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Birth:          ABT 1197 Brecon
Death:          2 May 1230 Wales

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_de_Braose_(died_1230)
William de Braose (c. 1197 – 2 May 1230) was the son of Reginald de Braose by his 
first wife, Grecia Briwere. He was an ill-fated member of the House of Braose, a 
powerful and long-lived dynasty of Marcher Lords.
Biography[edit]

William de Braose was born in Brecon, probably between 1197 and 1204. The Welsh, 
who detested him and his family name, called him Gwilym Ddu, Black William. He 
succeeded his father in his various lordships in 1227, including Abergavenny and 
Buellt.[citation needed]

William married Eva Marshal, daughter of William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke. They 
had four daughters:[citation needed]
Isabella de Braose (born c. 1222), wife of Prince Dafydd ap Llywelyn
Maud de Braose (born c. 1224 – 1301), wife of Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Mortimer 
another very powerful Marcher dynasty.
Eleanor de Braose (c. 1226 – 1251), wife of Humphrey de Bohun and mother of 
Humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford.
Eva de Braose (c. 1227- July 1255), wife of William de Cantilupe (died 1254).

He was captured by the Welsh forces of Prince Llywelyn the Great, in fighting in the 
commote of Ceri near Montgomery, in 1228. William was ransomed for the sum of 
£2,000 and then furthermore made an alliance with Llywelyn, arranging to marry his 
daughter Isabella de Braose to Llywelyn's only legitimate son Dafydd ap Llywelyn. 
However, it became known that William had committed adultery with Llywelyn's wife, 
Joan, Lady of Wales, and Braose was taken at his own home and transported to 
Wales.[3] The marriage planned between their two children did, however, take place.
[4]

The Chronicle of Ystrad Fflur's entry for 1230 reads:[citation needed]
"In this year William de Breos the Younger, lord of Brycheiniog, was hanged by the 
Lord Llywelyn in Gwynedd, after he had been caught in Llywelyn's chamber with the 
king of England's daughter, Llywelyn's wife".
Llywelyn had William publicly hanged on 2 May 1230,[5] possibly at Crogen, near Bala, 
though others believe the hanging took place near Llywelyn's palace at 
Abergwyngregyn.

After William's death, his wife Eva continued to hold de Braose lands and castles in 
her own right. She was listed as the holder of Totnes in 1230, and was granted 12 
marks to strengthen Hay Castle by King Henry III on the Close Rolls (1234–1237).
[citation needed]

Legacy[edit]

With William's death by hanging and his having four daughters, who divided the de 
Braose inheritance between them and no male heir, the titles now passed to the junior 
branch of the de Braose dynasty, the only male heir was now John de Braose who had 
already inherited the titles of Gower and Bramber from his far-sighted uncle Reginald 
de Braose.[citation needed]

Literature[edit]
Sion Eirian – The Royal Bed (play) 2015 adaptation and Siwan (play)[6]
Saunders Lewis – Siwan
Thomas Parry – Llywelyn Fawr (play)
Edith Pargeter – The Green Branch (novel)
Sharon Penman – Here Be Dragons (novel)

Parents
DE BRAOSE Reginald (ABT 1178 - 9 Jun 1228)
DE BRIWERE Grecia (Alice) (ABT 1176 - 1223)

Siblings
DE BRAOSE William (ABT 1197 - 2 May 1230)

Marriage To MARSHALL Eve (1203 - 1246)
    m.  

Notes

Parents
MARSHALL William (ABT 1144 - 14 May 1219)
FITZGILBERT DE CLARE Isabel (1172 - 1220)

Children by MARSHALL Eve 1203 - 1246
DE BRAOSE Eva (ABT 1220 - BEF 28 Jul 1255)
DE BRAOSE Maud (1224 - BEF 23 Mar 1301)
DE BRAOSE Eleanor (ABT 1228 - 1251)

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