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Male John de Braiose Click to view John de Braiose in the family tree

John was born in 1160 in Bramber Castle, Sussex, England.1   John's father was Sheriff of Hereford, Lord Bramber William de Braose II and his mother was Bertha de Gloucester de Pitres.  His paternal grandparents were Sir Philip (Crusader) de Braose Lord of Bramber and Aenor de Totnes; his maternal grandparents were 3rd Earl of Hereford Miles de Pietres de Gloucester and Sybil de Neufmarche. He had six brothers and six sisters, named The Ogre of Abergavenny, Roger, Philip, Engeram, Reginald, Giles, Matilda, Sybil, Bertha, Isabel, Gillian and Maud.  He was the third youngest of the thirteen children.

1 http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=michaelrneuman&id=I013329

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