Reginald de Braose

Reginald de Braose (* 1178, † June 9, 1228 ), 6th Lord of Bramber, was a Cambro -Norman nobleman. He was the third son of William de Braose, 4th Baron of Bramber and his wife Maud de St Valery. His father had 1208/ 09 lost its possessions in a rebellion against King John, and was in 1211 died in exile in France, his eldest brother William had died in 1210 as a prisoner of the king in the dungeon.

Reginald fled in 1208 with his parents to Ireland. From May 1215 he fought with his older brother Giles de Braose, Bishop of Hereford in Wales against the king. He was supported by the Welsh prince Llywelyn from Iorwerth, whose daughter Gwladus Ddu Reginald married his second wife in the same year. With the support of the Welsh Reginald was several castles, including Abergavenny, White Castle and Skenfrith conquer. His father gave him the 1215 conquered Gower and other back- conquered possessions of his father as a fief. Neither Reginald nor his brother Giles were as rebels of the signatories to the Magna Carta, as they had not yet been agreed with the king to a return of the confiscated estates of her father. Giles closed yet in October 1215 an agreement with the king, but died shortly afterwards. Reginald took over he conquered castles, including Brecon, Hay and Builth Castle. The king undertook in 1216 a campaign against the Welsh borders, where he burned down the castles of Hay and Radnor. In May 1216 Johann finally confirmed Reginald's claims to Brecon, Abergavenny, Builth and Radnor, however, he had to renounce his share of Barnstaple. Reginald's control over his possessions, however, was highly dependent on his Welsh father Llywelyn, yet he concluded after the death of John the mediation William Marshals on June 23, 1217 a settlement with the new King Henry III. , Who confirmed him his possessions as an English fief and he also returned and the Rape of Bramber in Sussex. This agreement saw Llywelyn as a betrayal. The sons of Reginald's sister Maud, Rhys and Owain, Lord of Deheubarth occupied Builth, however, the castle could not conquer. Llewelyn himself besieged Brecon. Reginald eventually surrendered and renounced Gower, where Swansea Castle was conquered and destroyed by the Welsh. In addition, his nephew John de Braose, the eldest son of his brother William, hereditary claims to the possessions of the Braose now claimed. John teamed up with Reginald's father, who eventually handed him Gower 1220. In 1221 there was another fight between Llewelyn and Reginald. Llewelyn besieged again Builth, but the siege was lifted by the arrival of a royal army. Llewelyn then supported the claims of Reginald's nephew John on the lands of the Braose, Reginald finally abdicated in 1226 Bramber.

1225 Reginald belonged to the witness the recognition of the Magna Carta by Henry III. Reginald died in June 1228, he was probably buried in the collegiate church of St John's, Brecon.

In his first marriage Reginald Grace Brewer, a daughter of William Brewer and Beatrice de Vaux had married. From this marriage he had a son, William de Braose, who was his heir, and a daughter, Matilda, who was married to Rhys Mechyll, the oldest son of Rhys Gryg of Deheubarth. His second marriage with Gwladus Ddu remained childless. Gwladus Ddu married Ralph de Mortimer after his death, of Wigmore, with whom she had four children.