William de Braose IV

• Preferred Name: William de Braose IV^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}
  
• Alternate Name: William de Braose
  
• Gender: M
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Baron Breouse
  
• FSID: 9ZCP-M8Z
  
• Cause+of+Death+: with note: Description: By the order of King John, William was starved to death with his mother in the dungeons of Windsor Castle in 1210.
  
• Birth: ABT 1175 in Bramber, Sussex, England
  
• Death: 9 APR 1210 in Corfe Castle, Dorset, England at LATI: N0.6396 LONG: E2.0573 with note: Starved to death at Corfe Castle.
  
• Burial: AUG 1210 in Corfe Castle, Dorset, England at LATI: N0.6396 LONG: E2.0573 with note: Walled Up In Corfe Castle and Starved to Death, As Ordered By King John The manner in which they met their deaths so outraged the English nobility that the Magna Carta, which King John was forced to sign in 1215, contains clause 39: "No man shall be taken, imprisoned, outlawed, banished or in any way destroyed, nor will we proceed against or prosecute him, except by the lawful judgement of his peers or by the law of the land." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maud_de_Braose
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Wikipedia - article about his father, William, 4th Lord of Bramber
  
  William de Braose's eldest son, William, married Maud (Matilda) de Clare (ca. 1184–1213), the daughter of Richard de Clare, 3rd Earl of Hertford. This younger William was captured with his mother and starved to death in 1210.
  
  He had fathered four sons, John, Giles, Philip and Walter and although they were also held in prison, they were released in 1218. John, the eldest, was said to have been brought up secretly, in Gower, by a Welsh ally or retainer. On his release he came under the care of his uncle Giles de Braose. John made a claim to being the rightful heir of the de Braose lands and titles and although the courts did not find for him, his other uncle Reginald de Braose was able to cede by a legal convention the Baronies of both Gower and Bramber to him for a fee. This established John's branch of the family and positioned it for survival at least or, at best, an opportunity for continued future power and influence.
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  Obituary at Find a Grave:
  
  William de Braose
  BIRTH 1175
  DEATH 1210 (aged 34–35)
  Corfe Castle, Purbeck District, Dorset, England
  BURIAL Body lost or destroyed
  MEMORIAL ID 86930215
  
  William was the son of William de Braose, 4th Lord of Bramber and Maud de St. Valéry. He married Maud de Clare, daughter of Richard de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford and Amice FitzRobert de Meullant of Gloucester, by whom he had issue, including John de Braose.
  
  After his mother refused to hand over William as a hostage to King John, they fled to Ireland, where they found refuge at Trim Castle with the de Lacy's, the family of his sister Margaret.
  
  In 1210, King John sent an expedition to Ireland. William and Maud escaped but were apprehended on the Antrim coast while trying to sail for Scotland. After being briefly held at Carrickfergus Castle, they were sent to England. By the orders of King John they were taken to Corfe Castle were William and Maud was walled up alive inside the dungeon where they starved to death
  
  The manner in which Maud and her son William met their deaths so outraged the English nobility that Magna Carta, which King John was forced to sign in 1215, contains clause 39; it reads:
  No man shall be taken ,imprisoned, outlawed, banished or in any way destroyed, nor will we proceed against or prosecute him, except by the lawful judgement of his peers or by the law of the land.
  
  CHILDREN
  They had four sons, John, Giles, Philip and Walter, and one daughter, Maud.
  
  Although the sons were also held in prison, they were released in 1218.
  
