Bertha de Gloucester , Heiress of Brecon 
Bertha de was born about 1130 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England. Bertha de's father was Miles FitzWalter Earl of Hereford and her mother was Sybil de Neufmarche. She had five brothers and two sisters, named Roger FitzMiles of, Walter Sheriff of Gloucester &, Henry of, Mahel of, William of, Margaret de and Lucy of. She was the fourth youngest of the eight children.General Notes
He [William de Briouze] married, in or before 1150, Bertha, 2nd sister and coheir of William of Hereford being daughter of Miles of Gloucester, 1st Earl of Gloucester. Sheriff of Hereford, Easter 1173-75, at which earlier date probably he already possessed the Lordship of Over Gwent. He was living in 1179. [Complete Peerage I:21-2, XIV:6, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]
Note: The above text "1st Earl of Gloucester", which was part of a correction in CP XIV:6, is a mistake; Miles was Earl of Hereford.
‌Bertha de were married in a religious ceremony about 1150 in England. She had a biological daughter named Sybil de.
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