Llewelyn Ap IORWERTH, Prince Of Wales

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• Name: Llewelyn Fawr ap Iorwerth of Anglesey
• Name: Llewelyn OF GWYNEDD
• Name: Llywelyn FAWR AB IORWERTH
• _UID: 465073A13EB744D480BC13D6AA6D994AD697
• MilitaryService: 1194, Aberconwy, Conwy, Caernarvonshire, Wales; In 1194, with the aid of his cousins Gruffudd ap Cynan and Maredudd ap Cynan, Llywelyn defeated his uncle Dafydd ab Owain at the Battle of Aberconwy
• TitleOfNobility: Between 1194 and 1240, Wales; King of Gwynedd and Prince of Wales under King John I and King Henry III of England
• Conquers territory of Gwynedd, and appointed Overlord...: Abt 1203, Gwynedd, Wales
• Invasion: 1215, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England; Llywelyn beseiged Shrewsbury and the town surrendured to him.

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Llywelyn the Great of Gwynedd
Llywelyn the Great (Welsh: Llywelyn Fawr, [??'w?l?n va??r]), full name Llywelyn ap Iorwerth, (c. 1173 ? 11 April 1240) was a King of Gwynedd in north Wales and eventually ruler of all Wales. By a combination of war and diplomacy he dominated Wales for 45 years.

During Llywelyn's childhood, Gwynedd was ruled by two of his uncles, who split the kingdom between them, following the death of Llywelyn's grandfather, Owain Gwynedd, in 1170. Llywelyn had a strong claim to be the legitimate ruler and began a campaign to win power at an early age. He was sole ruler of Gwynedd by 1200 and made a treaty with King John of England that year. Llywelyn's relations with John remained good for the next ten years. He married John's natural daughter Joan in 1205, and when John arrested Gwenwynwyn ap Owain of Powys in 1208, Llywelyn took the opportunity to annex southern Powys. In 1210, relations deteriorated, and John invaded Gwynedd in 1211. Llywelyn was forced to seek terms and to give up all lands east of the River Conwy, but was able to recover them the following year in alliance with the other Welsh princes. He allied himself with the barons who forced John to sign Magna Carta in 1215. By 1216, he was the dominant power in Wales, holding a council at Aberdyfi that year to apportion lands to the other princes.

Following King John's death, Llywelyn concluded the Treaty of Worcester with his successor, Henry III, in 1218. During the next fifteen years, Llywelyn was frequently involved in fights with Marcher lords and sometimes with the king, but also made alliances with several major powers in the Marches. The Peace of Middle in 1234 marked the end of Llywelyn's military career, as the agreed truce of two years was extended year by year for the remainder of his reign. He maintained his position in Wales until his death in 1240 and was succeeded by his son Dafydd ap Llywelyn.

Llywelyn was born about 1173, the son of Iorwerth ab Owain and the grandson of Owain Gwynedd, who had been ruler of Gwynedd until his death in 1170. Llywelyn was a descendant of the senior line of Rhodri Mawr and therefore a member of the princely house of Gwynedd. He was probably born at Dolwyddelan, though not in the present Dolwyddelan Castle, which was built by Llywelyn himself. He may have been born in the old castle which occupied a rocky knoll on the valley floor. Little is known about his father, Iorwerth Drwyndwn, who died when Llywelyn was an infant. There is no record of Iorwerth having taken part in the power struggle between some of Owain Gwynedd's other sons following Owain's death, although he was the eldest surviving son. There is a tradition that he was disabled or disfigured in some way that excluded him from power. J. E. Lloyd states that Iorwerth was killed in battle at Pennant Melangell, in Powys, in 1174 during the wars deciding the succession following the death of his father.

By 1175, Gwynedd had been divided between two of Llywelyn's uncles. Dafydd ab Owain held the area east of the River Conwy and Rhodri ab Owain held the west. Dafydd and Rhodri were the sons of Owain by his second marriage to Cristin verch Goronwy. This marriage was not considered valid by the church as Cristin was Owain's first cousin, a degree of relationship which according to Canon law prohibited marriage. Giraldus Cambrensis refers to Iorwerth Drwyndwn as the only legitimate son of Owain Gwynedd. Following Iorwerth's death, Llywelyn was, at least in the eyes of the church, the legitimate claimant to the throne of Gwynedd.

Llywelyn's mother was Marared, occasionally anglicised to Margaret, daughter of Madog ap Maredudd, prince of Powys. There is evidence that, after her first husband's death, Marared married in the summer of 1197, Gwion, the nephew of Roger Powys of Whittington Castle with whom she had a son, David ap Gwion. Therefore, some maintain that Marared never married into the Corbet family of Caus Castle (near Westbury, Shropshire) and later, Moreton Corbet Castle. However, there is in existence a grant of land from Llywelyn ab Iorworth to the monastery of Wigmore, in which Llywelyn indicates his mother was a member of the house of Corbet, leaving the issue unresolved.
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Following his capture, William de Braose decided to ally himself to Llywelyn, and a marriage was arranged between his daughter Isabella and Llywelyn's heir, Dafydd ap Llywelyn. At Easter 1230, William visited Llywelyn's court. During this visit he was found in Llywelyn's chamber together with Llywelyn's wife Joan. On 2 May, de Braose was hanged; Joan was placed under house arrest for a year. The Brut y Tywysogion chronicler commented: "that 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."
A letter from Llywelyn to William's wife, Eva de Braose, written shortly after the execution enquires whether she still wishes the marriage between Dafydd and Isabella to take place. The marriage did go ahead, and the following year Joan was forgiven and restored to her position as princess.
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Llywelyn married Joan, natural daughter of King John of England, in 1205. Llywelyn and Joan had three identified children in the records but in all probability had more, as Llywelyn's children were fully recognized during his marriage to Joan whilst his father-in-law, King John, was alive. Little is known of Llywelyn's mistress, Tangwystl Goch, except that she was the daughter of Llywarch "Goch" of Rhos. The identity of the mother of some of Llywelyn's children before this union is uncertain, but the following are recorded in contemporary or near-contemporary records.

