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Reading Lady of Hay you will meet King John up close and personal as well as learn so much about the reign of probably the worst King of England ever. there seems to be very little editing and the book goes on and on. the scenes in past times are the most enjoyable. The Histoire is thought to have been written in the mid 13th century and appears to be by someone who was familiar with the people he wrote about. Lady Maud de St. Valery was born on c. 1155 in France to Bernard de St. Valery and Matilda MNU de St. Valery. Maud married William de Braose, 4th Lord of Bramber on c. 1166 and had 9 children: William 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; and Flandrina de Braose, Abbess of Godstow. She passed away of starvation on 1210 in Corfe Castle dungeon, Dorset, England. Maud's daughter Margaret de Lacy founded a religious house, the Hospital of St. John, in Aconbury, Herefordshire in her memory. [2] On 10 October 1216, eight days before his death, King John conceded three carucates of land in the royal forest of Aconbury to Margaret for the construction of the religious house. He sent the instructions to her husband Walter de Lacy, who held the post of Sheriff of Hereford, by letters patent. [17] Legends [ edit ]
She was also said to have been extremely tall and often donned armour while leading troops into battle. [19] Maud supported her husband's military ambitions and he put her in charge of Hay Castle and surrounding territory. The final fall of her husband may owe a lot to her hasty reply to King John when he requested her son William as a hostage in 1208. She refused on the grounds that John had murdered his nephew Arthur whom he should have protected. The dispute between John and the de Braoses led to Maud dying of starvation in the King's castle at Windsor along with her son, while her husband, stripped of all his lands, died the following year in exile in France. Maud de Braose features in many Welsh folklore myths and legends. There is one legend which says that Maud built the castle of Hay-on-Wye single handed in one night, carrying the stones in her apron.[12] She was also said to have been extremely tall and often donned armour while leading troops into battle.[13]Maud de St. Valéry de Braose (c. 1150-1210) was the wife of William de Braose, 7th Baron Abergavenny, 4th Lord Bramber, a powerful Marcher baron and court favorite of King John of England. She would later incur the wrath and enmity of the King. She is also known in history as Matilda de Braose, Moll Wallbee, and Lady of La Haie.[1] From: Doug Thompson ( [email protected]) Subject: Parentage of Matilda de Braose (St Valery) - "new" evidence. Newsgroups: soc.genealogy.medieval Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2003 19:50:11
Barbara Erskine’s iconic debut novel still delights generations of readers thirty years after its first publication. Turner, RV (2006). "Briouze [Braose], William de ( d. 1211)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (onlineed.). Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/ref:odnb/3283 . Retrieved 22 January 2012. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.); Holden, BW (2001). "King John, the Braoses, and the Celtic Fringe, 1207–1216". Albion: A Quarterly Journal Concerned with British Studies. 33 (2): 1–23. doi: 10.2307/4053044. JSTOR 4053044. Maud and her son William were first imprisoned at Windsor Castle, but were shortly afterwards transferred to Corfe Castle where they were walled alive inside the dungeon. Maud and William both starved to death. Her husband died a year later in exile in France where he had gone disguised as a beggar to escape King John's wrath after the latter had declared him an outlaw, following his alliance with Llywelyn the Great, whom he had assisted in open rebellion against the King, an act which John regarded as treason. He was buried in St. Victor's Abbey, Paris. William de Braose ([c. ]1175- 1210). Starved to death with his mother in Corfe Castle. Married Maud de Clare, daughter of Richard de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford and Amice FitzRobert de Meullant of Gloucester, by whom he had issue, including John de Braose. [Probably born a few years earlier.] There is some suggestion that William and Matilda realised she had gone too far, and tried to placate John with gifts. But it was too late.
