheir of the 2nd Earl of Hereford (also daughter of 1st Earl) mentioned above, which seems to account for his coming into possession of a lordship in that part of the Welsh marches. [Burke's Peerage]
  
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  William de Briouze (e), Lord of Briouze in Normandy, and of Bramber, Sussex, son and heir of Philip de Briouze, be Aenor, daughter and heir of Juhel son of Alvred, Lord of Barnstaple and Totnes. He married, in or before 1150, Bertha, 2nd sister and coheir of William of Hereford being daughter of Miles of Gloucester, 1st Earl of Gloucester. Sheriff of Hereford, Easter 1173-75, at which earlier date probably he already possessed the Lordship of Over Gwent. He was living in 1179. [Complete Peerage I:21-2, XIV:6, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]
  
  (e) Briouze-Saint-Gervais (formerly Braiose), arrond. of Argentan, dept. of Orne. His descendants spelt the name Brewes. In some 25 early references to this name, not in charter latin, it appears as Breouse, Breuse, or Brewys (the last of which still exists as a surname), but never as Braose, the form adopted in peerages, for which it seems doubtful if there be any good authority.
  
  Note: The above text "1st Earl of Gloucester", which was part of a correction in CP XIV:6, is a mistake; Miles was Earl of Hereford.
  
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  William was very fortunate in his marriage to Berta. All of her brothers died young without heirs, so she brought a number of important lordships to the de Braoses in 1166. These included Brecon and Abergavenny. William became Sheriff of Hereford in 1174. His interest in Sussex was maintained as he confirmed the grants of his father and grandfather for the maintenance of Sele Priory and extended St Mary's, Shoreham.
  
  See St Mary's, Shoreham, Sussex.
  
  William m. Berta, dau. of Milo de Gloucester, Earl of Hereford, and co-heir of her brother, William, Earl of Hereford, by whom he acquired Brecknock, with other extensive territorial possessions. He had two sons, William and Reginald, and was s. by the elder. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 72, Braose, Baron Braose, of Gower]
  
  === Data of William and his descendants ext ===
  Data of William and his descendants extracted by Doug Thompson Doug-T@msn.com from "The Victoria County History of Sussex (The Rape of Bramber)" and "The De Braose Family".
  
  === William de Braose. This feudal lord fell ===
  William de Braose. This feudal lord fell a victim to the jealousy of Llewellyn, Prince of Wales, who, suspecting an intimacy between him and the princess, his wife, King Henry's sister, invited him to an Easter feast and treacherously cast him into prison at the conclusion of the banquet. He was soon afterwards put to death with the unfortunate princess. He had married, Eva, dau. of Walter Mareschal, and sister of Richard, Earl of Pembroke, by whom he had four daus., his co-heirs, viz., Isabel, Maud, Even, and Eleanor. The line of the branch thus terminating in heiresses. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 72, Braose, Baron Braose, of Gower]
  
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  In 1229, Dafydd went to London to do homage for the lands and rights he would inherit, and in the same year he married Isabella, the daughter of William de Breos. That was one of a series of marriages between Llywelyn's offspring and members of the great families of the March, for apart from Gruffudd, who married Senana, a descendant of Rhodri ab Owain Gwynedd, all Llywelyn's progeny married into the Francigenae. So great was the desire of the de Breos family to ally with the prince that the uncle, the brother and the daughter of William de Breos married members of the house of Aberffraw. Yet the relationship between the two families did not prevent Llywelyn from hanging William de Breos in 1230 for excessive familiarity with Joan. The hanging was an audacious act and the lack of reaction to it proof of the power of Llywelyn and of the intensity of the desire of William's sons-in-law to obtain their share of his possessions, for William was the last of his line of the de Breoses. The male line died out remarkably frequently among the families of the Marcher Lords and the marriages of co-heiresses played a key role in the dismemberment of the empires of their fathers. [A History of Wales, John Davies, Allen Lane - The Penguin Press, London, 1993]
  
