de St. Valerie, Maud de Haye

Birth Name de St. Valerie, Maud de Haye 1 2a 3a 4
Gramps ID I29631
Gender female
Age at Death 55 years

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Birth [E39814] 1155 Bramber, Sussex, England  
 
Birth [E39815] 1155    
5a 4
Death [E39816] 1210 Corfe, Windsor, England  

Cause: Starved to death by KIng John.

1 2b 4
_FA1 [E39817]   Refused to yield sons as hostages to King John aft he murdered his nephew Arthur  
2c 4
_FA2 [E39818]   Walled up within her castle with son William by KIng John in 1210; starved.  
2d 4
_FA3 [E39819]   Earned John’s enmity by accusinh him of murder of Arthur, Duke of Brittany.  
6 2e 6 4 6
_FA4 [E39820]   Final imprisonment ended with her insanely knawing on her son William’s face.  
7 2f 7 4 7
Medical Information [E39821]     Went insane during period of imprisonment that ended in her starvation & death.
 

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father de St. Valerie, Bernald [I30128]about 1117
Mother Unknown, Matilda [I33477]about 1128
         de St. Valerie, Maud de Haye [I29631] 1155 1210

Families

    Family of Lord Bramber, William de Braose III and de St. Valerie, Maud de Haye [F11486]
Married Husband Lord Bramber, William de Braose III [I29396] ( * 1144 + 1211-08-09 )
   
Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Marriage [E58622]      
1 8a 2g 4
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
de Braose, William IV the Younger [I33611]11751210
de Braose, Margaret [I29638]11771200-11-19
Baron Abergavenny, Reginald de Braose [I29107]11781228-06-09

Narrative

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In "Ancestral Roots" I find that Maud de St. Valerie, wife of William de Braiose (177-6), was killed by King John by being walled up with her young son William in her castle in 1210. Does anyone know the story behind her death?

Essentially, in about 1206-7 John, for reasons unknown, started to persecute William de Briouze and others. Over the next several years things went from bad to worse. In 1208, John demanded hostages from William and Matilda (Maud) apparently said that she wouldn't deliver up her sons to John as he had murdered his nephew Arthur. After this things got really bad and William and his family were forced to flee to Ulster (William was Lord of Limerick). In spring 1210 John prepared an expedition to Ireland and Matilda fled with her sons to Scotland (William was in Wales at this time). Matilda and the children were captured by a Scots lord and handed over to John. Matilda and the eldest son (William IV) were imprisoned, and were never seen again. The common report, recorded in several monastic annals, was that they had been starved to death.

For a fuller version of this I would suggest you read :
King John by W.L. Warren, Eyre Methuen, 1978
The Feudal Kingdom of England 1042-1216 by Frank Barlow, Longman, 1985

Pedigree

  1. de St. Valerie, Bernald [I30128]
    1. Unknown, Matilda [I33477]
      1. de St. Valerie, Maud de Haye
        1. Lord Bramber, William de Braose III [I29396]
          1. de Braose, William IV the Younger [I33611]
          2. de Braose, Margaret [I29638]
          3. Baron Abergavenny, Reginald de Braose [I29107]

Ancestors

Source References

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        b abt 1148

  6. Sharon Kay Penman "Here be Dragons" p. 277 [S0433]
  7. Sharon Kay Penman "Here be Dragons" [S0418]
  8. Ancestors of Deacon Edward Converse [S286862]
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