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 1049 - 1096 (~ 46 years)
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| Name |
William de Braose |
| Title |
Sir |
| Suffix |
Knight, 1st Lord of Bramber |
| Birth |
~1049 |
Briouze, Normandy, France  [1, 2, 3] |
- Briouze is a commune in the Orne department of Normandy in northwestern France. It is considered the capital of the pays d'Houlme at the western end of the Orne in the Norman bocage. The nearby Grand Hazâe marshland is a heritage-listed area (Natura 2000).
William de Braose, First Lord of Bramber (Guillaume de Briouze) was granted lands in England after the Norman conquest and used his wealth to build a priory in his home town.
The name Briouze probably comes from an older Norman form of the word "boue", or "mud".
Map & commentary ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Briouze
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| Gender |
Male |
 Residence |
Hastings, East Sussex, England [4] |
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| Death |
1093-1096 [2, 3] |
| Person ID |
I46787 |
The Hennessee Family |
| Last Modified |
2 Mar 2018 |
| Family |
Agnes St. Clair, b. ~1053, Manche, Normandy, France d. ~1080 (Age ~ 27 years) |
| Marriage |
Y [1, 2, 3] |
| Residence (Family) |
Bramber Castle, West Sussex, England [2] |
- Bramber Castle is a Norman motte-and-bailey castle formerly the caput of the large feudal barony of Bramber long held by the Braose family. It is situated in the village of Bramber, West Sussex overlooking the River Adur.
Image, map and history of Bramber Castle ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bramber_Castle
More images and history of Bramber Castle & the Braose family ... http://steyningmuseum.org.uk/braose.htm
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| Family ID |
F17151 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
30 Apr 2023 |
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| Notes |
- William de Braose arrived in England with William the Conqueror. His mother’s name was Gunnor. She became a nun at the Abbaye aux Dames in Caen, Normandy, which was established by the Conqueror’s queen, Matilda. Some of the property Gunnor gave to the abbey was associated with members of the the Ivry family - Albereda, Hugh and Roger. Emma d’Ivry was the mother of William the Conqueror’s most powerful favourite, William fitz Osbern.
These are the best clues we have as to William de Braose’s parentage. He was entrusted with a key Sussex position at Bramber and land in other English counties, besides Briouze, a strategic location in Normandy. It seems likely that he came from the extended family of the Dukes of Normandy but for genealogists his ancestry is still a frustrating loose end. William probably married the widow of Anchetil de Harcourt, Eve de Boissey, but even this detail remains inconclusive.
Images for Braose coats of arms:
https://www.google.com/search?q=braose+coat+of+arms&rlz=1C1KMZB_enUS591US591&espv=2&biw=1440&bih=834&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjU4oegvMHQAhVFbSYKHTtHB1gQsAQILQ&dpr=1
end of comment [4]
- Died 1093-6
Guillaume de Briouze is recorded in lists of those present at the Battle of Hastings. He became the first Lord of Bramber Rape by 1073 and built Bramber Castle. (Right - remains of the gatehouse) William made considerable grants to the abbey of Saint Florent, Saumur to endow the foundation of Sele Priory near Bramber and a priory at Briouze. He continued to fight alongside King William in the campaigns in Britain, Normandy and Maine.
The latest evidence for William is his presence at the consecration of his church at Briouze in 1093. In 1096 his son Philip was issuing charters. From this we can deduce that William died between 1093 and 1096.
Father: Uncertain.
Mother: Gunnor (See Round, Cal. Doc. Fra. p148)
Brydges edition of Collins' Peerage claims he was first married to Agnes, dau of Waldron de Saint Clare but no evidence for this can be found. It may be an example of Bruce - Braose confusion.
According to L C Perfect, a 13th century genealogy in the Bibliotháeque de Paris gives the name of his wife as Eve de Boissey, widow of Anchetil de Harcourt. There is a lot of evidence from contemporary charters which supports this view.
Child 1: Philip
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- [S10022] "Philip de Braose" biography, accessed & downloaded Thursday, Thanksgiving, November 24th, 2016 by David A. Hennessee, h.
- [S10023] "William de Braose, 1st Lord of Bramber" biography, accessed & downloaded Thursday, Thanksgiving, November 24th, 2016 by.
- [S12396] "Maud de Beauchamp formerly Braose aka de Braose", Ancestors & Descendants, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Braose-52, rev.
- [S10024] "Steyning Museum - The Braose Lords of Bramber by Linda Denyer" accessed & downloaded Thursday, Thanksgiving, November 2.
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