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  William de Briouze, son and heir by 1st wife. He m. Eve, daughter an in her issue coheir of William (Marshal), Earl of Strigul and Pembroke. He d. 2 May 1230, being hanged by Llewelyn [ap Iorwerth, his step-mother's father] abovenamed. His widow d. bef. 1246. [Complete Peerage I:22]
  
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  William de Braose fell victim to the jealousy of Llewellyn, Prince of Wales, who suspecting an intimacy between him and the princess, his wife, King Henry's sister, invited him to an Easter feast, and treacherously cast him in prison at the conclusion of the banquet. He was soon afterwards put to death with the unfortunate princess. [I believe Joan Plantagenet died 6 or 7 years later.]
  
  From The Genealogist article by Wm. Addams Reitwiesner
  
  He was discovered in Joan's chambers, accused of being her lover, and promptly and publicly hanged. While the story that William and Joan were lovers has been generally accepted, the Annals of Margam (in T. Gale, ed , Historiae Britannicae et Anglicanae Scriptores XX (Oxford, 1687), 2-18, [anno] MCCXXX) implies that the "intimacy" was devised by Llywelyn to avenge himself on William for political injuries inflicted not only by William but by the entire Braose family; the execution was hailed by the Welsh as a vindication of a blood-feud against the Braoses dating from at least 1176. Indeed, shortly after the execution Llywelyn wrote to William's widow Eva and to William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke, Eva's brother, stating, in effect, that so far as he was concerned, the intended marriage between Llywelyn's son Dafydd and Eva's daughter Isabella could go forward as planned, and that he could not have prevented the Welsh magnates from taking their vengeance. See J. Goronwy Edwards, Calendar of Ancient Correspondence concerning Wales (Board of Celtic Studies of the University of Wales, History and Law Series, 2)(Cardiff, 1935), pp 51-52, nos. XI.56a, 56b. The marriage in fact took place three months later.
  
  === Source: Burke, Dormant & Extinct Peerage ===
  Source: Burke, Dormant & Extinct Peerages, 72. William was very fortunate in his marriage to Berta. All of her brothers died young without heirs so she brought a number of important lordships to the de Braoses in 1166. These included Brecon and Abergavenny. William became Sheriff of Hereford in 1174. His interest in Sussex was maintained as he confirmed the grants of his father and grandfather for the maintenance of Sele Priory and extended St. Mary's, Shoreham. http://freespace.virgin.net/doug.thompson/BraoseWeb/William2.htm
  
  === !Ancestral Roots of Certain American Col ===
  !Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700. by Frederick Lewis Weis. Seventh Edition. Page 152
  
  === THE LIGON FAMILY AND CONNECTIONS; by Wil ===
  THE LIGON FAMILY AND CONNECTIONS; by William D. LIGON, Jr. (1947); Page 108. L.D.S. Film Number - 1,016,922 item 3. or Book 929,273 - L627L - Volume 1 - Family History Center at Salt Lake. THE COMPLETE PEERAGE OF ENGLAND (Second Edition); by George Edward COKAYNE; Volume I, Pages 21 - 22; and Volume VI, Page 452. ENGLISH BARONIES, A STUDY OF THEIR ORIGIN AND DESCENT, 1086 - 1327; by SANDRES (1960); Pages 89 and 104.
  