Children by Joan
1. Dafydd ap Llywelyn (c. 1212? 1246)
2. Elen (Helen) ferch Llywelyn (c. 1206? 1253) married John Earl of Huntington, and secondly Robert de Quincy.
3. Susanna ferch Llywelyn (died after November 1228) King Henry III of England granted the upbringing of "L. princeps Norwallie et Johanna uxor sua et?soror nostra Susannam filiam suam" to "Nicholao de Verdun et Clementie uxori sue" by order dated 24 November 1228. Her birth date is estimated on the assumption that Susanna was under marriageable age, but older than an infant, at the time.
4. Marared ferch Llywelyn (died after 1268), married John de Braose in 1219, and secondly (c. 1232) Walter III de Clifford; she had issue by both husbands.
5. Elen the Younger ferch Llywelyn (born before 1230; died after 16 February 1295), married firstly M?el Coluim II, Earl of Fife (son of Duncan Macduff of Fife and wife Alice Corbet), and secondly (after 1266) Domhnall I, Earl of Mar (son of William, Earl of Mar and first wife Elizabeth Comyn of Buchan). Elen and Domhall's daughter, Isabella of Mar, married Robert, the Bruce, King of Scots and had one child by him, Marjorie Bruce, who was the mother of the first Stewart monarch, Robert II of Scotland.

Children by Tangwystl Goch (died c. 1198)
1. Gruffydd ap Llywelyn (c. 1196? 1244) He was Llywelyn's eldest son. He married Senena, daughter of Caradoc ap Thomas of Anglesey. Their sons included Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, who for a period occupied a position in Wales comparable to that of his grandfather, and Dafydd ap Gruffydd who ruled Gwynedd briefly after his brother's death.

Children whose parentage is uncertain
1. Gwladus Ddu (c. 1206? 1251), probable daughter by Joan. She married Sir Randulph Mortimer
2. Angharad ferch Llywelyn (c. 1212? 1256), probable daughter by Joan; married Maelgwn Fychan
3. Tegwared y Baiswen ap Llywelyn (c. 1215), a son by a woman named as Crysten in some sources, a possible twin of Angharad.
4. Elen the Younger ferch Llywelyn (born before 1230; died after 16 February 1295), married firstly M?el Coluim II, Earl of Fife (son of Duncan Macduff of Fife and wife Alice Corbet), and secondly (after 1266) Domhnall I, Earl of Mar (son of William, Earl of Mar and first wife Elizabeth Comyn of Buchan). Elen and Domhall's daughter, Isabella of Mar, married Robert, the Bruce, King of Scots and had one child by him, Marjorie Bruce, who was the mother of the first Stewart monarch, Robert II of Scotland.

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Llewelyn married "Joan" Tangwystl Verch LLYWARCH on 16 Apr 1205 in Cheshire, England. "Joan" (daughter of Llywarch Ap IORWERTH, Lord Of Rhos and Tangwystl Verch LLYWARCH) was born about 1178 in Rhos, Denbighshire, Wales; died about 1206. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Mistress Unknown. Unknown was born about 1210 in Wales, England; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Llewelyn married Joan PLANTAGENET in 1206. Joan (daughter of John "Lackland" King Of England PLANTAGENET and Agatha DE FERRERS) was born on 22 Jul 1190 in Newark Castle, Nottinghamshire, England; died after 30 Mar 1236 in Court Of Aberconway, North Wales; was buried in Llanfaes, Gwynedd, Wales, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• TitleOfNobility: Clifford Castle, Herefordshire, England; Baroness of Cliford
• TitleOfNobility: ; Princess Of Wales
• Name: Margaret Ap IORWERTH
• Name: Margaret ap Llewelyn FAWR
• Name: Margred ferch LLYWELYN
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Margaret, died 1263, daughter of Llewellyn ap Iorwerth, Prince of Wales. [Magna Charta Sureties]

The surname of LLEWELYN was a baptismal name 'the son of Llewellyn' an ancient Welsh personal name. Following the crusades in Europe in the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries, a need was felt for a family name to replace the one given at birth, or in addition to it. This was recognized by those of noble birth, and particularly by those who went on the Crusades, as it added prestige and practical advantage to their status. At first the coat of arms was a practical matter which served a function of the battlefield and in tournaments. With his helmet covering his face, and armour encasing the knight from head to foot, the only means of identification for his followers, was the insignia painted on his shield, and embroidered on his surcoat, the draped and flowing garment worn over the armour. Early records mention Richard Thwellin of Lancashire, 1618. Richard Luellyn and Elizabeth Bromwich married at St. Peter, Cornhill, London in 1715. William Gaunt married Mary Lewelling, St. George's, Hanover Square, London in 1776. The rise of surnames, according to the accepted theory, was due to the Norman Conquest of 1066. It is often assumed that men 'adopted' their surnames. Some certainly did, but the individual himself had no need for a label to distinguish him from his fellows. The development of the feudal system made it essential that the king should know exactly what service each knight owed. Payments to and by the exchequer required that debtors and creditors should be particularized. Monasteries drew up surveys and extents with details of tenants of all classes in their services. Any description which identified the man was satisfactory, his father's name, the name of his land, or a nickname known to be his. The upper classes mostly illiterate, were those with whom the officials were chiefly concerned and among them surnames first became numerous and hereditary. The associated arms are recorded in Sir Bernard Burkes General Armory. Ulster King of Arms in 1884. A notable member of the name was Richard Llewellyn pseudonym of Richard Doyle Vivian Llewellyn Lloyd (1907-83) the Welsh author born in St. David's, Pembrokeshire. He established himself, after service with the regular army and a short spell as a film director, as a best selling novelist with 'How Greeen was my Valley' (1939), a novel about a Welsh mining village. Later works include 'None but the Lonely Heart' (1943) and 'Green, Green, My Valley Now' (1975). This is an ancient name of Welsh origin and derives from an Olde Welsh personal name, "Llywelyn", meaning "likeness to a leader", from the Celtic "llyw" meaning "leader" and "eilun", likeness, although there is some dispute as to the derivation of the first element, since it may also derive from "Llew" meaning "lion" or from the Celtic god "Lugh", later Luel, whose name forms the last syllable of "Carlisle", (Caer Luel). In England the name was used in the forms "Leonline" and "Lewlin", while Shakespeare's "Fluellen" in "Henry V" is an English attempt to pronounce the Welsh correctly. The modern surname can be found as "Llewellin", "Llewellyn", "Lllewelyn" and "Llewhellin". David, son of Morris Llewellyn", was christened on the 27th June 1621 at St. Botolph's, Bishopsgate, London. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Tudor ap Lleyelyn, which was dated 1391, in the "Extent of Chirkland", 1391 - 1393, Wales, during the reign of King Richard, known as "Richard of Bordeaux", 1377 - 1399. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

