Lord Brecknock, William “Black Will” de Braose

Birth Name Lord Brecknock, William “Black Will” de Braose 1a 2 3a 4 5 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a
Also Known As Baron Abergavenny, William de Braose V
Gramps ID I29105
Gender male
Age at Death unknown

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Birth [E38639] BET. 1196 - 1204 Brecknock, Surrey, England  
2a 4a 5a 6b 8b 10b
Birth [E38640] 1204 Wales  
 
Death [E38641] 1230-05-02 Wales  

Cause: Executed (hung) by his father's father-in-law, Llywelyn Fawr ap Iorwerth.

1b 4b 5 6c 11a 8c 10c
_FA1 [E38642]   Acceded: Brecknock, Abergavenny. 6th Baron de Braose.  
3 5b 11b 8d 10d
_FA2 [E38643]   Executed by his father’s father-in-law, Llywelyn Fawr ap Iorwerth.  
2 3 8e 10e
_FA3 [E38644]   Executed because he had an affair with Llywelyn’s wife, Joan, d/o King John.  
2 8f 10f
_FA4 [E38645]   Known as a cuckolder of husbands throughout Wales.  
2 8g 10g
_FA5 [E38646]   Arrogant rogue, lack of ethics, but expedient.  
12 8h 12 10h 12
_FA6 [E38647]   Idolized his grandfather Wm. de Braose at expense of his father.  
12 8i 12 10i 12
_FA7 [E38648]   Nickname “Black Will” a result of his extramarital activities.  
2 8j 10j

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Baron Abergavenny, Reginald de Braose [I29107]11781228-06-09
Mother de Briwere, Grecia (Alice) [I29627]11861223
         Lord Brecknock, William “Black Will” de Braose [I29105] BET. 1196 - 1204 1230-05-02
    Sister     de Braose, Maud [I33046] about 1174

Families

    Family of Lord Brecknock, William “Black Will” de Braose and Marshal, Eva [F11483]
Married Wife Marshal, Eva [I29104] ( * about 1206 + before 1246 )
   
Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Marriage [E58619]      
1 13 14a 4 5 11c 6d 8k 10
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
de Braose, Eva [I29106]1220before 1255-07-28
de Braose, Eleanor [I21571]BET. 1230 - 12321275
    Family of Lord Brecknock, William “Black Will” de Braose and of England, Joanna [F13094]
Unknown Partner of England, Joanna [I32640] ( * BET. 1188 - 1191 + 1236/7-02-02 (Julian) )
   
Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Partners (Primary) [E59338] about 1228-10-00    
15 10k

Narrative

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Weis' Ancestral Roots Shows Gracia de Briwere as his mother; however, if Gwladus Ddu "the Dark Eyed" verch Llewelyn, his father's 2nd wife, was his mother (his maternal parentage is debated), then he was executed by his own grandfather, Llywelyn Fawr ap Iorwerth Prince of Wales.

SRCES:
Weis/Sheppard Magna Carta Sureties
Weis/Sheppard Ancestral Roots, 7th Ed.
Complete Peerage
Dict. Nat. Biog.
Visit. Shropshire (St.Peter pedigree)
Bromfield's Norfolk
Pedigrees from Plea Rolls
a series of articles on Braose in vol 4-6 of The Genealogist (the old one)

Bartrum's Welsh Pedigrees lists him as son of Gracia.

Pedigree

  1. Baron Abergavenny, Reginald de Braose [I29107]
    1. de Briwere, Grecia (Alice) [I29627]
      1. Lord Brecknock, William "Black Will" de Braose
        1. Marshal, Eva [I29104]
          1. de Braose, Eva [I29106]
          2. de Braose, Eleanor [I21571]
        2. of England, Joanna [I32640]
      2. de Braose, Maud [I33046]

Ancestors

Source References

  1. Garner, Lorraine Ann "Lori" [S287874]
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        No mention of "Black Will" nickname

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        d 1230

  2. Sharon Kay Penman: Here Be Dragons [S288341]
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        b 1196

  3. Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science: University of Hull Royal Database (England) [S283806]
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        No mention of nickname

  4. Ed Mann: Mann Database [S285952]
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        b 1204, no place

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        no place

  5. Marlyn Lewis: Ahnentafel for Margery Arundell [S286829]
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        b abt 1204

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        6th Baron de Braose, Lord Brecknock

  6. Vernon M. Norr: Some Early English Pedigrees [S284164]
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        b abt 1204

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  7. Ancestors of Deacon Edward Converse [S286862]
      • Page: p 39
  8. large-G675.FTW [S286834]
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  9. 11615-2.ftw [S7587]
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        Date of Import: 21 Feb 1999

  10. large-G675.FTW [S261374]
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      • Citation:

        Sharon Kay Penman "Here be Dragons", p. 187

  11. Frederick Lewis Weis: Magna Charta Sureties, 1215 [S179094]
      • Page: p 152 line 146
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        no place

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        6th Baron de Braose, Lord of Abergavenny

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  12. Sharon Kay Penman "Here be Dragons" [S0418]
  13. Denis R. Reid: Royal Genealogies DB [S284656]
  14. Ernst-Friedrich Kraentzler: Ancestry of Richard Plantagenet & Cecily de Neville [S11617]
      • Page: chart 1059
  15. Sharon Kay Penman: Here Be Dragons [S310900]