  === Sources: Kraentzler 1126, 1133; 1150, 13 ===
  Sources: Kraentzler 1126, 1133; 1150, 1312; Coe, Norr, A. Roots 177,194; Elwes; AF; Antiquities of Shropshire, Vol 4; Ayers, p129. Lord Braose of Gower. He was the sheriff of Hertsfordshire. Roots: William de Braiose, of Brecknock, Abergavenney and Gowr. FirstBaron of Gwentland. K: First Baron of Gwentland, Brecknock and Abergavenny. Norr: Lord of Bamber, Sussex. 10th Lord of Abergaveny. Succeeded Hughde Beauchamp, grandson of William de Mandeville (Norr, p20, #33). Born about1112. Antiquities: William, son of Philip de Braose. Occurs 1140, 1158,1175. Living 1179. SOURCES: 1. Norr, Vernon M., _Some Early English Pedigrees_, p. 34, gen. 33. William de Braose was the Lord of Bramber, co. Sussex, and was the 10th Lord of Abergavenny, having succeeded Hugh de Beauchamp. He married in 1141 to Bertha, daughter of Miles of Gloucester. Hedied in 1189. 2. Cokayne, G. E., Vol. I, "Abergavenny": He married by 1150 toBertha, daughter of Miles of Gloucester. 3. Ancestral File. Gives his birth date as "abt 1192" in England. This individual has the following other parents in the AncestralFile: Philip De /BRAOSE/ (AFN:9G8Z-BS) and Aanor De /TOTNES/(AFN:8PTW-D3) Philip De /BRAOSE/ (AFN:9G8Z-BS) and Aenor /DE TOTNAIS/(AFN:9NR2-C7) Philip De /BRAOSE/ (AFN:9G8Z-BS) and Aenor /DE TOTNAIS/(AFN:G8BK-Q6) Philip De /BRAOSE/ (AFN:9G8Z-BS) and Aenor /DE TOTNAIS/(AFN:FLH2-XB) Philip De /BRAOSE/ (AFN:9G8Z-BS) and Aenor De /TOTENEIS/(AFN:91SH-13) Philip De /BRAOSE/ (AFN:9G8Z-BS) and Aenor /FITZJUDHEL/(AFN:9G8Z-D5)
  
  === The Plantagenet Ancestry Eng 116 p.78; T ===
  The Plantagenet Ancestry Eng 116 p.78; The Complete Peerage GEC Eng V Vol 1 p.21. 22, Vol 4 p.193,194, Vol 6 p.451-454; The Genealogist Eng Pub AF os Vol 4 p.139-141, 235; Arch Cambr Wales Pub A 4s Vol 14 p. 177, 6s Vol 10 p.340; Burke's Extinct Peerage 1883 & 1886 Eng P-1 p. 72; Dict of Nat'l Biog Eng Pub A Vol 6 p.229-231; Dugdale's Baronage of Eng, Eng AL Vol 1 p.414,416; Wells & Allied Families B8 G4 p.177; Sussex Arch Collections Suss 1 Vol 5 p.5,148; The Ligon Family B15 A183 Vol 1 p. 108. Archive Record - SLC, UT

• m. ABT 1220 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales

1. Maud de Braose, b. ABT 1109     d. BEF 20 MAR 1300/01
2. Maud de Braose Baroness Mortimer, b. 1224 in Wales     d. BEF 23 MAR 1301 in Herefordshire, England
3. Eleanor de Braose, b. 1228 in Brecknock, Breconshire, Wales     d. 1251 in Gloucestershire, England
4. Eve de Braose, b. 1228 in Bramber Castle, Sussex, England     d. 20 JUL 1255 in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales

1. Title: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy -Reynold de Braose, William de Braose and Eleanor de Braose [See document in the Memories section]
   Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISHNOBILITYMEDIEVAL3.htm#_Toc21417715;
   Note: Reynold de Braose, William de Braose and Eleanor de Braose in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISHNOBILITYMEDIEVAL3.htm#_Toc21417715 [See document in the Memories section]
   Page: Reynold de Braose, William de Braose and Eleanor de Braose in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISHNOBILITYMEDIEVAL3.htm#_Toc21417715 [See document in the Memories section]
   
2. Title: Reginald, William and Eleanor de Braose in Burke's Dormant Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, pg. 72 [See document in the Memories section]
   Author: Burke's Dormant Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, pg. 72
   Note: Reginald, William and Eleanor de Braose in Burke's Dormant Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, pg. 72 [See document in the Memories section]
   Page: Reginald, William and Eleanor de Braose in Burke's Dormant Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, pg. 72 [See document in the Memories section]
   