Margaret married John De BRAOSE, Lord Of Bramber & Gower in 1219 in Wales, England. John (son of William de BRAOSE and Maud De CLERE) was born about 1197 in Gower, Glamorganshire, Wales; died on 18 Jul 1232 in Bramber, Sussex, England; was buried in Jul 1232 in Priory Church, Aconbury, Herefordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret married Walter III De CLIFFORD, & Cortham after 1233 in 2ND Husband. Walter was born about 1187 in Clifford Castle, Hay, Herefordshire, England; died in 1263 in Cortham/Corfham Castle, Shropshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Gruffudd ap Llywelyn, Prince of Gwynedd. [Burke's Peerage]

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The following post to SGM, 17 Feb 2003, by Becky Thill is mostly about Gruffudd's brother Dafydd, who was a disastrous Prince of Cymru for 6 years, but it had the following excerpt on Gruffudd:

But Davydd was not the only son of Llywelyn. There had been another, Gruffydd, a handsome giant of a prince, born of a Cymric Mother. Llywelyn had weighed his two sons in his mind as to which would be the better ruler for the land. Davydd's mother was sister of the King of England - surely the King of England would be less the enemy of his nephew than of Gruffydd. So thought Llywelyn, and accordingly he made Davydd his heir; the one tragic mistake which undid all that he had accomplished in his own strenuous life. Gruffydd, with his turbulent valour, could not have brought his country lower than his brother's smoothness brought it. He might have saved it.
Davydd had handed over his brother Gruffydd to the King of England as a prisoner. The king sent him to the Tower of London. One night Gruffydd made a rope of his clothes and began to let himself down out of his window to escape. The rope broke, and Gruffydd was killed, his neck being broken by the fall. But he left four sons, Owen, Llywelyn, Davydd and Rhodri.
Owen and Llywelyn seized the crown of Gwynedd between them when their uncle Davydd died. Now King Henry claimed all the land as his own, for, amongst the rest of Davydd's doings, he had agreed that, if he died childless, Henry should be his heir and take the country. It would be hard to find words severe enough to describe such a transaction as that. [Flame-Bearers of Welsh History, "The Sons of Cunedda" by Owen Rhoscomyl, School Edition, 1905 The Welsh Ed. Pub. Co. Merthry Rydfil, part one, p. 177 XLIX, THE RISE OF LLYWELYN III]

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• Alt. Death: Aft 1291; Alt. Death

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Helen, daughter of Llewellyn ap Iorwerth, Prince of Wales. [Magna Charta Sureties, Line 41-5]

Helen or Elen, illegitimate daughter of Llewellyn ap Iorwerth, Prince of Wales, widow of Malcolm, Earl of Fife. [Magna Charta Sureties, Line 41b-5]

This Helen was illegitimate and born very late- shortly before Llewellyn's death.

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His [Donald 6th Earl of Mar's] wife, and mother of Isabel, was Helen, widow of Malcolm, 7th Earl of Fife, d. 1266, and daughter of Llewellyn, Prince of North Wales. Helen's first husband must have been an old man when she married him, for he succeeded his uncle in 1228. When he died, his son and heir was Colban, the 8th Earl, then under age, who had been knighted in his teens in 1264. Colban was married in his nonage, for when he died in 1270, when he could not have been more than 24, his heir was his son Duncan, aged 8. (Mr. Balfour Paul believes Colban's wife Alice was one of three daughters and co-heirs of Sir Alan Durward. If so, his issue shared with the Soulis family the descent from Alexander II of Scotland. However, since the line of his heir Duncan has died out, remaining descendants of this line would stem from younger children of Colban and Alice, if there were any.) The Helen, daughter of Llewellyn, who was successively the wife of Malcolm and of Donald, and mother of the children of both, appears clearly the daughter of Llewellyn ap Iorwerth but must not be confused with his daughter Helen, successively the wife of John le Scot, Earl of Chester, and of Robert de Quincy, whose mother was Princess Joan. [Ancestral Roots, Line 252-30]

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He [Malcolm MacDuff 7th Earl of Fife] m. Helen, daughter of Llewellyn, Prince of Wales. He d. 1266. His widow m. Donald, Earl of Mar, who d. about 1292. She was living 1291. [Complete Peerage V:373]

Helen married Malcolm MACDUFF, 7th Earl Of Fife, Sir in 1st Husband. Malcolm was born about 1208 in Fifeshire, Scotland; died in 1266. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Helen married Earl Donald Of MAR, Sir Knight about 1269 in 2ND Husband. Donald (son of William 5Th Earl De MAR, Sir and Elizabeth COMYN) was born about 1243 in Kildrummy Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland; died after 25 Jul 1297 in Kildrummy Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Ddu
• Name: Gwladys DDU
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He [William de Briouze] m. 2ndly, 1215, Gwladus Du, daughter of Llewelyn ap Iorwerth, Prince of North Wales, by his 2nd wife Joan, illegitimate daughter of King John. He d. between 5 May 1227 and 9 June 1228. His widow m. 2ndly, Ralph de Mortimer, of Wigmore, who d. 6 Aug 1246, and was buried at Wigmore Abbey. She d. at Windsor in 1251. [Complete Peerage I:22]

He [Ralph de Mortimer] married, in 1230, Gladys (Gladusa) Duy, or Dark-eyed, daughter of Llewelyn AP JORWORTH, by his 2nd wife, Joan (illegitimate daughter of KiNG JOHN), and widow of Reynold DE BRAOSE [died June 1228). He died 6 August 1246, and was buried at Wigmore. His widow died in 1251. [Complete Peerage IX:275-6, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

NOTE: The identity of Gwladus's mother is still a matter of debate. There is no clear contemporary evidence that her mother was Joan, and a daughter of Llewelyn and Joan could not have been aged more than about 9 in 1215. The only direct statements appear to come some centuries later. One strand of the later tradition does identify Gwladus's mother as Joan, but another says she was Llewelyn's mistress Tangwystl.

