Miles of Gloucester, 1st Earl of Hereford

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Family/Spouse: Sibyl DE NEUFMARCH?, Countess of Hereford. Sibyl was born in 1096 in Brecon Castle, Brecon, Wales; died on 24 Dec 1143 in Llanthony Secunda Priory, Hempsted, Gloucestershire, England; was buried after 24 Dec 1143 in Llanthony Secunda Priory, Hempsted, Gloucestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Fact: ; Heiress of Brecon
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• Name: Bertha FITZMILES
• Name: Bertha OF HEREFORD
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Bertha of Hereford, also known as Bertha de Pitres (born c. 1130), was the daughter of Miles de Gloucester, 1st Earl of Hereford, and a wealthy heiress, Sibyl de Neufmarch?. She was the wife of William de Braose, 3rd Lord of Bramber to whom she brought many castles and Lordships, such as Brecknock (including Hay Castle), and Abergavenny.

Family
Bertha was born in England in about 1130. She was a daughter of Miles, Earl of Hereford (1097- 24 December 1143) and Sibyl de Neufmarch?. She had two sisters, Margaret of Hereford, who married Humphrey II de Bohun, by whom she had issue, and Lucy of Hereford, who married Herbert FitzHerbert of Winchester, by whom she had issue. Her brothers included Roger Fitzmiles, 2nd Earl of Hereford, Walter de Hereford, Henry Fitzmiles, William de Hereford, and Mahel de Hereford.

Bertha's paternal grandparents were Walter FitzRoger de Pitres, Sheriff of Gloucester and Bertha de Balun of Bateden, a descendant of Hamelin de Balun, and her maternal grandparents were Bernard de Neufmarch?, Lord of Brecon, and Nesta ferch Osbern. The latter was a daughter of Osbern FitzRichard of Richard's Castle, and Nesta ferch Gruffydd. Bertha was a direct descendant, in the maternal line, of Gruffydd ap Llywelyn (1007- 5 August 1063) and Edith (Aldgyth), daughter of Elfgar, Earl of Mercia.

Bertha's father Miles served as Constable to King Stephen of England. He later served in the same capacity to Empress Matilda after he'd transferred his allegiance. In 1141, she made him Earl of Hereford in gratitude for his loyalty. On 24 December 1143, he was killed whilst on a hunting expedition in the Forest of Dean.

Marriage and issue
In 1150, Bertha married William de Braose, 3rd Lord of Bramber (1112? 1192), son of Philip de Braose, 2nd Lord of Bramber and Aenor, daughter of Judael of Totnes. William and Bertha had three daughters and two sons, including William de Braose, 4th Lord of Bramber.
In 1173, Bertha's brothers all having died without issue, she brought the Lordships and castles of Brecknock and Abergavenny, to her husband. Hay Castle had already passed to her from her mother, Sibyl of Neufmarche in 1165, whence it became part of the de Braose holdings.
In 1174, Bertha's husband became Sheriff of Hereford.

Bertha's children include
1. William de Braose, 4th Lord of Bramber, (1144/1153- 11 August 1211, Corbeil), married Maud de St. Valery, daughter of Bernard de St. Valery, by whom he had 16 children.
2. Roger de Braose or Reynold de Briouse
3. Sibyl de Braose (died after 5 February 1227), married William de Ferrers, 3rd Earl of Derby (1136- 21 October 1190 at Acre on crusade), son of Robert de Ferrers, 2nd Earl of Derby and Margaret Peverel, by whom she had issue.
4. Maud de Braose, married John de Brompton, by whom she had issue.

Legacy
Upon the childless death of Roger in 1155, the Earldom of Hereford fell into abeyance until 1199 when King John bestowed the title on Henry de Bohun, Sibyl's grandson through her eldest daughter, Margaret. As her sons all died without legitimate offspring, Sibyl's three daughters became co-heirs to the Brecon honour, with Bertha, the second daughter, passing Sibyl's inheritance on (through marriage) to the de Braoses, thereby making them one of the most powerful families in the Welsh Marches.[42][43]
Bertha died on an unknown date. She was the ancestress of many noble English families which included the de Braoses, de Beauchamps, de Bohuns and de Ferrers; as well as the Irish families of de Lacy and de Burgh.

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Bertha married William DE BRAOSE about 1148 in Hereford, Herefordshire, England. William (son of Philip de BRAOSE, Lord of Briouze and Bramber and Lady Aenor DE TOTNES, Countess of Barnstaple and Briouze) was born in 1112 in Brecon, Breconshire, Wales; died in 1179 in Bramber Castle, Sussex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Sybil married between 1173 and 1174 in Sussex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Biography
Bertha de Braose, daughter of William de Braose, wife of William de Beauchamp and mother of Walter.

