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Reginald de Braose was born about 1179 in Bramber, Sussex, England. He and Gwladys verch Llewellyn were married about 1215.¹ He died before 9 June 1228 in Abergavenny, Gwent Uwch Coed, Monmouthshire, Wales.^2,1 He was buried in Priory Church, Brecon, Breconshire, Wales.

Reginald de Braose had person sources.³

Maud Matilda de Braose was born about 1229 in Gower, Glamorganshire, Wales. She and Roger de Mortimer were married in 1249.^1,2 She died on 20 March 1301, at age ~72, in Wigmore, Ludlow, Hertfordshire, England.^1,2

Maud Matilda de Braose had person sources.³

Sybil de Braose was born in 1148 in Bramber, Sussex, England. She and William de Ferrers were married in 1162. She died after 5 February 1228.^1,2

Sybil de Braose had person sources.³

Sibilla de Salisbury was born in 1127 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. She and John ("The Marshall") FitzGilbert, The Marshall, were married in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales. She died.

He [John the Marshal] m., 2ndly, Sibyl, sister of Patrick de Salisbury, 1st Earl of WIltshire, and daughter of Walter de Salisbury, hereditary sheriff of Wiltshire and constable of Salisbury Castle, by Sibyl, daughter of Patrick de Chaources (Chaworth). John d. in 1165, before Michaelmas. [Complete Peerage X:Appendix G:93-95]. Sibilla de Salisbury had person sources.¹

Richard FitzGilbert de Clare was born in 1125 in Tunbridge, Stafford, Kent, England. He and Aoife (Eva) MacMurrough were married on 11 August 1170 in Waterford, Munster, Ireland. He died on 20 April 1176, at age ~51, in Dublin, Leinster, Ireland. He was buried in Dublin Cathedral, Dublin, Leinster, Ireland.

Richard FitzGilbert de Clare had person sources.¹

Aoife (Eva) MacMurrough was born in 1145 in Leinster, Ireland. She and Richard FitzGilbert de Clare were married on 11 August 1170 in Waterford, Munster, Ireland. She died after 1186 in Waterford, Munster, Ireland.¹ She was buried in Dublin Cathedral, Dublin, Leinster, Ireland.

Aoife (Eva) MacMurrough had person sources.²

William le Meschines was born about 1096 in Castle Guernon/Gernon, Montfiquet, Calvados, Normandy, France. He died in 1130, at age ~34, in Egremont, Cumbria, England.¹

William le Meschines had person sources.²

William de ("Ogre of Abergavenny") Braose was born in 1153 in Bramber, Sussex, England. He and Matilda de Haye St. Valery were married in 1169. He died on 9 August 1211, at age ~58, in Corbeil, Marne, Champagne, France.^1,2 He was buried on 10 August 1211 in Abbaye des St. Victorie, Paris, Ile-de-France, France.

In consequence of his well-known quarrel with King John, hi s lands were forfeited in 1208, and his wife and 1st son st arved to death in the dungeons of Corfe (or of Windsor) i n 1210. He d. at Corbeil near Paris, 9, and was buried 1 0 Aug 1211, in the Abbey of St. Victor at Paris. [Complet e Peerage I:22]

He slaughtered Seisyll ap Dyvnwal and a host of unarmed Wel shmen, in the castle of Abergavenny in 1175, in revenge fo r the death of his uncle Henry of Hereford. Seisyll was ow ner of Castle Arnold,and is said in an inaccurate versio n of the Brut to have captured Abergavenny in 1172, the sla ughter being dated 1177. But the better version of the Brut, on the contrary, states that Seisyll wascaptured in 1172 by the garrison of Abergavenny.

At his peak Lord of Bramber, Gower, Abergavenny, Brecknock , Builth, Radnor, Kington, Limerick, and the three castle s of Skenfrith, Grosmont, and Whitecastle.

William inherited Bramber, Builth, and Radnor from his fath er, Brecknock and Abergavenny through his mother. He was t he strongest of the Marcher Lords involved in constant wa r with the Welsh and other lords. He was particularly hate d by the Welsh for the massacre of three Welsh princes, the ir families and their men which took place during a feast a t his castle of Abergavenny in 1175. He was sometimes know n as the "Ogre of Abergavenny". One of the Normans' foremo st warriors, he fought alongside King Richard at Chalus in 1199 (where Richard was killed).

William received Limerick in 1201 from King John. He was a lso given custody of Glamorgan, Monmouth, and Gwynllwg in r eturn for large payments.