[This question has been discussed by - among many others - Stewart Baldwin, Rosie Bevan, Ken Finton, Todd Farmerie, John P. Ravilious, Paul Reed, Douglas Richardson, Henry Sutliff, Nat Taylor and Brad Verity.] [Some Corrections and Additions to CP]

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Let me make one final general observation. There was a definite and timely reason that Reginald de Broase married Gwladys Ddu in 1215. His brother Giles, Bishop of Hereford, rebelled as soon as he received a royal grant of 'his' patrimony and joined Llywelyn (as leader of the Welsh forces) in general rebellion against John (remember that this was also about the time the North of England, etc., rebelled against John). Reginald immediately joined his brother in marching on their patrimony in the Marches to secure it by force. To cement their alliance (Giles being a bishop and all), Reginald was married to a daughter of Prince Llywelyn. Her name happened to be Gwladys, the dark eyed.

I would find it EXTRAORDINARILY coincidental if Gwladys just happened to be BARELY age twelve in 1215, when it was found expedient to marry her to Reginald. He was older, already experienced in the art of war and the ability to lead men. His elder deceased brother William was already father of four sons held as hostages by King John.

I would be utterly amazed if we found that Gwladys was aged twelve in 1215. The cause of their marriage was not (as far as we know) a prearranged marriage contract that happened to coincide with political expediency--the marriage was a RESULT of the political events that occurred in 1215.

After Reginald de Braose betrayed Llywelyn and became King John's man in 1217 [to give homage, one had to be in the actual presence of the King], and his nephew John de Braose was released in 1218, Llywelyn found a ready ally in the younger John, who was attempting to get his rightful inheritance from Reginald (who was in possession of most of it), in 1218, Llywelyn, out of political expediency, married his daughter Margared to this John.

Thus, if the marriage between Gwladys and Reginald was the result of political events, and they had not been heatedly awaiting her birthday so that they could be wed in a full and legal manner that would be permanent--rather than something that could be easily broken (or at least broken with some effort and complicity)--I would conclude it is most likely that Gwladys was actually older than twelve years old in 1215. Does that seem reasonable? [Paul C Reed, 30 Nov 2001, soc.genealogy.medieval]

Gwladys married about 1215 in 1st Husband 2ND Wife. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Gwladys married in 1230 in 2ND Husband. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Angharad [daughter of Joan, Princess of Wales & Llewellyn ap Iorworth, Prince of Wales]; m. Maelgwyn Fychan, lord of Cardigan Is Ayron, d. 1257. [Ancestral Roots]

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He [John le Scot] married, 1222, Helen, daughter of LLEWELLYN AP IORWERTH, PRINCE OF NORTH WALES, and by her is suspected to have been poisoned. He died s.p., at Darnall, co. Chester, very shortly before 6 June 1237, and was buried at St. Werburg's, Chester, leaving the two daughters of his eldest sister and his three surviving sisters, as his coheirs, but in 1246 the Earldom of Chester was annexed to the Crown "lest so fair (preclara) a dominion should be divided (inter colas feminarum) among women." His widow married, before 5 December 1237, Robert DE QUINCY (youngest son of Saher, Earl of Winchester), who died s.p.m., August 1257. She died 1253, before 24 October. [Complete Peerage III:169-70, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)

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Received manors of Bidford, Warwickshire & Suckley, Worcestershire as maritagium.

Helen married in 1222 in 1st Husband. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Helen married before 5 Dec 1237 in 2ND Husband. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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William was only 12 when his father died. The wardship of William and the de Braose lands were granted by Henry III to Peter des Rievaux. On his fall in 1234 these custodies were passed on to the king's brother Richard, Earl of Cornwall. When William came of age he took control of the Braose lands in Gower, Bramber and Tetbury. He confirmed the grants made by his father of the rents of cottages in Tetbury (they are still there) to the priory at Aconbury, founded in the memory of Maud de St Valery by her daughter Margaret.

He was plagued throughout his life by a series of legal battles over land rights with his female relatives.

See Cottages of Tetbury.


William de Braose, in the 41st Henry III [1257], when Llewellyn ap Griffith menaced the marches of Wales with a great army, was commanded by the king to defend his own marches about Gower, and the next year he had a military summons to attend the king Chester. In two years afterwards, he was again in arms under Roger de Mortimer against the Welsh, and was one of the barons who became pledged for King Henry, abiding the award of Louis, King of France. He d. in 1290, leaving by Isabel de Clare, his first wife, a son, William de Braose. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 72, Braose, Baron Braose, of Gower]

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Peter de Braose, half-brother of William, Lord Braose, of Gower. Peter's son, Thomas, was found heir to his grandmother, Mary de Ros (his grandfather, William de Braose's 2nd wife). [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage Ltd, London, England, 1883, p. 73, Braose, Barons Braose]

NOTE: From the above information it is certain which William de Braose was Peter's father, for only this one William was summoned to parliament as a baron. However, in attempting to connect Mary de Ros to William, there are some pretty glaring date inconsistencies. e.g., William died in 1290, and Mary wasn't born until around 1298. It's possible the approximated year of birth for Mary is somewhat off, but surely not that far off. According to Burke, her father, William de Ros, was b. 1255, thus, she could have been born as early as perhaps 1271. Her father d. in 1316, and her grandfather died 16 June, 1285. Her 2nd husband, Thomas of Brotherton, was born 1 June, 1300. Had she been born as early as 1271, she would have been 29 years older than her 2nd husband. It's almost as if there had been two separate individuals named Mary de Ros, yet Burke says "Mary m. 1st, to William Braose, and 2ndly, to Thomas de Brotherton, Duke of Norfolk."

William married Aline De MULTON in 1255 in Bramber, Sussex, England. Aline (daughter of Thomas DE MULTON and Maude DE VAUX) was born about 1240 in Gilsland, Irthington, Cumberland, England; died in 1268 in Bramber, Sussex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Agnes De MOELS after 1260 in 2ND Wife. Agnes was born about 1230 in Cadbury, Tiverton, Somerset, England; died before 1271. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Mary De ROS about 1271 in 3rd Wife. Mary was born about 1253 in Helmsley Castle, North Riding Yorkshire, England; died before 23 May 1326. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Title: Stinton, Norfolk, England; Lord of Stinton Manor
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Sir Richard de Braose, said to be a younger son (not fully documented), Lord of Stinton, Norfolk; Brumlagh, Surrey; Ludborough, co Lincoln; Akenham, Hasketon, Stradbrooke, and Rouse Hall, Suffolk, all in right of his wife; also granted part of the manor of Thorganby, co York by his brother William; born before 1232, died before 18 June 1292, buried Woodbridge Priory; married before 9 Sep 1265 Alice le Rus, widow of Richard Longespee, died shortly before 28 Jan 1300/1, daughter and heir of William le Rus of Stinton, Norfolk by Agatha (dsp shortly before 27 Dec 1261), daughter and heir of Roger de Clere of Brumlegh, Surrey and Ludborough, Lincoln. [Magna Charta Sureties]

Note: I am not sure how to read the above. MCS cannot mean that Agatha "dsp" because in the same statement she is said to have a daughter (Alice) by her husband William le Rus.