  John, the eldest, was said to have been brought up secretly, in Gower, by a Welsh ally or retainer. On his release he came under the care of his uncle Giles de Braose. John made a claim to being the rightful heir of the de Braose lands and titles and although the courts did not find for him, his other uncle Reginald de Braose was able to cede by a legal convention the Baronies of both Gower and Bramber to him for a fee. This established John's branch of the family and positioned it for survival at least or, at best, an opportunity for continued future power and influence. [3] John de Briouse ([1197/1201]-1232). Henry III King of England ordered the release of "Johannes, Egidius et Philippus et Walterus filii Willelmi de Braosa" dated [Jan] 1218[836]. [1]
  Giles de Braose, exiled in France until 1213, was Bishop of Hereford from 1200 until his death in 1215. He made peace with King John and agreed terms for regaining de Braose lands in 1215 but had also made alliances with the Welsh leader Llywelyn the Great. He died in 1215 before he could come into the lands. [3] Giles de Briouse . Henry III King of England ordered the release of "Johannes, Egidius et Philippus et Walterus filii Willelmi de Braosa" dated [Jan] 1218[837]. [1]
  Reginald de Braose reacquired his father's lands and titles for himself through simply seizing them back by force following the death of Giles. Reginald did not actually come to terms with the Crown until 1217 and the new, young King Henry III of England, after the death of King John. This, in turn, aroused the anger of Llywelyn the Great who had an understanding with Giles de Braose and the seeming duplicity caused the Welsh to attack de Braose lands in Brecon and Abergavenny and Gower. Abergavenny Castle had to be rebuilt as a result. Reginald de Braose died in 1228. [3]
  Philip de Briouse . Henry III King of England ordered the release of "Johannes, Egidius et Philippus et Walterus filii Willelmi de Braosa" dated [Jan] 1218[838]. [1]
  Walter de Briouse (-after 8 Jul 1226). Henry III King of England ordered the release of "Johannes, Egidius et Philippus et Walterus filii Willelmi de Braosa" dated [Jan] 1218[839]. Henry III King of England issued an order relating to a claim by the abbot of Gloucester against "Walterum de Braosa et Hawisiam uxorem eius" about "ecclesia de Hanendon" dated 8 Jul 1226[840]. m (Royal licence 11 Jul 1223) HAWISE de London, daughter of THOMAS de London & his wife Eva [de Tracy] (-after 8 Jul 1226). Henry III King of England granted licence for the marriage of "Waltero de Braosa" and "Hawisie filie et heredis…Thome de London", with "honore de Kedewelli et de Cadewathlan…maritagium", dated 11 Jul 1223[841]. Henry III King of England issued an order relating to a claim by the abbot of Gloucester against "Walterum de Braosa et Hawisiam uxorem eius" about "ecclesia de Hanendon" dated 8 Jul 1226[842]. [1]
  Matilda/Maud married a prominent Welsh prince, Gruffydd ap Rhys II of Deheubarth.
  
  Margaret, married Walter de Lacy, Lord of Meath in Ireland and himself another powerful Marcher Lord. [ There seem to be some confusion with Matilde on who her father is re Professor Thomas Jones Pierce, M.A., F.S.A., (1905-1964), Aberystwyth. she is the daughter of William Braose and Bertha Hereford the father of this William ] [3] Matilda . Drake, in a short Braose pedigree, records that “Loretta countess of Leicester” [daughter of William [III] de Briouse, see above] granted “the manor and advowson of Tawstock, co. Devon” to “her niece Matilda and the heirs of her body”, citing a writ dated 1391 and adding that the same document confirms that William [IV] de Briouse was the grantor’s brother[843]. He also states that Matilda, the grantee, married “Henry de Tracy Lord of Barnstaple, ob. 2 Edw I (1273-4)”, but does not cite the primary source which confirms that this marriage is correct. However, he does record the manor of Tawstock (presumably Tavistock) was later held by the second husband of Matilda, daughter of Eva de Tracy and heir of Henry de Tracy according to the inquisitions quoted above. From a chronological point of view, the proposal appears possible. m HENRY de Tracy, son of OLIVER de Tracy & his [second] wife Eva [FitzWarin] (-before 21 Aug 1274).
  
  from : Wikitree https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Braose-11
  
  William de Braose's eldest son, William (IV)
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  William de Braose's eldest son, William (IV) , married Maud (Matilda) de Clare (ca. 1184-1213), the daughter of Richard de Clare, 3rd Earl of Hertford.
  
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  William (Braose) de Braose (abt. 1175 - 1210)
  William (Braose) de Braose (abt. 1175 - 1210)
  
  William (William IV) de Braose formerly Braose aka de Brewes
  
  Born about 1175 in Bramber, Sussex, Englandmap
  
  Son of William (Braose) de Braose and Matil
  
  William de Braose, IV
  William de Braose, IV
  
  William IV de Braose, 5th Lord of Bramber
  
  d. 1210, Windsor or Corfe Castles, Eng. Starved to death with his mother by King John. Son of William III de BRAOSE Lord Brecknock 4th
  
  William de Braose, 4th Lord of Bramber
  William de Braose, 4th Lord of Bramber
  
  Lord of Gower, Abergavenny, Brecknock, Builth, Radnor, Kington, Limerick, Glamorgan, Skenfrith, Briouze in Normandy, Grosmont and White Castle
  
  Died: 9 August 1
  
  William de Braose
  William de Braose
  
  BIRTH: 1175
  
  DEATH: 1210 (aged 34–35)
  
  Corfe Castle, Purbeck District, Dorset, England
  
  BURIAL: Burial Details Unknown
  
  William was the son of William de Braose, 4th Lord of Bramber
  
  === !Archive Family Group Sheet as child fro ===
  !Archive Family Group Sheet as child from : The Genealogist, Eng. Pub. A.F, os, V..4, p. 139, 235-244, V. 5, p. 65-70, 147; Sussex Arch. Collect. Sussex l, 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; Research by hired genealogist for family org.
  
