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William de Braose
(Abt 1145-1211)
Maud (Matilda) de Saint Valery
(Abt 1148-1210)
William de Briwere
Beatrice de Vaux
Reginald de Braose
(1178-1228)
Grecia de Briwere
(Abt 1170-)
William de Braose
(Abt 1197-1230)

 

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William de Braose

  • Born: Abt 1197, Lord AbergavenNew York
  • Marriage: Unknown
  • Died: 2 May 1230, Hanged In Crogen, about age 33

bullet   Ancestral File Number: 84ZT-2B.

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bullet  General Notes:

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 Builth.

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 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.


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William married.




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