Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameWilliam DE BRAOSE, 22G Grandfather
Birth1197, Brecon
Death2 May 1230
FatherReginald DE BRAOSE (1182-1228)
MotherGrecia Briwere
Spouses
1Eva MARSHAL, 22G Grandmother
Birth1203, Pembroke Castle, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Death1246
FatherWilliam MARSHAL 1st Earl Pembroke (1147-1219)
MotherIsabel de CLARE (1172-1220)
Marriagebef 1221
Notes for William DE BRAOSE
Publicly hanged by Llywelyn the Great, after he was caught in Llywelyn’s chamber with Llywelyn’s wife Joan, natural daughter of King John.
How is this for interconnected stories!
William’s father’s mother Maude and brother William were starved to death by King John. William’s father’s second wife was Llewelyn’s daughter Gwaladus Ddu. William’s daughter Isabella married Llewelyn’s son Dafydd and another daughter married Roger Mortimer, the son of Gwaldys Ddu and her second husband Ralph Mortimer
Or to put it another way.
King John [24G Grandfather] was natural father of Joan [25G Grandmother] and had William’s grandmother [25G Grandmother] and uncle starved to death.
Llywelyn the Great [25G Grandfather] had William [23G Grandfather] hanged, was his step grandfather, was father-in-law to one of William’s daughters and grandfather-in-law to another [23G Grandmother].
How is this for interconnected stories!
William’s father’s mother Maude and brother William were starved to death by King John. William’s father’s second wife was Llewelyn’s daughter Gwaladus Ddu. William’s daughter Isabella married Llewelyn’s son Dafydd and another daughter married Roger Mortimer, the son of Gwaldys Ddu and her second husband Ralph Mortimer
Or to put it another way.
King John [24G Grandfather] was natural father of Joan [25G Grandmother] and had William’s grandmother [25G Grandmother] and uncle starved to death.
Llywelyn the Great [25G Grandfather] had William [23G Grandfather] hanged, was his step grandfather, was father-in-law to one of William’s daughters and grandfather-in-law to another [23G Grandmother].