  === DEATH: Royal Index: Starved to death wi ===
  DEATH: Royal Index: Starved to death with his mother, by King John.
  
  === William de Braose, born perhaps c1175, ===
  William de Braose, born perhaps c1175, died Corfe or Windso r Castle 1210, of starvation by order of King John, son o f William de Braose, died 1211, Lord of Bramber, Sussex, b y his wife Maud de St Valery. [Magna Charta Sureties] ------------------------------------ William did not accompany King Richard on Crusade but fough t with King John against Philip in Normandy (1203/4). Kin g John demanded William as a hostage for his father's loyal ty in 1208. His mother Maud refused and the fled to Irelan d. In 1210 John prepared an expedition to Ireland. Maud an d William escaped Ireland, but were apprehended in Scotland . William the father was in Wales at the time. It is belie ved that Maud and William were starved to death at Windso r Castle (Some say Corfe). ------------------------------------- William, who perished by starvation with his mother at Wind sor m. Maud, dau. of the Earl of Clare, with whom he had th e town of Buckingham, in frank marriage, and left a son, Jo hn. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Ext inct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, England, 1883 , p. 72, Braose, Baron Braose, of Gower]
  
  === !CHILDREN: shown as Maud, Eleanor, Eva, ===
  !CHILDREN: shown as Maud, Eleanor, Eva, Bertha, and Isabel de BRAOSE.
  
  === William de Braose, born perhaps c1175, d ===
  William de Braose, born perhaps c1175, died Corfe or Windsor Castle 1210, of starvation by order of King John, son of William de Braose, died 1211, Lord of Bramber, Sussex, by his wife Maud de St Valery. [Magna Charta Sureties]
  
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  William did not accompany King Richard on Crusade but fought with King John against Philip in Normandy (1203/4). King John demanded William as a hostage for his father's loyalty in 1208. His mother Maud refused and the fled to Ireland. In 1210 John prepared an expedition to Ireland. Maud and William escaped Ireland, but were apprehended in Scotland. William the father was in Wales at the time. It is believed that Maud and William were starved to death at Windsor Castle (Some say Corfe).
  
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  William, who perished by starvation with his mother at Windsor m. Maud, dau. of the Earl of Clare, with whom he had the town of Buckingham, in frank marriage, and left a son, John. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, England, 1883, p. 72, Braose, Baron Braose, of Gower]
  
  === Also Known As:<_AKA> William // IV
  Name ===
  Also Known As:<_AKA> William // IV
  Name Suffix: Lord
  William did not accompany King Richard on Crusade but fought with King John against Philip of France in Normandy (1203/4). John demanded William as a hostage for his father's loyalty in 1208. His mother Maud refused and they fled to the family estates inIreland. In 1210 John prepared an expedition to Ireland. Maud and William escaped Ireland but were apprehended in Scotland. (William the father was in Wales at this time.) It is believed that Maud and William were starved to death atWindsor Castle. (Some say Corfe.)
  
  === BIRTH-MARRIAGE:The Victoria History of t ===
  BIRTH-MARRIAGE:The Victoria History of the Counties of England, edited by William Page, F.S.A. "A HISTORY OF WORCESTER," Volume I. LDS FHC microfilm #0559151. BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH:Medieval, royalty, nobility family group sheets, LDS FHC microfilm #1553978.
  
  === THE AMERICAN GENEALOGIST, Volume 56, Pag ===
  THE AMERICAN GENEALOGIST, Volume 56, Pages 1-11. VICTORIA COUNTY HISTORIES, BUCHSHIRE; Volume 3, Page 480. COMPLETE PEERAGE; by G. E. COKAYNE; Volume I, Page 22. MORIARTY NOTEBOOKS, at New England Historical Genealogical Society, Boston. THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE COUNTY OF BUCKINGHAM; by LIPSCOMB; Volume II, Page 558 and Volume I, Page 202.
  