William captured Arthur, Count of Brittany at Mirebeau in 1 202 and was in charge of his imprisonment for King John. H e was rewarded in February 1203 with the grant of Gower. H e may have had knowledge of the murder Prince Arthur and be en bribed to silence by John with the city of Limerick in J uly. His honors reached their peak when he was made Sherif f of Herefordshire by John in 1206-7. He had held this off ice under Richard from 1192-1199.

His fall began almost immediately. William was stripped o f his office as bailiff of Glamorgan and other custodies i n 1206-7. Later he was deprived of all his lands and, soug ht by John in Ireland,he returned to Wales and joined th e Welsh Prince Llewelyn in rebellion. He fled to France i n 1210 via Shoreham "in the habit of a beggar" and died i n exile near Paris. Despite intending to be interred at S t John's, Brecon, he was buried in the Abbey of St Victorie , Paris by Stephen Langton, the Archbishop of Canterbury, a nother of John's chief opponents who was also taking refug e there.

William de Braose inherited the large estates of his grandm other, Berta de Gloucester, and besides possessed the Honou r of Braose, in Normandy. This feudal lord was a personag e of great power and influence during the reigns of Henry I I and Richard I, from the former of whom he obtained a gran t of the "whole kingdom of Limeric, in Ireland," for the se rvice of sixty knight's fees, to be held of the king and hi s younger son, John. For several years after this period, h e appears to have enjoyed the favour of King John and his p ower and possessions were augmented by divers grants from t hecrown. In the 10th of the king's reign [1209], when th e kingdom laboured under an interdiction and John deemed i t expedient to demand hostages from his barons to ensure th eir allegiance should thePope proceed to the length of abs olving them from obedience to the crown, his officers who c ame upon the mission to the Baron de Braose were met by Mau d, his wife, and peremptorily informed that she would not e ntrust any of her children to the king, who had so basely m urdered his own nephew, Prince Arthur. de Braose rebuked he r for speaking thus, however, and said that if he had in an ything offended the king, he was ready to make satisfactio n according to the judgment of the court and the barons, hi s peers, upon an appointed day and at any fixed place witho ut, however, giving hostages. This answer being communicate d to the king, an order was immediately transmitted to seiz e upon the baron's person, but Braose having notice thereo f fled with his family into Ireland.

This quarrel between de Braose and King John is, however, d ifferently related by other authorities. The monk of Llanth ony stated that King John disinherited and banished him fo r his cruelty to theWelsh in his war with Gwenwynwyn, an d that his wife Maud and William, his son and heir, died pr isoners in Corfe Castle. Another writer relates, "that thi s William de Braose, son of Philip de Braose, Lord of Buelt , held the lands of Brecknock and Went for the whole time o f King Henry II, Richard I, and King John without any distu rbance until he took to wife the Lady Maud de St. Walerie , who,in revenge of Henry de Hereford, cause divers Welshm en to be murthered in the castle of Bergavenny as they sa t at meat; and that for this, and for some other pickt quar rel, King John banished himand all his out of England. Lik ewise, that in his exile, Maud his wife, with William, gall ed, Gam, his son, were taken and put into prison where sh e died the 10th year after her husband fought withGwenwynw yn and slew three thousand Welch." From these various relat ions, says Dugdale, it is no easy matter to discover what h is demerits were, but what usage he had at last, take her e the creditof these two historians who lived near that ti me. "This year, viz. anno 1240," quoth Matthew of Westminst er, "the noble lady Maud, wife of William de Braose, with W illiam, their son and heir, weremiserably famished at Wind sor by the command of King John; and William, her husband , escaping from Scorham, put himself into the habit of a be ggar and, privately getting beyond sea, died soon after a t Paris, where he had burial in the abbey of St. Victor." A nd Matthew Paris, putting his death in anno 1212 (which dif fers a little in time), says, "That he fled from Ireland t o France and, dying at Ebula, his body was carried to Pari s and there honourably buried in the abbey of St. Victor. " "But after these great troubles in his later days," conti nues Dugdale, "I shall now say somethingof his pious works . Being by inheritance from his mother, Lord of Bergavenny , he made great grants to the monks of that priory, conditi onally, that the abbot and convent of St. Vincent, in Main e(to which this priory of Bergavenny was a cell) should da ily pray for the soul of him, the said William, and the sou l of Maud, his wife."