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SIR RICHARD DE BREUSE, a younger son of John de Breuse, Lord of Bramber and Gower, by Margaret, daughter of Llewelyn ap lorwerth, PRINCE OF NORTH WALES, born 1232. He was summoned cum equis et armis 12 December 1276 to 14 June 1287, and to attend the King at Shrewsbury, 28 June 1283, by writs directed Ricardo de Brehuse or Breuse.

He married, before 9 September 1265 Alice, widow of Richard LUNGESPEYE (who died s.p. shortly before 27 Dec. 1261, and daughter and heir of William LE Rus, of Stinton, Norfolk, Akenham and Whittingham, Suffolk, by Agatha. daughter and heir of Roger DE CLERE, of Bramley, Surrey, and Ludborough, co. Lincoln. She was born 25 December 1245 or 1247, or 1 January 1245/6. He died before 18 June 1292 (i). His widow died shortly before 28 January 1300/1. They were buried in Woodbridge Priory. [Complete Peerage II:304, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

(i) At which time his widow was claiming her dower. On the morrow of St. John the Baptist 25 Edward I, Richard de Brewose obtained from (his mother) Alice, que fuit uxor Ricardi de Brewesa, the manor of Stradbroke, Suffolk. The younger Richard m. Alianore. He was summoned cum equis et armis 12 Mar 1300/1. Blomefield erroneously assigns to the elder Richard the Inq.p.m. on his nephew Richard, for which see p. 308, note "d".

Richard married Alice Le RUS, Heiress Of Stinton on 9 Sep 1265 in Stinton Hall, Norfolk, England. Alice (daughter of William LE RUS and Agatha DE CLERE) was born on 25 Dec 1245 in Stinton, Norfolk, England; died before 28 Jan 1300-1301 in Stinton, Norfolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alt. Death: Aft 1 Dec 1281; Alt. Death

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He [John Giffard] married, 1stly, Maud,[f] widow of Sir William LUNGESPEE, of Amesbury, Aldbourne, and Trowbridge, Wilts, Canford, Dorset, Bicester, Oxon; Brattleby, co., Lincoln, &c. (who died between 23 December 1256 and 3 January 1256/7], and daughter and heir of Sir Walter DE CLIFFORD, of Clifford co. Hereford, Cortham, Salop, &c., by Margaret, daughter of Llewelyn ab IORWERTH, PRINCE OF NORTH WALES. She, who was living 1 December 1281, died s.p.m., not long afterwards. [Complete Peerage V:639-44, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

[f] Maud Lungespee notified the King that John Giffard had abducted her from her manor of Canford, Dorset, and taken her against her will to his castle of Brimpsfield, and there detained her. John appeared before the King, and professed himself ready to prove that he did not abduct her against her will, and offered a fine of 300 marks for the marriage already contracted, as it was said, between them, provided she made no further complaint against him. On 10 March 1270/1 the King ordained that if she were not content, the said fine should be void, and John should stand his trial at a month from Easter. And as she was too unwell to appear before the King, commissioners were sent to inquire into the truth of the matter, and to certify the King thereof. John and Maud, and her Ist husband, William Lungespee, were all descended from Richard fitz Ponce. Why John Giffard should have referred to himself as being of the race of Le Lungespee as in the proof of age mentioned above he is said to have done-is not explicable; unless, indeed, the sobriquet was derived from the family of Clifford.

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Maud married William III De LONGESPEE, Of Amesbury, Sir in 1254 in 1st Husband. William was born about 1230 in Amesbury, Wiltshire, England; died before 3 Jan 1256-1257 in Blyth, Nottinghamshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Maud married John 1St Baron GIFFARD, Of Brimpsfield, Sir after 1257 in 2ND Husband 1St Wife. John (son of Sir Elias Elias IV GIFFARD OF BRIMFIELD, Lord of Brimpsfield and Alice DE MALTRAVERS) was born about 19 Jan 1231-1232 in Brimpsfield, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England; died on 29 May 1299 in Boyton, Warminster, Wiltshire, England; was buried on 11 Jun 1299 in Malmesbury Abbey, Wiltshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Margaret, daughter of 6th Earl of Mar. [Burke's Peerage, p. 2716]

Marjory/Mary, widow of John de Strathbogie, 9th Earl of Atholl of the creation deemed to have been effected by 1115, and daughter of 6th Earl of Mar. [Burke's Peerage, p. 2770]

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Margaret married in 1st Husband. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret married after 1306 in 2ND Husband. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Gartney/Gratney, 7th Earl of Mar, Jt Sheriff Aberdeenshire 1297; married Christian Bruce, sister of Robert I who granted her the lands of Garioch for her life, but whereby the Earls of Mar acquired the feudal Lordship of Garioch (not a peerage dignity) and were even latterly styled "Earls of Garioch". [Burke's Peerage]

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Gratney, Earl of Mar, d. before 1305, son of Donald, Earl of Mar, by Helen or Elen, illegitimate daughter of Llewellyn ap Iorwerth, Prince of Wales, widow of Malcolm, Earl of Fife. [Magna Charta Sureties]

Family/Spouse: Christina Of Carrick BRUCE. Christina (daughter of Earl Robert de BRUCE, Of Carrick and Countess Marjory (Margaret) CARRICK) was born about 1282; died in 1356. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Gratney married about 1292 in Kildrummy, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• NEVER QUEEN: ; Isabell of Mar was Countess of Carrrik but died before her husband became king, therefore was never Queen or Queen Consort of Scotland.
• NOT THE SAME AS ISABEL BRUCE, QUEEN OF NORWAY: ; This is Isabella of Mar, wife of Robert the Bruce, Isabel Bruce was her sister in law, sister of Robert the Bruce
• Name: Isabella FITZDONALD
• Name: Isabella of Mar - Countess of Carrick
• Name: Lady Matilda Isabella MAR
• _UID: CFC13E56549B4BD3A2ECB5341E5341A1FB4D

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Isabella of Mar (fl. 1290s) was the first wife of Robert Bruce VII, Earl of Carrick. Isabella died before her husband was crowned (as Robert I) King of Scotland. She and her husband were the grandparents of Robert II, King of Scotland.

