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445:) de Braose owed the king. Whatever the reason, John demanded Maud's son William be sent to him as a hostage for her husband's loyalty. Maud refused, and stated loudly within earshot of the king's officers that "she would not deliver her children to a king who had murdered his own nephew." The king quickly led troops to the Welsh border and seized all of the castles that belonged to William de Braose. Maud and her eldest son William fled to Ireland, where they found refuge at
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claims Maud and
William both starved to death. It is also said that John had her with her son imprisoned at Corfe Castle and ordered that a sheaf of oats and one piece of raw bacon be given to them. He did not allow them to have any more food. After eleven days, the mother was found dead between her
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son's legs. Her son, who was also dead, was found sitting upright, but leaning against the wall. So desperate was the mother that she had eaten the flesh from her own son's cheeks. The manner in which they met their deaths so outraged the
English nobility that
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She had many siblings and half-siblings, including Thomas de St. Valéry (died 1219), who was a son of
Bernard by his second wife Eleanor de Domnart. Thomas married Adele de Ponthieu, by whom he had a daughter, Annora, who in her turn married
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In 1208, William de Braose quarrelled with his friend and patron King John. The reason is not known but it is alleged that Maud made indiscreet comments regarding the murder of King John's nephew Duke
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along with her eldest son. In contemporary records, she was described as beautiful, very wise, doughty, and vigorous. She kept up the war against the Welsh and conquered much from them.
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of land in the royal forest of
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single handed in one night, carrying the stones in her apron. She was also said to have been extremely tall and often donned armour while leading troops into battle.
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Maud supported her husband's military ambitions and he put her in charge of Hay Castle and surrounding territory. She is often referred to in history as the
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William de Braose (died 1210). Starved to death with his mother in either
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Sometime around 1166, Maud married
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A History of the Castles, Mansions and manors of western Sussex
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Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families
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Histoire des Ducs de Normandie et des Rois d' Angleterre
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734:"Matilda De St. Valery, Lady Bergavenny (c.1153-1210)"
653:. London: The St. Catherine Press Ltd. pp. 21/22.
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History of the Dukes of Normandy and Kings of England
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153:William de Braose, 4th Lord of Bramber
126:Flandrina de Braose, Abbess of Godstow
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818:Bridgeman, George Thomas Orlando
560:Maud de Braose features in many
428:, (elected 1242, deposed 1248).
424:Flandrina de Braose, Abbess of
297:. Maud had a marriage portion,
21:Maud de Braose (disambiguation)
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1137:Women in 13th-century warfare
1132:Women in 12th-century warfare
359:Walter de Lacy, Lord of Meath
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651:The Complete Peerage, Vol. 1
301:, from her father's estate.
63:1210 (aged 54–55)
1157:13th-century English people
1069:Costain, Thomas B. (1962).
375:, daughter of Welsh Prince
357:(died after 1255), married
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1142:12th-century English women
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515:Abbey of St. Victor, Paris
459:Donnchadh, Earl of Carrick
413:Annora de Braose, married
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513:. He was buried in the
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1092:English murder victims
780:The Barons de Braose,
740:. Nash Ford Publishing
615:The Prince of Darkness
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489:. The contemporaneous
469:Imprisonment and death
1071:The Conquering Family
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877:The Conquering Family
619:The Prince of Poison.
552:, by letters patent.
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134:Bernard de St. Valéry
1127:Deaths by starvation
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597:, and in the novels
463:Carrickfergus Castle
439:Arthur I of Brittany
200:Maud de Saint-Valéry
106:, Bishop of Hereford
1112:People from Bramber
1040:Costain, Thomas B.
889:Turner, RV (2006).
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550:Sheriff of Hereford
433:Enmity of King John
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377:Llewelyn the Great
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355:Margaret de Braose
235:Bertha of Hereford
224:Battle of Bouvines
196:Maud de St. Valery
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109:Reginald de Braose
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611:Jean Plaidy
581:Lady of Hay
496:Magna Carta
447:Trim Castle
385:Eva Marshal
373:Gwladus Ddu
306:Lady of Hay
267:Painscastle
259:Abergavenny
212:Oxfordshire
1081:Categories
1055:Hay Castle
1025:Wirt Sikes
978:, pp.112–5
928:required.)
916:22 January
701:2 December
624:References
575:In fiction
566:Hay-on-Wye
406:, married
314:Gwenwynwyn
83:Starvation
647:Gibbs, V.
613:'s novel
609:, and in
546:carucates
449:with the
271:Skenfrith
208:Berkshire
161:favourite
88:Spouse(s)
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451:de Lacys
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291:Limerick
287:Normandy
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744:16 June
649:(ed.).
556:Legends
511:treason
487:dungeon
426:Godstow
299:Tetbury
295:Ireland
283:Briouze
263:Kington
157:marcher
142:Matilda
74:England
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483:Dorset
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247:Brecon
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131:Father
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