When the contest between King John and the barons broke out , Giles de Braose, bishop of Hereford, arraying himself und er the baronial banner, was put in possession by the peopl e of Bergavenny and the other castles of the deceased lord , and eventually King John, in the last year of his reign , his wrath then being assuaged, granted part of those land s to the bishop's younger brother and heir.[Sir Bernard Bu rke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, Burk e's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 72, Braose, Baron Braos e, of Gower]. William de ("Ogre of Abergavenny") Braose had person sources.³

Matilda de Haye St. Valery was born in 1155 in Isleworth, Middlesex, England.¹ She and William de ("Ogre of Abergavenny") Braose were married in 1169. She died in 1210, at age ~55, in Castle Corfe, Windsor, Berkshire, England.²

Matilda de Haye St. Valery had person sources.³

Millicent de ("Melisande") Ferrers was born about 1064 in Ferrieres-St-Hilaire, Bernay, Eure, Normandy, France. She died before 30 March 1088.¹

Millicent de ("Melisande") Ferrers had person sources.²

Robert de Ferrers was born about 1100 in Derbyshire, England. He and Margaret Peverel were married in Nottinghamshire, England. He died before 1160 in Merevale, Warwickshire, England. He was buried in Abbey Merevale, Warwickshire, England.

EARLDOM OF DERBY (II) 1139

ROBERT [DE FERRIERES], EARL OF DERBY, or EARL OF FERRIERES, son and heir. During the reign of King Stephen, he founded the Abbeys of merevale, co. Warwick, and Darley near Derby, and was the virtual founder of the Priory of Bredon, co. Leicester. He went, or proposed to go, on pilgrimage to Santiago.

He married Margaret, daughter and heir of William Peverel, of Nottingham. He died before 1160, and was buried in Merevale Abbey, wrapped in an oxhide. [Complete Peerage IV:191-2, XIV:230, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

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Robert de Ferrers, 2nd Earl of Derby, in the 12th Henry II, upon levying the aid for marrying the king's daughter, certified the knights' fees then in his possession to be in number seventy-nine for which he paid the sum of 68 marks. This nobleman was also a liberal benefactor to the church. His lordship was buried at the Abbey of Meervale, co. Warwick, one of the religious houses which he had founded, wrapped in an ox's hide according to his desire. His lordship m. Margaret, dau. and heiress of William Peverel, of Nottingham, by whom he had issue. He was s. by his son, William de Ferrers, 3rdEarl of Derby. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 196, Ferrers, Earls of Derby]. Robert de Ferrers had person sources.¹

William de Ferrers was born about 1162 in Ferrers, Derbyshire, England. He and Agnes de Kevelioc were married in 1192 in Cheshire, England. He died on 22 September 1247, at age ~85, in Evington, Billesdon, Leicestershire, England.

William de Ferrers had person sources.¹

Rhys Gryg and Maud de Clare were married after 1210. He died in 1253.

Rhys Gryg had person sources.¹

Iorwerth Drwyndwn ap Owain was born about 1129 in Castell Aberffraw, Malltraeth, Anglesey, Wales. He died about 1174, at age ~45, in Pennant Mehangell, Unknown.

Alt birth is 1140. Iorwerth Drwyndwn ap Owain had person sources.¹

Gruffydd ap Llewelyn was born about 1206 in Gwynedd, Caernarvonshire, Wales. He died on 1 March 1244, at age ~38, in Tower of London, London, Middlesex, England.

Gruffydd ap Llewelyn had person sources.¹

Dafydd ap Llewelyn Fawr was born in Caernarvonshire, Wales. He died in March 1246.

Dafydd ap Llewelyn Fawr had person sources.¹

Henry of Burgundy was born in 1066 in Dijon, Cote d'Or, Bourgogne, France. He and Teresa of Castile were married before 24 August 1092 in Villa de Guimaraes, Barga, Portugal. He died on 1 November 1112, at age ~46, in Astorga, Galacia.

Henry of Burgundy had person sources.¹

Teresa of Castile was born in 1070 in Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. She and Henry of Burgundy were married before 24 August 1092 in Villa de Guimaraes, Barga, Portugal. She died on 1 November 1130, at age ~60.

Teresa of Castile had person sources.¹

Judeal Johel de Totenais was born about 1049 in Barnstaple, Devonshire, England. He and De Picquigny were married in Barnstaple, Devonshire, England. He died.

Judeal Johel de Totenais had person sources.¹

Bernard de Neufmarche was born in 1050 in Neufmarche, Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France. He died in 1093, at age ~43, in Aberhonwy, Breconshire, Wales.¹

Bernard de Neufmarche had person sources.²

Nest verch Osborn was born about 1077 in Castle Richard, Ludlow, Hertfordshire, England. She died.