Isabella was the daughter of Domhnall I, Earl of Mar (died ?1297) and Elena, daughter of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd (died 1282). Isabella's father was evidently an adherent of Robert Bruce V, Lord of Annandale (died 1295), a man who staked a claim to the Scottish throne. The close relationship between the Domhnall's family and the Bruces is evidenced by two marriages. One was that between Isabella and Robert Bruce VII, Earl of Carrick (died 1329), a grandson of Robert Bruce V. Domhnall's son and comital successor, Gartnait (died c.1302), married a sister of Robert Bruce VII.

The marriage of Robert Bruce VII and Isabella probably took place in the 1290s. The union produced a single child, a daughter named Marjorie (died 1316), who was born in about 1296.

Following Isabella's death, Robert Bruce VII married his second wife, Elizabeth de Burgh (died 1327). Isabella's daughter, Marjorie, married Walter Stewart, Steward of Scotland, and their son eventually reigned as Robert II, King of Scotland (died 1390).



Isabel, d. before 1302, daughter of Donald, Earl of Mar, by his 1st wife Helen, daughter of Llewellyn ap Iorwerth, Prince of Wales. [Magna Charta Sureties]


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Isabel married King Robert BRUCE, I of Scottland about 1295 in 1st Wife. Robert (son of Earl Robert de BRUCE, Of Carrick and Countess Marjory (Margaret) CARRICK) was born on 16 Mar 1274 in Turnberry Castle, Turnberry, Ayrshire, Scotland; was christened on 11 Jul 1274 in Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland; died on 15 Jun 1329 in Cardross, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; was buried on 15 Jun 1329 in Dunfermline Abbey, Fife, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Title: ; 2nd Lord Brewes
• _UID: 34D4822A0ADB4DEC9644D3B4EBEC0E1028B7

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NOTE: This is the first cousin of my sons wife's line. Making Abby my 25th cousin. Three other identified lines also converge paths with Abby within 6 generations, branching prior to this person.

William de Braose, in the 22nd of Edward I [1293], had summons to attend the king with other great men to advise regarding the important affairs of the realm. And about the beginning of the ensuing September, he was one of those who embarked at Portsmouth with horse and arms in the king's service for Gascony. In the 28th and 29th of the same reign,he was in the wars of Scotland, and in the latter year he had summons to parliament as a baron. In the 32nd [1304], he was again in the Scottish wars and then enjoyed so much favour that the king not only confirmed to him and his heirs the grant of Gower Land, made by King john to his ancestor, but granted that he and they should thenceforth enjoy all regal jurisdiction, liberties, and privileges there in as ample a manner as Gilder de Clare, son of Richard de Clare, sometimes Earl of Gloucester, had in all his lands of Glamorgan. For several years afterwards, his lordship appears to have been constantly engaged upon the same theatre of war and was always eminently distinguished. In the 14th Edward II [1321], according to Thomas of Walsingham, being "a person who had a large patrimony but a great unthrift," his lordship put up for sale his noble territory of Gower Land, and absolutely sold it under the king's license to the Earl of Hereford; but its contiguity to the lands of the younger Spencer (who was then high in royal favour, and the king's chamberlain), attracting the attention of that minion, he forcibly possessed himself of the estate and thus gave rise to the insurrection headed by Thomas Plantagenet, Earl of Lancaster. Lord Braose m. Aliva, dau. of Thomas de Moulton, and had issue, Aliva, m. 1st, to John de Mowbray, and 2ndly, to Sir Richard de Pershall, and Joan, m. to John* de Bohun, of Midhurst. His lordship, who had regular summons to parliament to 18 September, 1322, d. in that year, when the Barony of Braose, of Gower, fell into abeyance between his daus. and co-heirs, and it so continues with their representatives. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage Ltd, London, England, 1883, pp. 72-73, Braose, Barons Braose, of Gower]

* The Bohun entry on pg. 58 in the same source cited above, states it was James de Bohun, younger brother of John de Bohun, who d. s. p., that Joan married.

William married Agnes Elizabeth De SULLY about 1300 in Gower, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom. Agnes (daughter of Raymond de SULLY) was born in 1263 in Sully, Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales; died in 1328. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Giles married Beatrice De ST. HELEN in 1st Wife. Beatrice was born about 1270 in Wittenham Manor, Wallingford, Berkshire, England; died before 1300. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Giles married Maud WHITNEY before 1300 in 2ND Wife. Maud was born about 1275; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: Agnes De CLIFFORD. Agnes was born about 1274 in Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England; died before 1332. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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He [Ralph de Camoys] married, 1stly, in 1303, before 25 June, Margaret, daughter of William, 1st Lord BREWES, by his 3rd wife, Mary, daughter of Robert De Ros, of Helmsley. [Complete Peerage II:507, XIV:138, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

Margaret married Ralph III 1St Baron De CAMOYS, Of Flockthorpe before 25 Jun 1303 in 1st Wife. Ralph was born about 1283 in Bourn, Cambridgeshire, England; died before Jun 1336 in Flockthorpe Manor, Hardingham, Norfolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Youngest son, Eldest brother was also William. [Magna Charta Sureties]

Family/Spouse: Eleanor De BAVANT, Heiress Of Wiston. Eleanor was born about 1298 in Wiston, Thakeham, Sussex, England; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Margaret DE BREWES
• _UID: EA4BCFC1DCC54FB489F54C7BDFCFC0ABC793

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He [Roger de Coleville] married Margaret, daughter of Sir Richard DE BREWES, of Stinton, Norfolk, by Alice, daughter and heir of William Le Rus, of Stinton. He died 1287/8, before 6 March, date of writ for Inq. p. m. His widow died 1335, before 12 May, when the writ for her Inq. p. m. is dated. [Complete Peerage III:374, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

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Margaret (or Margery) de Braose, died shortly before 12 May 1335; married Sir Roger de Coleville, Knight, born c1251, aged 26 in 1277, died shortly before 6 Mar 1287/8, Lord of Bytham, co Lincoln, son of Walter de Coleville, Lord of Bytham, co Lincoln, died 1277, by Isabel or Elizabeth. [Magna Charta Sureties]

Note: Neither Ancestral Roots, CP, or MCS mention a second marriage for Margaret, but Roger's death in 1288 would certainly allow for a 2nd marriage.

