Lord William DE BRAOSE

1204 - 1230  (26 years)

• Name	William DE BRAOSE
  Prefix	Lord
  Born	1204	Bramber, Sussex, England
  Gender	Male
  Also Known As	Black Will
  Occupation	Lord of Abergavenny
  Cause of Death	Hanged by his lover’s husband
  Died	2 May 1230	Wales
  Person ID	I35170	Main
  Last Modified	30 Jul 2017

  
  

  Father	Lord Reginald DE BRAOSE,   b. 1178, Bramber, Sussex, England ,   d. 9 Jun 1228, Wales  (Age 50 years)
  Mother	Groecia DE BRIWERE,   b. 1176, Stoke, Devonshire, England ,   d. 1251, England  (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F12346	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Eva MARSHALL,   b. 1200, Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales ,   d. Bef 1246  (Age < 45 years)
  Married	2 May 1230	England
  Children	1. Alianor DE BRAOSE,   b. Abt 1224, Brecknockshire, Wales ,   d. Bef 25 Jun 1252, Gloucester, Essex, England  (Age ~ 28 years)   2. Eva DE BRAOSE,   b. Aft 1228, Bramber Castle, Sussex, England ,   d. Abt 20 Jul 1255, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales  (Age < 25 years)   3. Isabella DE BRAOSE,   b. Abt 1215, Bramber Castle, Sussex, England ,   d. Abt 1248, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England  (Age ~ 33 years) + 4. Matilda “Maud” DE BRAOSE,   b. Abt 1228, Glower, Glamorganshire, Wales ,   d. 1301  (Age ~ 73 years)
  Last Modified	4 Nov 2023
  Family ID	F12345	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Married - 2 May 1230 - England  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  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 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. 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 Garth Celyn. 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).«s76»