Maud De Braose 
Maud was born about 1174 in Bramber, Sussex, England. Maud's father was William De Braose and her mother was Maud De Saint Valery. Her paternal grandfather was William De Braose and her paternal grandmother is Bertha De Pitres of Gloucester; her maternal grandparents are Bernald IV De Saint Valery and Eleanor De la Haye. She had four brothers and four sisters, named William, Reginald, Giles, John, Margery, Eleanor, Loretta and Annora. She was the oldest of the nine children. She died in 1209.General Notes
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d. 29 December 1210
"That year, on the feast-day of Thomas the Martyr, Maud De Braose, moth
er of the sons of Gruffydd ap Rhys, died at Llanbadarn Fawr, after she h
ad received communion, confession and penance and taken the habit and s
he was buried with her husband at Strata Florida."
(Brut y Tywysogyon, entry for 1210)
Father: William De Braose
Mother: Maud De St. Valery
Married in 1189 to
Gruffydd ap Rhys, Prince of Deheubarth.
d. 25 July 1201, buried at the Abbey of Strata Florida (ByT)
After his father's death in 1197, Gruffydd was handed over to the Engli
sh government by Gwenwynwyn, lord of Powys, imprisoned in Corfe castle, th
en brought in to negotiate with Powys during Gwenwynwyn's campaign again
st William De Braose's stronghold at Painscastle. His wife Maud was ke
pt as his hostage, and an entry on the Pipe Roll for 1198 shows her in Bri
dgenorth castle. A little boat was hired to take her by the Severn to Glou
cester
(Pipe Roll, 10 Richard I., p. 108).
Child 1: Rhys Ieuanc d. Aug 1222, buried at Strata Florida (ByT)
Child 2: Owain d. 17 Jan 1235, buried at Strata Florida (ByT)
Child 3: Lleucu (Leuca) = Geoffrey De Camville
Thanks to Doug Richardson for pointing me at the evidence for Lleucu.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 1030 in Normandy, France
- b.~ 1049 in Brienze, Normandy, France d.1087 in Bramber, Sussex, England
- b.< 1025 in Normandy, France
- b.1073 in Bramber, Sussex, England d.1135 in Palestine
- b.~ 1007 in Normandy, France d.< 1099
- b.1112 in Abergavenny, Gwent, Wales d.1192 in Weobley, Hereforshire, England
- b.1015 in Barnstable, Devonshire, England
- b.1029 in Barnstable, Devonshire, England
- b.1084 in Barnstable, Devonshire, England
- b.1034 in Barnstable, Devonshire, England
- b.~ 1153 in Bramber, Sussex, England d.09 Aug 1211 in Corbeil, Marne, France
- b.1035 in Pitres, France
- b.1065 in Gloucestershire, England d.1127 in LLanthony Abbey, Gloucester, England
- b.1050 in Baalun, Maine, Normandy, France
- b.1092 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England d.24 Dec 1143 in Forest of Dean, England
- b.1025 in Baalun, Maine, Normandy, France d.1080 in Gloucestershire, England
- b.1067 in Baluun, Maine, Normandy, France
- b.1121 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
- b.1025 in Neufmarche, France
- b.1050 in Neufmarche, Seine-Inferieure, France d.1093 in Aberhonwy, Breconshire, Wales
- b.1030 in St. Valaery-En-Caux, Normandy, France
- b.1090 in Aberconwy, Wales d.> 1143 in Gloucestershire, England
- b.1055 in Herefordshire, England d.1080 in England
- b.1076 in Herefordshire, England
- b.1059 in Rhuddlan, Flintshire, Wales
- b.~ 1174 in Bramber, Sussex, England d.1209
- b.1024 in St. Valaery-En-Caux, Normandy, France
- b.1045 in Normandy, France
- b.1026 in Isleworth, Middlesex, England
- b.1094 in Isleworth, Middlesex, England d.1166
- b.1117 in Haseldene, Gloucestershire, England
- b.1155 in Bramber, Sussex, England d.1210 in Windsor Castle, England
- b.1128 in England
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They had two sons and a daughter, named Rhys Ieuanc ap, Owain ap and Lleucu verch.
Family Notes
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