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Biography of Maud "Lady of Hay" St Valery Baroness Bramber 1155-1210

Around 1155 Maud "Lady of Hay" St Valery Baroness Bramber was born to Bernard St Valery and Matilda Unknown.

Around 1166 William de Braose 4th Baron Bramber (age 22) and Maud "Lady of Hay" St Valery Baroness Bramber (age 11) were married.

In 1179 [her father-in-law] William de Braose 3rd Baron Bramber (age 64) died. His son [her husband] William (age 35) succeeded 4th Baron Bramber Feudal, 6th Baron Abergavenny Feudal Creation. Maud "Lady of Hay" St Valery Baroness Bramber (age 24) by marriage Baroness Bramber Feudal and Baroness Abergavenny Feudal Creation.

Around 1185 [her daughter] Loretta de Braose Countess Leicester was born to [her husband] William de Braose 4th Baron Bramber (age 41) and Maud "Lady of Hay" St Valery Baroness Bramber (age 30).

In 1189 [her son-in-law] Gruffydd ap Rhys Dinefwr Prince Deheubarth and [her daughter] Maud de Braose were married. They were half fourth cousin twice removed.

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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

Around 1196 [her son-in-law] Robert Beaumont 4th Earl of Leicester and [her daughter] Loretta de Braose Countess Leicester (age 11) were married. She by marriage Countess of Leicester. He the son of Robert Beaumont 3rd Earl of Leicester and Petronilla Grandesmil Countess Leicester (age 61).

In or before 1205 [her son] John de Braose and [her daughter-in-law] Amabel de Limesey were married.

In 1205 [her son] John de Braose died.

In 1206 [her son] William de Braose and [her daughter-in-law] Maud de Clare (age 22) were married. She the daughter of Richard Clare 3rd Earl Hertford (age 53) and Amice Fitzrobert Countess Hertford.

In 1210 Maud "Lady of Hay" St Valery Baroness Bramber (age 55) was imprisoned at Windsor Castle [Map].

In 1210 Maud "Lady of Hay" St Valery Baroness Bramber (age 55) starved to death at Corfe Castle, Dorset [Map].

In 1210 Maud "Lady of Hay" St Valery Baroness Bramber (age 55) was imprisoned at Corfe Castle, Dorset [Map].

In 1210 Maud "Lady of Hay" St Valery Baroness Bramber (age 55) and her son [her son] William de Braose were captured at Galloway.

On 9th August 1211 [her former husband] William de Braose 4th Baron Bramber (age 67) died at France. His son [her son] Giles de jure 7th Baron Abergavenny Feudal Creation, 5th Baron Bramber Feudal. He died before he could take possession of his lands.

[her daughter] Margaret de Braose was born to William de Braose 4th Baron Bramber and Maud "Lady of Hay" St Valery Baroness Bramber.

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The Deeds of King Henry V, or in Latin Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.

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[her daughter] Flandrina Braose was born to William de Braose 4th Baron Bramber and Maud "Lady of Hay" St Valery Baroness Bramber.

[her daughter] Maud de Braose was born to William de Braose 4th Baron Bramber and Maud "Lady of Hay" St Valery Baroness Bramber.

[her son] Bishop Giles de Braose 7th Baron Braose 5th Baron Bramber was born to William de Braose 4th Baron Bramber and Maud "Lady of Hay" St Valery Baroness Bramber.

[her daughter] Eleanor Braose was born to William de Braose 4th Baron Bramber and Maud "Lady of Hay" St Valery Baroness Bramber.

Before 1160 [her son] Reginald de Braose 8th Baron Abergavenny 6th Baron Bramber was born to William de Braose 4th Baron Bramber and Maud "Lady of Hay" St Valery Baroness Bramber.

[her son] John de Braose was born to William de Braose 4th Baron Bramber and Maud "Lady of Hay" St Valery Baroness Bramber.

[her father] Bernard St Valery and Eleanor Donart were married.

[her father] Bernard St Valery and [her mother] Matilda Unknown were married.

[her son] William de Braose was born to William de Braose 4th Baron Bramber and Maud "Lady of Hay" St Valery Baroness Bramber.

Royal Descendants of Maud "Lady of Hay" St Valery Baroness Bramber 1155-1210

William de Braose 9th Baron Abergavenny 7th Baron Bramber

Elizabeth Burgh Queen Consort Scotland

King Edward IV of England

King Richard III of England

Anne Neville Queen Consort England

King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Queen Anne Boleyn of England

Queen Jane Seymour

Catherine Parr Queen Consort England

Queen Catherine Howard of England

Maximilian Habsburg Spain II Holy Roman Emperor

Jane Grey I Queen England and Ireland

Maximilian "The Great" Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria I Elector Bavaria

Maria Anna Wittelsbach Holy Roman Empress

Marie de Medici Queen Consort France

Ferdinand of Spain II Holy Roman Emperor

George Wharton

Margaret of Austria Queen Consort Spain

Anna of Austria Holy Roman Empress

Eleonora Gonzaga Queen Consort Bohemia

Maria Leopoldine Habsburg Spain Queen Consort Bohemia

Maria Anna Neuburg Queen Consort Spain

Joseph I Holy Roman Emperor

Charles Habsburg Spain VI Holy Roman Emperor

President George Washington

King George III of Great Britain and Ireland

Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England

Caroline Matilda Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway

Caroline of Brunswick Queen Consort England

Frederica Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort Hanover

King Christian I of Norway and VIII of Denmark

Frederick William IV King Prussia

William I King Prussia

Frederick VII King Denmark

Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark

Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom

Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway

Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia

King Edward VII of the United Kingdom

Brigadier-General Charles FitzClarence

Frederick Charles I King Finland

Constantine I King Greece

Alexandrine Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark

Victoria Eugénie Mountbatten Queen Consort Spain

Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden

Ingrid Bernadotte Queen Consort Denmark

Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

Carl XVI King Sweden

Queen Consort Camilla Shand

Diana Spencer Princess Wales

Catherine Middleton Princess of Wales

Ancestors of Maud "Lady of Hay" St Valery Baroness Bramber 1155-1210

GrandFather: Reginald St Valery

Father: Bernard St Valery

Maud "Lady of Hay" St Valery Baroness Bramber

Mother: Matilda Unknown