_William Seigneur de Braose_______________
_Philip de BRAOSE ____|_Agnes de St. Clare_______________________
_William de BRAOSE Sheriff of Hereford_|
| | _Juhel de TOTNES _________________________
| |_Aanor de TOTNES _____|__________________________________________
_William de BRAOSE __________________|
| | _Walter Sheriff & Constable of Gloucester_
| | _Miles E of Hereford__|_Emma de Baladan__________________________
| |_Bertha of Hereford____________________|
| | _Bernard de NEUFMARCHE Lord of Brecon_____
| |_Sibyl de NEUFMARCHE _|_Nest ____________________________________
_Reginald de BRAOSE _|
| | __________________________________________
| | ______________________|__________________________________________
| | _Bernard IV de St. Valery______________|
| | | | __________________________________________
| | | |______________________|__________________________________________
| |_Maud de St. Valerie Lady of La Haie_|
| | __________________________________________
| | ______________________|__________________________________________
| |_Maud _________________________________|
| | __________________________________________
| |______________________|__________________________________________
|
|--William de BRAOSE
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| __________________________________________
| ______________________|__________________________________________
| _______________________________________|
| | | __________________________________________
| | |______________________|__________________________________________
| _William de BRIWERE _________________|
| | | __________________________________________
| | | ______________________|__________________________________________
| | |_______________________________________|
| | | __________________________________________
| | |______________________|__________________________________________
|_Gracia de BRIWERE __|
| __________________________________________
| ______________________|__________________________________________
| _______________________________________|
| | | __________________________________________
| | |______________________|__________________________________________
|_Beatrice de VAUX ___________________|
| __________________________________________
| ______________________|__________________________________________
|_______________________________________|
| __________________________________________
|______________________|__________________________________________
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 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.
[editorial note : this is not quite accurate. William's relatives
who married into the 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 1067), 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]. The 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 Breoses."
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.