  === !Ancestral Roots by Weis, Seventh Editio ===
  !Ancestral Roots by Weis, Seventh Edition L 63A-28. Murdered.
  
  === Starved to death with his mother by King ===
  Starved to death with his mother by King John
  
  === ! ! !Americans of Royal Descent, by Char ===
  ! ! !Americans of Royal Descent, by Charles H. Browning, page 363 with his mother, was starved to death in Windsor Castle, in 1210, according to the Chronicle of Matthew de Westminster (see Dugdale's "Baronage," 1675, Vol. Il, pp. 419-20)
  
  === Source: Norr. SOURCES: 1. Norr, Vernon ===
  Source: Norr. SOURCES: 1. Norr, Vernon M., _Some Early English Pedigrees_, p. 34, gen. 32. Walter de Braose was born abt 1175.
  
  ===
  Per Brian Tompsett's Directory of Royal ===
  
  Per Brian Tompsett's Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, he was starved
  to death with his mother by King John.
  
  === !#21> Complete Peerage-v1-p22,-v2-p302fn ===
  !#21> Complete Peerage-v1-p22,-v2-p302fn(b), (FHL 942 D22cok); #189> Scots Peerage-v2-p423, (FHL 941 D22p); !AF: BAPT-END-SP> AF:9G90PS; !DEATH> starved to death in either the dungeons of Corfe Castle, or Windsor Castle; e BRIOUZE;
  
  === !SOURCE: ANCESTRAL ROOTS OF SIXTY COLON ===
  !SOURCE: ANCESTRAL ROOTS OF SIXTY COLONISTS WHO CAME TO NEW ENGLAND BETWEEN 1623 AND 1650, 6TH ED 1988, PG 150, LINE 177 #6
  
  === !#21-v5-p541/2; !also of Gower, Kent; ===
  !#21-v5-p541/2; !also of Gower, Kent;
  
  === SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 S ===
  SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 SO68) P.24, 26, 35; ENGLAND PUBLICATION A1C20, P.277; ENGLAND PUBLICATION V, VOL 7 P.678; YORKSHIRE PUBLICATION 2; SURREY PUBLICATION 7, VOL 2 P.77; FINE ROLL 1355 CASTLES, ETC P.48-49; WURTS MAGNA CHARTA P.59-60, 108-109; ENGLAND PUBLICATION 5 VOL 1 P.20, 22, VOL 2 P.302, 304, 307; ENGLAND PUBLICATION A F O S, VOL 4 P.139 O.S., VOL 5 P.65, 147, 161-167, 318-320, VOL 6 P.236; ANCESTRAL FILE, LDS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY;
  
  === William De Braiose was the eldest son of ===
  William De Braiose was the eldest son of his father--William de Braiose and Matilda. Weis. 29A-28.

• m. BEF 1198 in England

1. John de Braose Lord of Gower and Bramber, b. 1197 in Gower, Glamorganshire, Wales     d. 18 JUL 1232 in Bramber Castle, Sussex, England
2. Maude de Braose - Heiress of Tavistock, b. 1200 in Carmarthenshire, Wales     d. 1244

1. Title: William de Braose, "Find A Grave Index"
   Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2Y-J9NZ : 9 June 2021), William de Braose, ; Burial, , ; citing record ID 86930215, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2Y-J9NZ;
   Note: Request Photo Picture of Added by nbo William de Braose BIRTH 1175 DEATH 1210 (aged 34–35) Corfe Castle, Purbeck District, Dorset, England BURIAL Body lost or destroyed Add to Map MEMORIAL ID 86930215 · View Source SHARE SAVE TOSUGGEST EDITS MEMORIAL PHOTOS 2 FLOWERS 43 William was the son of William de Braose, 4th Lord of Bramber and Maud de St. Valéry. He married Maud de Clare, daughter of Richard de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford and Amice FitzRobert de Meullant of Gloucester, by whom he had issue, including John de Braose. After his mother refused to hand over William as a hostage to King John, they fled to Ireland, where they found refuge at Trim Castle with the de Lacy's, the family of his sister Margaret. In 1210, King John sent an expedition to Ireland. William and Maud escaped but were apprehended on the Antrim coast while trying to sail for Scotland. After being briefly held at Carrickfergus Castle, they were sent to England. By the orders of King John they were taken to Corfe Castle were William and Maud was walled up alive inside the dungeon where they starved to death The manner in which Maud and her son William met their deaths so outraged the English nobility that Magna Carta, which King John was forced to sign in 1215, contains clause 39; it reads: No man shall be taken ,imprisoned, outlawed, banished or in any way destroyed, nor will we proceed against or prosecute him, except by the lawful judgement of his peers or by the law of the land.
   