Nest verch Osborn had person sources.¹

Roger FitzMiles was born about 1121. He was buried in Priory Llanthony-by-Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England.

Roger FitzMiles had person sources.¹

Robert de Ferrers was born about 1062 in Ferrieres-St-Hilaire, Bernay, Eure, Normandy, France.¹ He died in 1139, at age ~77, in Tutbury, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England.^2,3

Robert de Ferrers was christened in Chartley Holme, Stafford, Staffordshire, England. He was one of the commanders at the Battle of the Standard , in August 1138, and was, for his services, created Earl o f Derby by King Stephen, shortly afterwards. He married Haw ise, daughter of André, Seigneur de Vitré in Brittany, by A gnes, daughter of Robert, Count of Mortain. He died in 1139 . [Complete Peerage IV:191, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

EARLDOM OF DERBY (I) 1138

ROBERT DE FERRIERES, 3rd son, succeeded to the greater part of his father's possessions in England (c). He was one of the commanders at the Battle of the Standard, in August 1138, and was, for his services, created Earl of Derby by King Stephen, shortly afterwards. He married Hawise, daughter of André, Seigneur de Vitré in Brittany, by Agnes, daughter of Robert, Count of Mortain. He died in 1139.[Complete Peerage IV:191, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

(c) . . . The lands in Normandy were eventually inherited by Henry de Ferrieres, his nephew (son and heir of one of his brothers, Engenulf or William). Henry, who was living in 1136, held Oakham, co.Rutland, and Lechlade, co. Gloucester (a manor held by his grandfather Henry at the Domesday Survey). He was father of Walkelin, who was father of (1) Henry, Seigneur de Chambres in 1202, (2) Hugh,of Lechlade, who dsp. in 1204, having m. Margaret, daughter and heir of Hugh de Say of Richard's Castle, and (3) Isabel (d. before 31 May 1252), who m., 1stly, Roger de Mortemer of Wigmore (d. 24 June1214), and 2ndly, Piers fitz Herbert of Blaen Llyfni (d. 1 June 1235). Isabel inherited Lechlade, and also Oakham, which her eldest brother, Henry, had lost at the time of the conquest of Normandy.Henry was the ancestor of the seigneurs of Ferrieres and Chambrais, the last of whom, Jean, dspm. in 1504. A custom quite recently existed that a peer of the realm, the first time he passed throughOakham, should give a horse-shoe to be nailed upon the castle-gate; a toll or privilege dating, no doubt, from the time of the ancient lords of that town.

Note: Most people on the internet have Robert being christened at "Charterley, Staffs". If he was born in 1062, it was certainly in Normandy; perhaps he was christened in England after 1066. Since there is no Charterley (any where, let alone in Staffordshire), they must be referring to the area of the town now known as Chartley Holme in Staffs (nearby Chartley Castle wasn't built until 1220 by Ranulph Blundeville, Earl of Chester). There were Ferrers who were Lords of Chartley later on, but that family received Chartley through the marriage of William de Ferrers, 4th Earl of Derby, to Agnesof Chester, sister & heir of Ranulph Blundeville (Ranulph died without issue), so Chartley Castle was not inherited from the Ferrers of this period.

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Robert de Ferrers, having contributed, at the head of the Derbyshire men, to King Stephen's victory over King David of Scotland at Northallerton (commonly called the battle of the Standard), was created by that monarch Earl of Derby. By Hawise his wife, he had William who d. s. p.; Robert his successor; Walcheline, of Okeham; Isolda, m. to Stephen de Beauchamp; and Maud, m. to Bertram de Verdon. The earl d. in 1139 and was s. by his son, Robert de Ferrers, as 2nd Earl of Derby. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 196, Verdon, Earls of Derby]. He had person sources.⁴

Hawise de Vitre was born about 1069 in Vitre, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France. She died in 1139, at age ~70.

He [Robert de Ferrieres] married Hawise, daughter of André, Seigneur de Vitré in Brittany, by Agnes, daughter of Robert, Count of Mortain. He died in 1139. [Complete Peerage IV:191, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]. Hawise de Vitre had person sources.¹

Simon de St. Liz II was born after 1103 in Northamptonshire, England.¹ He died in August 1153 in Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England.^2,1 He was buried in Priory St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland.

Simon de St. Liz II had person sources.³