Sir William De Braose, I b. 1049 Briouze Near Argentan, Normandy, France d. 1087 Bramber, Sussex, England: Our Family History

1049 - 1087 (38 years)

Name	William De Braose
Prefix	Sir
Suffix	I
Birth	1049	Briouze Near Argentan, Normandy, France
Gender	Male
Death	1087	Bramber, Sussex, England [1]
Person ID	I55104	Cecilie Family
Last Modified	1 Jan 2010

Father	Duke Alan III Of Brittany, b. 997, Rennes, Ille-Et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France d. 1040 (Age 43 years)
Mother	Gunnora, b. Abt 1030, France d. Bef 1050 (Age 20 years)
Family ID	F30935	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Agnes De St. Claire, b. Abt 1054, Barnstaple, Devonshire, England d. Yes, date unknown

Marriage Bef 1073 Barnstaple, Devonshire, England

Children

1. Sir Philip De Braose, b. 1075, Bramber, Sussex, England

d. 1112, Holy Land, Palestine

(Age 37 years)

Family ID F23102 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 1 Jan 2010

Notes

Guillaume de Briouze is recorded in lists of those present at the Battle of Hastings. He became the first Lord of the Bramber Rape by 1073 and built Bramber Castle. William made considerable grants to the abbey of Saint Florent, Saumur to endow the foundation of Sele Priory near Bramber and a priory at Briouze. He continued to fight alongside King William in the campaigns in Britain, Normandy, and Maine.
See remains of gatehouse at Bramber Castle.
William de Braose came into England with the Conqueror and held, at the general survey, considerable estates in the counties of Berks, Wilts, Surrey, Dorset, and Sussex. He was s. by his son, Philip de Braose. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 72, Braose, Baron Braose, of Gower]