Maud de Braose

Maud de Braose
Lady of Bramber
Bornc. 1155
France
Died1210 (aged 54–55)
Corfe Castle, Dorset, England
Cause of deathStarvation
Spouse(s)William de Braose, 4th Lord of Bramber
IssueWilliam de Braose
Giles de Braose, Bishop of Hereford
Reginald de Braose
Matilda de Braose
Margaret de Braose
Annora de Braose
Loretta de Braose
John de Braose
Flandrina de Braose, Abbess of Godstow
FatherBernard de St. Valéry
MotherMatilda

Maud de Braose, Lady of Bramber (c. 1155 – 1210) was an English noble, the spouse of William de Braose, 4th Lord of Bramber, a powerful marcher baron and court favourite of King John of England. She would later incur the wrath and enmity of the king, who had her starved to death in the dungeon of Corfe Castle along with her eldest son.[1] In contemporary records, she was described as beautiful, very wise, doughty, and vigorous. She kept up the war against the Welsh and conquered much from them.[2]

She features in many Welsh myths and legends; and is also known to history as Matilda de Braose, Moll Wallbee and Lady of La Haie.

  1. ^ Cokayne, G.E. (1910). Gibbs, V. (ed.). The Complete Peerage, Vol. 1. London: The St. Catherine Press Ltd. pp. 21/22.
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