WILLIAM DE

See also:

• WILLIAM DE BRAOSE (d. 1211)

BRAOSE (d. 1211)  , lord of Brecknock, Radnor and Limerick, spent the early part of his life fighting the Welsh in Radnorshire . He was high in King John's favour, received a large number of honours, and was even given the custody of Prince Arthur . But John and he quarrelled, probably over money (1207) . In 1208 John began to suspect the fidelity of the whole family, and William had to fly to Ireland . After a number of attempted reconciliations, he was outlawed (1210) and died at Corbeil (1211) . It is said that his wife and son were starved to death by John . See Foedera, i . 107; Histoire des dues (ed . Michel), Wendover; Kate Norgate's John Lackland . A descendant, William de Braose (d . 1326), lord of Gower, was a devoted follower of Edward I., and in 1299 was summoned to parliament as baron de Braose; and his nephew Thomas de Braose (d . 1361) also distinguished himself in the wars and was summoned as baron de Braose in 1342 .

This latter

barony became extinct in 1399; but a claim to the barony of William de Braose, which, as he had no son, fell into abeyance between his two daughters and co-heirs, Alina (wife of Lord Mowbray) and Joan (wife of John de Bohun), or their descendants, may still be traced by careful genealogists in various noble English families .