Mathilda de Braose

Daughter of William III de Braose and Matilde de Saint-Valery

Married Gruffydd ap Rhys, King of Deheubarth

http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISHNOBILITYMEDIEVAL3.htm#_Toc21...

MATILDA de Briouse (-21 Dec 1209, bur Strata Florida). Her parentage is confirmed by the which Annales Cambriæ name "Griffinus…" and "Willielmoque de Breusa socero suo"[851]. The Chronicle of the Princes of Wales records the death in 1209 "on the feast of St Thomas the Martyr...at Llanbadarn the Great" of “Mahalt de Bruse, the mother of the sons of Gruffudd son of Rhys” and her burial “with her husband at Strata Florida”[852].

m (1189) GRUFFYDD ap Rhys, son of RHYS ap Gruffydd King of Deheubarth & his wife Gwenllian of Powys (-[Jul/Aug] 1201, bur Strata Florida). He succeeded his father in 1197 as King of Deheubarth. See http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/WALES.htm#Gruffydddied1201

Gruffydd & his wife had two children:

a) RHYS Ieuanc (-1222).
b) OWAIN (-1235, bur Strata Florida). The Chronicle of the Princes of Wales records that "young Maelgwn son of Maelgwn son of Rhys burned Aberteivi to the gate of the castle…and from thence he came to Owain son of Gruffudd son of the lord Rhys his cousin…to fight against the castle" in 1231[465]. The Chronicle of the Princes of Wales records that "Owain son of Gruffudd son of the lord Rhys…died at Strata Florida on the Wednesday after the octave of the Epiphany and was buried with Rhys, son of the lord Rhys, his brother in the chapter house of the monks" in 1235[466]. m ---. The name of Owain´s wife is not known. Owain & his wife had one child:

i) MAREDUDD (-Llanbadarn Mar 1265, bur Strata Florida). The Chronicle of the Princes of Wales records that "Maredudd son of Owain son of Gruffudd son of the lord Rhys" died in Mar 1264 "at Llanbardarn the Great and was buried in the chapter house of the monks of Strata Florida"[467]

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William de Braose, 7th Baron Abergavenny

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William's eldest daughter Matilda (also called Maud) married a prominent Welsh prince, Gruffydd ap Rhys II of Deheubarth. Another daughter, Margaret, married Walter de Lacy, Lord of Meath in Ireland and himself another powerful Marcher Lord.

• Matilda de Braose

born about 1173 Bramber, Sussex, England

father:

• William de Braose Lord Bramber

born about 1153 Bramber, Sussex, England

died 9 August 1211 Corbeil, Marne, France

buried 10 August 1211 France

mother:

• Maud (Matilda) de Saint Valery de Haye

born about 1155

died 1210 Corfe, Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England

siblings:

Joan (Alice) de Braose born about 1174 Gower, Kent, England

• William "the Younger" de Braose born about 1175 Bramber, Sussex, England died 1210 Corfe, Windsor Castle, England

Laurette de Braose born about 1176 Bramber, Sussex, England

died 4 March 1266 Hackington, Near Canterbury, Kent, England

• Margaret Braose born about 1177 Abergavenny, Wales
• Reginald de Braose born about 1178/85 Bramber, Sussex, England

died 9 June 1228 Brecon, Breconshire, Wales buried Priory Church, Brecon, Breconshire, Wales

Fulk de Braose born about 1188 Bramber, Sussex, England

Eleanor de Braose born about 1185 Bramber, Sussex, England died after 1241

Giles de Braose born about 1175 Bramber, Sussex, England died 13 November 1215 Gloucester, Gloustershire, England

Hugh de Braose born 1180 <Bramber, Sussex, England>

John de Braose born about 1180/1183 Bramber, Sussex, England died before 26 March 1205

Robert de Braose born about 1166 Bramber, Sussex, England

Roger Braose born about 1171 Bramber Castle, Sussex, England

Thomas de Braose born about 1175 Bramber Castle, Sussex, England

Bernard de Braose born about 1183 Bramber Castle, Sussex, England

Henry de Braose born about 1181 Bramber, Sussex, England

Walter de Braose born about 1177 Bramber Castle, Sussex, England

Flandrina Braose born about 1170 Bramber Castle, Sussex, England

Philip de Braose born about 1204 Bramber, Sussex, England

spouse:

• Gruffudd ap Rhys

born about 1148 Carmarthenshire, Wales

died 25 July 1201 Strata Florida, Caronuwchclawdd, Cardiganshire, Wales

buried Strata Florida, Caronuwchclawdd, Cardiganshire, Wales

children:

Lleucu verch Gruffudd born about 1193 Of, Carmarthenshire, Wales

• Owain ap Gruffudd born about 1195 Of, Carmarthenshire, Wales died 18 January 1235

Cydifor ap Gruffudd born about 1196 Of, Carmarthenshire, Wales

Rhys "Ieuanc" ap Gruffudd born about 1197 Of, Carmarthenshire, Wales died 1222

biographical or anecdotal information:

source:

LDS

ancestry.com