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Braose, William de
Braose, William de (d. 1211). King John's treatment of William is the most notorious example of his capricious approach towards his subjects. William, a major Welsh marcher lord, and lord of Limerick (Ireland), supported John's disputed claim to the throne in 1199 and served the king well in the early years of the reign. But his capture of John's nephew and dynastic rival Arthur of Brittany, at Mirebeau (Poitou) in 1201, proved his downfall, for he was one of the few who knew that Arthur had been murdered. There is no evidence that William sought to use this knowledge against John, but John became increasingly concerned about his loyalty. From 1205, he determined to destroy him after Matilda, William's wife, blabbed something about Arthur's fate when John, typically, demanded their sons as hostages. John ruthlessly hounded the family. Matilda and her sons disappeared, and William died in exile in France in 1211.
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JOHN CANNON. "Braose, William de." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Braose, William de." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-BraoseWilliamde.html JOHN CANNON. "Braose, William de." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-BraoseWilliamde.html |
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Braose, William de
Braose, William de (d. 1211). In 1177 Henry II made a speculative grant of the kingdom of Limerick, alias the O'Brien kingdom of Thomond, to Philip de Braose, a younger son, who failed to take possession, probably because of lack of resources; in 1200 his nephew William de Braose, a powerful landed magnate in England, Wales, and Normandy, purchased the kingdom of Limerick from King John for 5,000 marks(£3,333 6s. 8d.), a sum he proved unable to pay. King John, who used monetary indebtedness as a mechanism for exerting control over powerful subjects, gave the recovery of this debt as the ostensible reason for his expedition to Ireland in 1210 and the confiscation of all de Braose's lands. De Braose died in exile in France.
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"Braose, William de." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Braose, William de." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O245-BraoseWilliamde.html "Braose, William de." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O245-BraoseWilliamde.html |
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Braose, William de
Braose, William de (d. 1211). King John's treatment of William is the most notorious example of his capricious approach towards his subjects. William, a major Welsh marcher lord, supported John's claim to the throne in 1199. But his capture of John's nephew and dynastic rival Arthur of Brittany, at Mirebeau in 1201, proved his downfall, for he was one of the few who knew that Arthur had been murdered. John became increasingly concerned about his loyalty. From 1205, he determined to destroy him after Matilda, William's wife, blabbed something about Arthur's fate. John ruthlessly hounded the family. Matilda and her sons disappeared, and William died in exile in France in 1211.
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JOHN CANNON. "Braose, William de." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Braose, William de." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-BraoseWilliamde.html JOHN CANNON. "Braose, William de." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-BraoseWilliamde.html |
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