3. Title: Wikwand: William de Braose (died 1230)
   Publication: Name: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/William_de_Braose_(died_1230);
   Note: William de Braose (c. 1197 – 2 May 1230) was the son of Reginald de Braose by his first wife, Grecia Briwere. He was an ill-fated member of the House of Braose, a powerful and long-lived dynasty of Marcher Lords. Biography William de Braose was born in Brecon, probably between 1197 and 1204. The Welsh, who detested him and his family name, called him Gwilym Ddu, Black William. He succeeded his father in his various lordships in 1227, including Abergavenny and Buellt. William married Eva Marshal, daughter of William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke. They had four daughters: Isabella de Braose (born c. 1222), wife of Prince Dafydd ap Llywelyn Maud de Braose (born c. 1224 – 1301), wife of Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Mortimer another very powerful Marcher dynasty. Eleanor de Braose (c. 1226 – 1251), wife of Humphrey de Bohun and mother of Humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford. Eva de Braose (c. 1227- July 1255), wife of William de Cantilupe (died 1254). He was captured by the Welsh forces of Prince Llywelyn the Great, in fighting in the commote of Ceri near Montgomery, in 1228. William was ransomed for the sum of £2,000 and then furthermore made an alliance with Llywelyn, arranging to marry his daughter Isabella de Braose to Llywelyn's only legitimate son Dafydd ap Llywelyn. However, it became known that William had committed adultery with Llywelyn's wife, Joan, Lady of Wales, and Braose was taken at his own home and transported to Wales. The marriage planned between their two children did, however, take place. The Chronicle of Ystrad Fflur's entry for 1230 reads: "In this year William de Breos the Younger, lord of Brycheiniog, was hanged by the Lord Llywelyn in Gwynedd, after he had been caught in Llywelyn's chamber with the king of England's daughter, Llywelyn's wife." Llywelyn had William publicly hanged on 2 May 1230, possibly at Crogen, near Bala, though others believe the hanging took place near Llywelyn's palace at Abergwyngregyn. After William's death, his wife Eva continued to hold de Braose lands and castles in her own right. She was listed as the holder of Totnes in 1230, and was granted 12 marks to strengthen Hay Castle by King Henry III on the Close Rolls (1234–1237). Legacy With William's death by hanging and his having four daughters, who divided the de Braose inheritance between them and no male heir, the titles now passed to the junior branch of the de Braose dynasty, the only male heir was now John de Braose who had already inherited the titles of Gower and Bramber from his far-sighted uncle Reginald de Braose. Literature Sion Eirian – The Royal Bed (play) 2015 adaptation and Siwan (play) Saunders Lewis – Siwan Thomas Parry – Llywelyn Fawr (play) Edith Pargeter – The Green Branch (novel) Sharon Penman – Here Be Dragons (novel)
   
4. Title: Humphrey de Bohun (VI) and Eleanor de Braose (Briouse) in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~ http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL.htm#_Toc21106849 [See document in the Memories section]
   Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL.htm#_Toc21106849;
   Note: Humphrey de Bohun (VI) and Eleanor de Braose (Briouse) in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~ http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL.htm#_Toc21106849 [See document in the Memories section]
   Page: Humphrey de Bohun (VI) and Eleanor de Braose (Briouse) in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~ http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL.htm#_Toc21106849 [See document in the Memories section]
   
5. Title: Robert de Ferrers and Eleanor de Bohun in Magna Carta Ancestry, Vol. 1, pg. 153-54 [See document in the Memories section]
   Author: Magna Carta Ancestry, Vol. 1, pg. 153-54
   Note: Robert de Ferrers and Eleanor de Bohun in Magna Carta Ancestry, Vol. 1, pg. 153-54 [See document in the Memories section]
   Page: Robert de Ferrers and Eleanor de Bohun in Magna Carta Ancestry, Vol. 1, pg. 153-54 [See document in the Memories section]