Bertha was born about 1151 at Bramber, Sussex, England and married about 1175 at Bramber, with issue Walter and James.

Research Notes
Bertha was listed as the daughter of William de Braose and wife of William de Bello Campo in a post mortem dated 33 June 1305 regarding the manor of Tetbury in Gloucestershire.

An alternative construction is that she married William Beauchamp's son Walter, but this theory is currently discounted.

Bertha married Walter DE BEAUCHAMP about 1175 in England. Walter (son of William DE BEAUCHAMP and Joane WALERIES) was born in 1154 in Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom; died in 1197. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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It is known that Agatha was a mistress of John, but it is only supposition that she is the mother of his child.

Family/Spouse: John "Lackland" King Of England PLANTAGENET. John (son of King Henry II PLANTAGENET and Queen Eleanor De AQUITAINE) was born on 24 Dec 1166 in Kings Manor House, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England; died on 19 Oct 1216 in Newark, Nottinghamshire, England; was buried in Cathedral, Worcester, Worcestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Walter DE BEAUCHAMP
• Name: Walter DE BEAUCHAMP
• Occupation: ; Baron of Elmley
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• TitleOfNobility: 19 Aug 1215; Sheriff of Worcestershire
• TitleOfNobility: May 1216; Lost Title, deserted to the rebels
• TitleOfNobility: Aug 1216; King John reinstated lands and titles
• Occupation: Mar 1217, Worcestershire, England; Keeper of the Royal Forest
• Alt. Death: 14 Apr 1236, Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, England

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Walter II de Beauchamp (1192/3 ? 1236), of Elmley Castle in Worcestershire (12 miles south-east of the City of Worcester), was hereditary Sheriff of Worcestershire.
He was the second son and eventual heir of William II de Beauchamp (d.1197) of Elmley, hereditary constable of Worcester Castle and hereditary Sheriff of Worcestershire, who died when Walter was aged about 5, when his wardship and marriage was acquired firstly by William de Braose and secondly, for the sum of 3,000 marks, by Roger Mortimer (d. 1214) of Wigmore Castle.

Early origins
He was the great-grandson of Walter I de Beauchamp (d.1133) of Elmley Castle, hereditary Sheriff of Worcestershire, who married Emmeline d'Abetot, daughter and heiress of Urse d'Abetot (c.1040-1108), feudal baron of Salwarpe in Worcestershire and Sheriff of Worcestershire in about 1069. Walter I de Beauchamp inherited his father-in-law's barony and also inherited Elmley Castle and other estates (held from the Bishop of Worcester) from his wife's uncle Robert d'Abetot.

Career
Walter's elder brother William died before Michaelmas 1211, leaving Walter as his heir, then aged 19. In 1212, still not having reached the age of mojority (i.e. 21), he was married to Johanna Mortimer (d.1225), his warder's daughter. He was in possession of his barony by 1214. He obtained his father's hereditary office of Sheriff of Worcestershire on 19 August 1215, but lost it in May 1216 when, with nineteen of his knights, he deserted to the rebels. He returned to his allegiance to King John in August 1216, and was reinstated in his lands. Walter was a witness at the re-issue of Magna Carta on 11 November 1216 and in March 1217 he was restored by King Henry III to his shrievalty and castellanship, and became Keeper of the Royal Forests in Worcestershire. He witnessed the further re-issue of Magna Carta on 11 February 1225.

He married twice:

Firstly, in 1212 at the age of 20, to Johanna Mortimer (d.1225), daughter of his warder Roger Mortimer (d. 1214) of Wigmore Castle, by whom he had issue including:
1. William (III) de Beauchamp (1215-1269), eldest son and heir, who married Isabel de Mauduit, sister and heiress of William Mauduit, 8th Earl of Warwick, by whom he was the father of William de Beauchamp, 9th Earl of Warwick.

Secondly, in 1225 or later, he married a certain Angaret (d.1280/3), of unrecorded family.

Death
Walter died on 11 April 1236.

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Walter de Beauchamp is the son of Walter de Beauchamp and Bertha de Braose.
He married Joane de Mortimer.

Child of Walter de Beauchamp and Joane de Mortimer
- William de Beauchamp d. fr 7 Jan 1268 - 21 Apr 1268

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Family/Spouse: Ida DE LONGESPEE. Ida (daughter of William DE LONGESPEE, Earl Of Salisbury and Countess Of Salisbury Ela FITZPATRICK, Countess Of Salisbury) was born about 1222 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England; died after 1267. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Walcheline married Joane Isabelle DE MORTIMER in 1212 in Elmley Castle, Elmley, Worcestershire, England. Joane (daughter of Roger DE MORTIMER, Lord of Wigmore and Isabel? DE FERRERS) was born in 1194 in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England; died in 1268 in Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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