William de Braose, 10th Baron Abergavenny

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William de Braose, Lord of Abergavenny (c. 1197 – May 2, 1230) was the son of Reginald de Braose by his first wife, Gracia de Briwere. The Welsh, who detested him, called him Gwilym Ddu (Black William). He succeeded his father in his various lordships in 1227, including Abergavenny and Builth.

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[edit] Early life

He was captured by Llywelyn the Great, Leader (Tywysog) of most of Wales, in fighting in the commote of Ceri near Montgomery, in 1228. William was ransomed for the sum of £2,000 and then made an alliance with Llywelyn, arranging to marry his daughter Isabella to Llywelyn's only legitimate son Dafydd ap Llywelyn. However on a visit to Llywelyn during Easter 1230 William was found in Llywelyn's bedchamber with Llywelyn's wife, Joan, Lady of Wales.

[edit] The hanging

The Chronicle of Ystrad Fflur's entry for 1230 reads:

"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 May 2, 1230, in the marshland at the foot of the royal home Garth Celyn, Aber Garth Celyn, the spot remembered as Gwern y Grog, "Hanging Marsh."

[edit] Children of William de Braose & Eva Marshal, daughter of the famous William Marshal

They had four daughters and coheiresses:

  1. Isabella, wife of Prince Dafydd ap Llywelyn
  2. Maud, wife of Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Wigmore
  3. Eleanor, wife of Humphrey de Bohun and mother of Humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford
  4. Eve, wife of William de Cantelou

[edit] Bibliography

  • 'Tystiolaeth Garth Celyn' Y Traethodydd ISSN 09698930
  • Registrum Epistolarum Fratis Johannis {Peckham Archiepiscopi Cantuariensis, ed. C. T. Martin, 3 Vols (RS, 1882-86)
  • Caernarvonshire Historical Society Transactions 1962 Article Aber Gwyn Gregin Professor T. Jones Pierce
  • Y Traethodydd 1998 Tystiolaeth Garth Celyn
  • Gwynfor Evans (2001) Cymru O Hud Abergwyngregyn
  • Gwynfor Evans (2002) Eternal Wales Abergwyngregyn
  • John Edward Lloyd (1911) A history of Wales from the earliest times to the Edwardian conquest (Longmans, Green & Co.)
  • F. E. Fynes-Clinton The Welsh Vocabulary of the Bangor District (Oxford, 1912)

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