William DE BRAOSE

Male Abt 1049 - 1087  (~ 38 years)


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  • Name William DE BRAOSE  [1
    Born Abt 1049 
    Gender Male 
    Died 1087  Bramber, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I7584  adkinshorton
    Last Modified 2 Jan 2013 

    Family Agnes DE ST. CLARE,   b. Abt 1054, Barstable, Devonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Children 
    +1. Philip DE BRAOSE, Second Baron of Briouze,   b. Bef 1073, Bramber, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1123, Holy Land, Palestine Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age > 50 years)
    Family ID F26119  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • The baronial family of Braose came from originally from Briouze, near Argentan, Normandy. William de Briouse was one of the most powerful barons in William the Conqueror's army. He received large possessions, chiefly in Sussex, including the whole Rape of Bramber, where he built Bramber Castle, which was his seat. In 1075 he executed the foundation charter of the Sele Abbey, Sussex, founded the Abbey of Braiose in the time of William I. and made grants to St. Florent Saumer. Gunnora, his mother, in 1082 held lands from Hugh Pincera and Roger de Cuilli. The date of his death is unknown, but he was succeeded by his son, Philip de Briouse, during the reign of William Rufus; he increased the vast estates of his father by marriage with Beta, sister and co-heir of William, Earl of Gloucester. He is mentioned by Oderic Vital in 1096 as supporting William Rufus against his brother Henry, who held the strong castle of Domfront in Normandy, from which he carried on his operations. Philip was the ancestor of the house of Braose, barons of Bramber, Brecknock, Gower, and Totness, and of William de Braose, who obtained from King Henry II. a grant of the "whole kingdom of Limerick" in Ireland for the service of sixty knight's fees. Numerous branches existed also in Sussex, Bedford, Hampshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Wales, and from him descended also the Wingfields, Viscounts Powerscourt. The family must not be confused with that of Brius, Bris, or Brix, of which Robert de Brix was the representative at Hastings.

  • Sources 
    1. [S18795] .


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