2. Title: Wikipedia - Corfe Castle
   Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corfe_Castle;
   Note: Corfe Castle is a fortification standing above the village of the same name on the Isle of Purbeck peninsula in the English county of Dorset. Built by William the Conqueror, the castle dates to the 11th century and commands a gap in the Purbeck Hills on the route between Wareham and Swanage. The first phase was one of the earliest castles in England to be built at least partly using stone when the majority were built with earth and timber. Corfe Castle underwent major structural changes in the 12th and 13th centuries. In 1572, Corfe Castle left the Crown's control when Elizabeth I sold it to Sir Christopher Hatton. Sir John Bankes bought the castle in 1635, and was the owner during the English Civil War. His wife, Lady Mary Bankes, led the defence of the castle when it was twice besieged by Parliamentarian forces. The first siege, in 1643, was unsuccessful, but by 1645 Corfe was one of the last remaining royalist strongholds in southern England and fell to a siege ending in an assault. In March that year Corfe Castle was slighted on Parliament's orders. Owned by the National Trust, the castle is open to the public and in 2018 received around 237,000 visitors.[1] It is protected as a Grade I listed building and a Scheduled Ancient Monument. History Royal castle Corfe Castle was built on a steep hill in a gap in a long line of chalk hills, created by two streams eroding the rock on either side. The name Corfe derives from the Old English ceorfan, meaning 'a cutting', referring to the gap.[2] The construction of the medieval castle means that little is known about previous activity on the hill. We know from contemporary writing that Anglo-Saxon nobility treated it as a residence, such as Queen Ælfthryth, wife of Edgar, and there are postholes belonging to a Saxon hall on the site.[3] This hall may be where the boy-king Edward the Martyr was assassinated in 978; contemporaries tell us that he went to the castle at Corfe to visit Ælfthryth and his brother.[4] A castle was founded at Corfe on England's south coast soon after the Norman Conquest of England in 1066. The royal forest of Purbeck, where William the Conqueror enjoyed hunting, was established in the area.[5] Between 1066 and 1087, William established 36 such castles in England.[6] Sitting as it does on a hill top, Corfe Castle is one of the classic images of a medieval castle. However, despite popular imagination, occupying the highest point in the landscape was not the typical position of a medieval castle. In England, a minority are located on hilltops, but most are in valleys; many were near important transport routes such as river crossings.[7] Unusually for castles built in the 11th century, Corfe was partially constructed from stone indicating it was of particularly high status. A stone wall was built around the hill top, creating an inner ward or enclosure. There were two further enclosures: one to the west, and one that extended south (the outer bailey); in contrast to the inner bailey, these were surrounded by palisades made from timber.[5] At the time, the vast majority of castles in England were built using earth and timber, and it was not until the 12th century that many began to be rebuilt in stone.[8] The Domesday Book records one castle in Dorset; the entry, which reads "Of the manor of Kingston the King has one hide on which he built Wareham castle", is thought to refer to Corfe rather than the timber castle at Wareham.[9] There are 48 castles directly mentioned in the Domesday Book, although not all those in existence at the time were recorded.[10] Assuming that Corfe is the castle in question, it is one of four the Domesday Book attributes to William the Conqueror; the survey explicitly mentions seven people as having built castles, of which William was the most prolific.[11] Corfe's keep (left) dates from the early 12th century.
   
3. Title: Magna Carta Ancestry, Volume 1 (personal copy)
   Author: Douglas Richardson, Kimball G. Everingham, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 1, 2nd edition (N.p.: n.p., 2011), Volume 1, pages 313-316.
   Note: .
   Page: Well-researched and well-documented source.
   
4. Title: Ancestry Family Trees
   Author: Ancestry Family Tree
   
5. Title: William de Braose - Medlands - FMG
   Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISHNOBILITYMEDIEVAL3.htm#_Toc21417713;
   
6. Title: Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22
   Author: Stephen, Sir Leslie, ed.; London, England: Oxford University Press; Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22; Volume: Vol 02; Page: 1137
   Publication: Name: https://search.ancestry.ca/collections/1981/records/11096;