Biography
Margaret (Margery) de Brewes was born circa 1260 at Stainton Manor, Norfolk, England, the daughter of Sir Richard de Brewes and Alice le Rus.

Marriage & Children
She married Sir Roger de Coleville, 2nd Baron Colville, son of Walter de Coleville and Isabel/Elizabeth, circa 1276.

They had 1 son & 2 daughters:
1.) Edmund

2.) Elizabeth, wife of Ralph Basset

3.) Alice, wife of Guy Gobaud, & of Sir John Gernon

Death
Margaret (Margery) de Brewes died circa 12 May 1335.

Records
4 May 1288 Westminster. To Master H. de Bray, escheator this side Trent. Order to deliver to Margaret, late the wife of Roger de Coleville, tenant in chief of the king as of the honour of Albemarle, the following of Roger's lands, which the king has assigned to her in dower: the manor of Conythorp, a member of the manor of Bitham, the wood called ' Morkelawe,' with the meadow, herbage and all appurtenances, in the same manor, the wood called ' La More,' with the meadow, herbage and all other appurtenances, in the same manor and rent in Estbitham, which is a member of the manor aforesaid. Total value of land yearly assigned approx 70/.

7 May 1290 Westminster. To Henry de Bray, eschaetor this side of Trent. Order to cause dower to be assigned to Margaret, late the wife of Roger de Colville tenant in chief.

24 May 1290 Westminster. Assignment of dower to Margaret, late the wife of Roger de Colevill, of the knights' fees that belonged to Roger by Master Henry de Bray, escheator this side Trent, by the king's writ. There are assigned to her three quarters of a fee that Ralph de Sancto Laudo holds in Cunesby, co. Lincoln. Also the eighth of a fee that Robert Walran holds in Estbitham, in the said county. Also a fee that Laurence de Preston holds in Somerdeby, in the said county.

12 May 1335. Order to William de Clapham, escheator in the counties of York, Northumberland, Cumberland and Westmoreland, to take into the king's hand the lands late of Margaret late the wife of Roger de Colville, deceased, tenant in chief.

Margaret, late the wife of Roger de Coleville. Writ 19 May 9EIII. Robert de Colville, knight, her kinsman, aged 26 or more, is her next heir.

8 July 1335. Order to William de Clapham, escheator in the counties of York, Northumberland, Cumberland and Westmoreland, pursuant to an inquisition made by him shewing that Margaret late the wife of Roger de Colville held in her demesne as of fee the manor of Ayketon, county Cumberland, with certain tenements in Burgh on Sands pertaining thereto, in chief by homage and the service of rendering 27s a year at the Exchequer of Carlisle at the Assumption for cornage, and that Robert de Coleville, knight, her kinsman, is her next heir and of full age, to deliver the premises to him, he having done homage.

Margaret married Roger COLVILL, Of Bytham, Sir Knight in 1st Husband. Roger was born about 1251 in Bytham Castle, Bourne, Lincolnshire, England; died before 6 Mar 1288 in Bitham, Lincolnshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret married Walter DEVEREUX, Of Lenhales, Sir after 1288 in 2ND Husband. Walter was born about 1261 in Lenhales, Herefordshire, England; died in 1320 in Lenhales, Herefordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Mary married John De WEYLAND, Of Blaxhall, Sir before 1289. John was born about 1265 in Blaxhall, Plomesgate, Suffolk, England; died before 30 Oct 1312 in Middleton, Blything, Suffolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• TitleOfNobility: ; Knight
• Name: Giles De BREUSE
• _UID: 6C606A56797D41849453D7926C379496649F

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SIR GILES DE BREUSE, son and heir, aged 28 and more at his mother's death. He married Joan, daughter of Richard DE BEAUMONT, of Witnesham, Suffolk. He died shortly before 6 February 1310/1. His wife survived him. [Complete Peerage II:305, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

Giles De Braose
Also Known As:"Lord Stinton"
Birth circa January 1270 Stinton in Sall, Aylsham, Norfolk, England UK Died February 6, 1310 in Lincolnshire, England UK Immediate Family:Son of Richard de Braose (Brewes), Lord of Stinton Manor and Alice (Alicia) le Braose, Heiress of Stinton & Ludborough
Husband of Joan "Lady of Woodbridge" de Beaumont Father of Sir John de Braose, Lord of Stinton and Robert De Braose Brother of Margaret Devereaux; Mary de Weyland; Sibyl de Braose; Richard Breuse, Sr and Richard Braose

Giles married Joan BEAUMONT in 1st Husband 2ND Wife. Joan (daughter of Richard DE BEAUMONT OF WITNESHAM and Alice) was born about 1289 in Witnesham, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England; died in 1332 in Ewelme, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Margaret. Margaret was born in 1272 in Stinton Hall, Norfolk, England; died in 1296 in Stinton Hall, Norfolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Alice BEAUMONT. Alice was born in 1270 in England; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Giles married Katherine Dau Of Laurence De HUNTINGFIELD in 1st Wife. Katherine was born about 1275 in Huntingfield, Blything, Suffolk, England; died in 1303 in Huntingfield, Blything, Suffolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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(i) At which time his widow was claiming her dower. On the morrow of St. John the Baptist 25 Edward I, Richard de Brewose obtained from (his mother) Alice, que fuit uxor Ricardi de Brewesa, the manor of Stradbroke, Suffolk. The younger Richard m. Alianore. He was summoned cum equis et armis 12 Mar 1300/1. Blomefield erroneously assigns to the elder Richard the Inq.p.m. on his nephew Richard, for which see p. 308, note "d".

