Margaret de Braose | |
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Lady of Trim | |
Died | after 1255 |
Noble family | de Braose |
Spouse(s) | Walter de Lacy, Lord of Trim Castle |
Issue | Gilbert de Lacy Pernel de Lacy Egidia de Lacy another three whose names are not recorded |
Father | William de Braose, 4th Lord of Bramber |
Mother | Maud de St. Valéry |
Margaret de Braose, Lady of Trim (died after 1255), was an Anglo-Welsh noblewoman, the daughter of Marcher Lord William de Braose, 4th Lord of Bramber and the legendary Maud de St. Valéry, who was left to starve to death by orders of King John of England. Margaret founded a religious house, the Hospital of St. John in her mother Maud's memory.[1] Margaret was the wife of Walter de Lacy, Lord of Trim Castle in County Meath, Ireland, and Ludlow Castle in Shropshire.