Matilda Maud 
Matilda was born in 1155 in Bramber,Sussex,England. Matilda's father was Bernard IV De Saint Valerie and her mother was Maud. Her paternal grandfather was Renaud II De Saint Valerie. She had a half-brother named Thomas. She died at the age of 55 in 1210 in Corfe,Windsor,England.General Notes
FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON, ABOUT 1206, KING JOHN BEGAN TO PERSECUTE THE DE BRAOSE FAMILY AMONG OTHERS. IN 1208, JOHN DEMANDED HOSTAGES FROM WILLIAM BUT MATILDA REFUSED AND SAID SHE WOULD NOT GIVE UP HER SONS TO JOHN AS HE HAD MURDERED HIS NEPHEW ARTHUR. WILLIAM AND MATILDA WERE FORCED TO FLEE TO ULSTER. IN THE SPRING OF 1210, AS JOHN PREPARED AN EXPIDITION TO IRELAND, MATILDA FLED WITH HER SONS TO SCOTLAND WHILE HER HUSBAND WAS IN WALES. MATILDA AND THE CHILDREN WERE CAPTURED BY ASCOTS LORD AND HANDED OVER TO JOHN. MATILDA AND HER OLDEST SON, WILLIAM IV, WERE IMPRISONED AND NEVER SEEN AGAIN. THE LORE IS THAT THEY WERE WALLED UP INSIDE A CASTLE AND STARVED TO DEATH.
FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON, ABOUT 1206, KING JOHN BEGAN TO PERSECUTE THE DE BRAOSE FAMILY AMONG OTHERS. IN 1208, JOHN DEMANDED HOSTAGES FROM WILLIAM BUT MATILDA REFUSED AND SAID SHE WOULD NOT GIVE UP HER SONS TO JOHN AS HE HAD MURDERED HIS NEPHEW ARTHUR. WILLIAM AND MATILDA WERE FORCED TO FLEE TO ULSTER. IN THE SPRING OF 1210, AS JOHN PREPARED AN EXPIDITION TO IRELAND, MATILDA FLED WITH HER SONS TO SCOTLAND WHILE HER HUSBAND WAS IN WALES. MATILDA AND THE CHILDREN WERE CAPTURED BY ASCOTS LORD AND HANDED OVER TO JOHN. MATILDA AND HER OLDEST SON, WILLIAM IV, WERE IMPRISONED AND NEVER SEEN AGAIN. THE LORE IS THAT THEY WERE WALLED UP INSIDE A CASTLE AND STARVED TO DEATH.
FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON, ABOUT 1206, KING JOHN BEGAN TO PERSECUTE THE DE BRAOSE FAMILY AMONG OTHERS. IN 1208, JOHN DEMANDED HOSTAGES FROM WILLIAM BUT MATILDA REFUSED AND SAID SHE WOULD NOT GIVE UP HER SONS TO JOHN AS HE HAD MURDERED HIS NEPHEW ARTHUR. WILLIAM AND MATILDA WERE FORCED TO FLEE TO ULSTER. IN THE SPRING OF 1210, AS JOHN PREPARED AN EXPIDITION TO IRELAND, MATILDA FLED WITH HER SONS TO SCOTLAND WHILE HER HUSBAND WAS IN WALES. MATILDA AND THE CHILDREN WERE CAPTURED BY ASCOTS LORD AND HANDED OVER TO JOHN. MATILDA AND HER OLDEST SON, WILLIAM IV, WERE IMPRISONED AND NEVER SEEN AGAIN. THE LORE IS THAT THEY WERE WALLED UP INSIDE A CASTLE AND STARVED TO DEATH.
‌Matilda and William III were married in a religious ceremony in 1169. They had three sons and four daughters, named William IV, Giles, John, Margaret, Joane, Loretta and Maud.
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Children
Lord William IV De Braiose
William IV was born about 1175 in Bramber Castle,Sussex,England. He died in 1210 in Corfe or Windsor Castle.
Margaret De Braiose
Margaret was born about 1177 in Abergavenny,Wales. She died on November 19th, 1200.
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