Family/Spouse: Alianore SHELTON. Alianore was born about 1282 in Stradbroke, Hartismere, Suffolk, England; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Eleanor (predeceased her husband), daughter of John Giffard, of Brimsfield, Glos. 1st Lord (Baron) Giffard. [Burke's Peerage]

Eleanor married Fulk 1St Baron Le STRANGE, Of Blackmere, Sir in 1296 in Whitchurch, Shropshire, England. Fulk (son of Robert Lord Of Chauton Le STRANGE and Alianore BLANCMINSTER) was born about 1267 in Wrockwardine, Wellington, Shropshire, England; died on 23 Jan 1323-1324 in Blakemere, Weobley, Herefordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Katherine DE GIFFARD
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He [Nicholas Audley] m. Catherine, daughter of John Giffard (1st Lord Giffard of Brimpsfield), by his 1st wife, Maud, widow of William Longespee, daughter and heir of Walter de Clifford. He d. 28 Aug 1299. Inq.p.m. 27 Edward I. His widow, who was b. 1272, had dower 23 Oct 1299; she was living in 1322, as a nun at Ledbury. [Complete Peerage I:338-9 XIV:50]

Katherine Giffard, Co-heiress of mother Maud Clifford
d/o sir John Clifford, Knt & Maud Clifford
b- 1272 (age 27 1299) - Brimsfield, Gloucestershire, England
m- sir, Nicholas I Audley,Knt, d- 1299
d- 1322 - Ledbury, Herefordshire, England


He [Nicholas Audley] m. Catherine, daughter of John Giffard (1st Lord Giffard of Brimpsfield), by his 1st wife, Maud, widow of William Longespee, daughter and heir of Walter de Clifford. He d. 28 Aug 1299. Inq.p.m. 27 Edward I. His widow, who was b. 1272, had dower 23 Oct 1299; she was living in 1322, as a nun at Ledbury. [Complete Peerage I:338-9 XIV:50]

Catherine married Nicholas De AUDLEY, Of Heleigh, Sir on 23 Oct 1288 in Brimsfield, Gloucestershire, England. Nicholas was born before 1258 in Heleigh Castle, Audley, Staffordshire, England; died on 28 Aug 1299 in Heleigh Castle, Audley, Staffordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: John Of Knepdal MENTEITH. John was born about 1320; died before 1344. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Marjorie BRUCE -
• _UID: DDB76C26788E4CB894D438006DA3672E75DE
• ENGLISH CAPTIVE FOR 8 YEARS: Between 1306 and 1314, Watton Abbey, Watton, Norfolk, England; Captured by the English in 1306 at age 9, Marjorie was held captive at Watton Abbey until 1314.
• Cause of Death: Oct 1317, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland; DIED AFTER FALLING FROM A HORSE DURING HER SECOND PREGNANCY

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Marjorie Bruce was the oldest child of Robert I, King of Scotland, also known as Robert the Bruce, and his first wife Isabella of Mar. She was born in December of 1296 and her mother died 12 December, 1296 shortly after giving birth. Marjorie was named after her paternal grandmother, Marjorie, Countess of Carrick, who had died 4 years before.

In March of 1306 Scotland was in the midst of the First War of Scottish Independence with England when Marjorie's father Robert the Bruce was crowned King of Scotland. "The Bruce" suffered a defeat at the Battle of Methven and sent Marjorie, her step-mother Elizabeth, and her 2 aunts Mary and Christina North for safety. Unfortunately, they were captured by the English along with Isabella MacDuff. All the men captured were executed including Marjorie's Uncle Niall who was hanged, drawn and quartered and then beheaded. Marjorie's step-mother Elizabeth was deemed a valuable hostage and sent to the Tower of London. Her Aunt Christina, whose husband was just executed, was imprisoned at the convent at Sixhills. Mary Bruce and Isabella MacDuff were imprisoned separately in wooden cages and hung outside the castles of Roxburgh and Berwick, exposed to public view and the elements for 4 long years. A cage was built outside the Tower of London for 9 year old Marjorie but English King Edward I reconsidered and sent her to the convent in Watton instead. Marjorie would remain an English captive until 1314 when she was finally released, exchanged for English prisoners, at the age of 17. Robert the Bruce could not accompany his wife and daughter home himself, he would have been a rich prize for the English, however, he sent Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward of Scotland, to escort them home.

Scotland was free and King Robert the Bruce was at the height of his power. Not wanting to leave Scotland without a clear ruler, as had happened previously after the death of Alexander III and Margaret the Maid of Norway, on April 25 1315 Parliament agreed that if King Robert I, and his brother Edward de Brus, both died without male issue then Marjory de Brus would inherit the throne of Scotland. King Robert I was the most powerful man in Scotland, and now Marjory was the most important woman in Scotland.
Shortly after this Marjorie married the 2nd most powerful man in Scotland, Walter Stewart, High Steward of Scotland. The man who had accompanied her back home from her captivity the year before.

Marjorie and Walter welcomed a son Robert Stuart on March 2 1316. Robert would grow up to become Robert II King of Scotland. Unfortunately, Marjorie would not live to see it. Some historical sources tell us that Marjorie died giving birth to her only son. That she was thrown from a horse while heavily pregnant, and that the baby was delivered safely but Marjorie died. More modern research now indicates that the facts were a little confused. Marjorie did die after a fall from a horse while pregnant, however, it was in October 1317 during her 2nd pregnancy, and both mother and child died. Marjory was buried at Paisley Abbey, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland.

Like her own mother, Isabella, Marjorie died young, leaving behind a single young motherless child. Robert would not grow up an only child, however, his father married a 2nd time, to Isabel de Graham, and they gave Robert 3 younger siblings.

Marjorie's marriage to Walter, High Steward of Scotland united Clan Stewart and the royal House of Bruce. Her son Robert II was the first Stewart monarch, through him she was the ancestress of a long line of royalty including Mary Queen of Scots and Bonnie Prince Charlie.

Princess Marjorie, the only daughter of King Robert I of Scotland by his first wife Isabella of Mar. Marjorie died in March 1316 giving birth to their only child:[11]
King Robert II of Scotland (born 1316-died 1390), the first monarch of the House of Stewart who reigned as King of Scotland from 1371 to his death in 1390.

Marjory married Walter STEWART in 1315 in Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland. Walter (son of James STEWART and Egidia (Giles) De BURGH) was born in 1296 in Dundonald Castle, Kyle, Ayrshire, Scotland; was christened in 1296 in Dundonald Castle, Kyle, AYR, Scotland; died on 9 Apr 1326 in Bathgate Castle, Bathgate, Linlithgow, Scotland; was buried on 19 Apr 1327 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]