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Mother of Anthony de Braose; Bertha De Braose; William de Braose, IV; Giles de Braose, Bishop of Hereford; Matilda "Maud" de Braose and 8 others ; Laurette de Braose; Roger de Braose; John Knill de Braose, II; Annora de Braose; Flandrina de Braose; Philip de Braose; Margaret de Braose, Lady of Trim and Reginald de Braose, 9th Baron Abergavenny « less She was born Maud de St.Valéry in France in about 1155, the child of Bernard de St. Valéry[2][3] and his first wife, Matilda. Her paternal grandfather was Reginald de St. Valery (died c.1162). Maud de St. Valéry was also known as the Lady of la Haie and to the Welsh as Moll Walbee. She is said, by the local people who saw her as a supernatural character, to have built Hay Castle single handed in one night, carrying the stones in her apron at Hay-on-Wye, Welsh Marches, England. Margaret de Braose (died after 1255), married Walter de Lacy, Lord of Meath, son of Hugh de Lacy, Lord of Meath and Rohese of Monmouth.
aka Lady of Hay, Lady of Le Haie, starved to death by King John, of Haye, Lady of LaHaie, Marcher Baron b) MAREDUDD (-Dyryslwyn 6 Aug 1271, bur Whitland). The Chronicle of the Princes of Wales records that "Maredudd son of Rhys the Hoarse" died 6 Aug 1271 "in the castle of Dyryslwyn and was buried at Whitland"[481]. m ---. The name of Maredudd´s wife is not known. Made famous by the de Braose’s spectacular falling-out with King John – and the manner of her death – very little is known of Matilda’s early years; though she probably spent time at her family’s manor of Hinton Waldrist in Berkshire. John took possession of de Braose’s castles and moved to arrest William. Forewarned, the couple fled to Ireland with 2 of their sons, where they took refuge with Walter de Lucy, their son-in-law and Lord of Meath. John followed after them, bringing other recalcitrant barons to heal along the way. While William de Braose tried to come to terms with the king, Matilda and their eldest son, William, escaped by taking ship for Scotland. Maud and William are reputed to have had 16 children. The best documented of these are listed below.
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The legend about her building Hay Castle probably derives from the time she added the gateway arch to a tower which was built in the 1180s. [20] In fiction [ edit ] Lady of Hay has had the most extraordinary history – almost impossible to find a publisher originally because of the ‘obscurity’ of the subject, once out there it was up and running, breaking records, travelling the world, this amazing woman capturing people’s imagination wherever her story went.
A third son, Reginald, married, as his 2nd wife, Gwladus Ddu, daughter of Llewelyn the Great, Prince of Wales. Reginald’s son, William, by his 1st wife married Eva Marshal, daughter of the great knight, William Marshal. It was this William de Braose who was ignominiously hanged by Llewelyn the Great, after being found in the bedchamber of Llewelyn’s wife Joan, the Lady of Wales and natural daughter of King John. William had been at the Welsh court to arrange the marriage of his daughter, Isabel, to Llewelyn and Joan’s son, David. Interestingly, the marriage still went ahead, although it was to be childless. She was born Maud de St. Valery ( Maud de Saint-Valéry) in France in about 1155, the child of Bernard de St. Valéry [3] [4] of Hinton Waldrist in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire) [5] and his first wife, Matilda. Her paternal grandfather was Reginald de St. Valéry (died c.1162). Maud married William "the Ogre of Abergavenny," 4th Lord of Bramber, 5th Baron Braose, son of William de Braose, 3rd Baron Bramber and Bertha de Pîtres, before 1175. Whatever the reason, in 1207 King John moved to make a public example of one of his most powerful barons, and punish him for his debts to the Exchequer. John demanded William and Matilda give up their sons as hostages.
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Sometime around 1166 she married William de Braose, 4th Lord of Bramber, a Norman lord with land on the Welsh Marches. William was highly favoured by both Richard I and, later his brother King John. Note. Matilda's parentage was uncertain for a long time. Many writers have suggested that she may have been a daughter of Reginald de St Valery. I recently discovered a reference to her in L'Histoire des Ducs de Normandie et des Rois d'Angleterre, ed. Francisque Michel (Paris, 1840), written in the 13th century which describes her as a "daughter of Bernard de St Valery". This appears to have finally settled the matter. Maud and William are reputed to have had 16 children.[6] The best documented of these are listed below. https://historytheinterestingbits.com/2015/03/20/maud-de-braose-kin... Maud de Braose features in many Welsh folklore myths and legends. There is one legend which says that Maud built the castle of Hay-on-Wye single handed in one night, carrying the stones in her apron. [18]
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