Reginald de Braose

Male Bef 1188 - 1227  (39 years)


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  • Name Reginald de Braose  [1, 2
    Born Bef 1188  [3
    Gender Male 
    Died Between 05 May 1227 and 09 Jun 1228  [2, 3
    Buried Brecon Cathedral  [2
    Notes 
    • He was the son of William de Briouze and Maud de Saint Valéry. He married, firstly, Grecia Brieguerre, daughter of William Brieguerre and Beatrice de Vaux, before 1215. He married, secondly, Gwladus Du ferch Llywelyn, daughter of Llywelyn ap Iorwerth, Prince of North Wales and Tangwystyl Goch, in 1215. He succeeded to the title of Lord Abergavenny [Feudal] on 13 November 1215. On 26 May 1216 he had seizin of his father's lands. After 1220 he gave up Bramber to nephew John, son of his brother William.

      Reginald de Braose (died June 1228) was one of the sons of William de Braose, 4th Lord of Bramber and Matilda, also known as Maud de St. Valery and Lady de la Haie. Her other children included William and Giles.

      The de Braoses were loyal to King Richard I but grew in power under King John of England. The dynasty was in conflict with King John towards the end of his reign and almost lost everything.

      Reginald de Braose was a scion of the powerful Marcher family of de Braose, helped manage its survival and was also related by marriage to the Welsh Princes of Wales.

      Magna Carta

      He supported his brother Giles de Braose in his rebellions against King John. Both brothers were active against the King in the Baron's War. Neither was present at the signing of Magna Carta in June 1215 because at this time they were still rebels who refused to compromise.

      Restoration of royal favour

      King John acquiesced to Reginald's claims to the de Braose estates in Wales in May 1216. Reginald became Lord of Brecon, Abergavenny, Builth and held other Marcher Lordships but was also very much a vassal of the Welsh leader Llewelyn Fawr, Prince of Gwynedd who became his father-in-law in 1215 when Reginald married Llywelyn's daughter, Gwladus Ddu.

      Henry III restored Reginald to favour and the Bramber estates (confiscated by King John) in 1217.

      Welsh wars

      At this seeming betrayal, Rhys and Owain, Reginald's Welsh nephews who were Princes of Deheubarth, were incensed and took Builth, except the castle. Llywelyn Fawr also became angry and his forces besieged Brecon. Reginald eventually surrendered to Llewelyn and gave up Seinhenydd (Swansea).

      By 1221 they were at war again, with Llewelyn again laying siege to Builth. The siege was relieved by King Henry III's forces. From this time on Llewelyn tended to support the claims of Reginald's nephew John de Braose concerning the de Braose lands in Wales.

      Reginald was a witness to the re-issue of Magna Carta by King Henry III in 1225.

      He died two or three years later in 1227 or 1228 in Brecon and was succeeded by his son by his first wife, Grecia Briwere, the ill-fated William de Braose, Lord Abergavenny. He is buried at Brecon Cathedral.

      It may be that the Matilda de Braose who was the wife of Rhys Mechyll, Prince of Deheubarth was the daughter of Reginald.
    Person ID I1111  Bosdet Genealogy
    Last Modified 16 May 2013 

    Father William de Braose, 4th Lord of Bramber,   b. Between 1144 and 1153,   d. 09 Aug 1211, Corbeil, Essonne, ÃŽle-de-France, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 67 years) 
    Relationship Natural 
    Mother Maud de Saint Valéry,   b. Abt 1155, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1210, Windsor, Berkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 55 years) 
    Relationship Natural 
    Married Abt 1166  [3
    Family ID F386  Group Sheet

    Family 1 Grecia Brieguerre 
    Married Bef 1215  [2, 3
    Children 
     1. William de Briouze,   b. 1204,   d. 02 May 1230  (Age 26 years)
    Family ID F1015  Group Sheet

    Family 2 Gwladus Du ferch Llywelyn,   d. 1251, Windsor, Berkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 1215  [2, 3
    Family ID F1016  Group Sheet

  • Sources 
    1. [S178] thePeerage.com, Darryl Lundy, (Location: Ngaio, Wellington, New Zealand;).

    2. [S174] Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reginald_de_Braose.

    3. [S179] The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed, G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, (Name: Alan Sutton Publishing; Location: Gloucester, U.K.; Date: 2000;).