See also
| Husband: | Walter + of LACY (1166-1241) | |
| Wife: | Margaret + of BRAOSE (1177-1255) | |
| Children: | Petronilla + of LACY (1195-1288) | |
| Gilbert + of LACY (1202-1230) | ||
| Marriage | Nov 1200 | |
| Name: | Walter + of LACY | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | Hugh + of LACY (1115-1186) | |
| Mother: | Rohese + of MONMOUTH (1090-1149) | |
| Birth | 1166 | Ewias, Lacy, Herfordshire |
| Occupation | Lord of Trim Castle | |
| Death | 24 Feb 1241 (age 74-75) | |
| Name: | Margaret + of BRAOSE | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | William + of BRAOSE (1153-1211) | |
| Mother: | Maud + of SAINT VALERY (1155-1210) | |
| Birth | 1177 | Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales |
| Occupation | Lady of Trim | |
| Title | Lady of Trim | |
| Death | 1255 (age 77-78) | |
| Burial | Priory Church in Holme, Lucy, Hereforshire, England | |
| Name: | Petronilla + of LACY | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Spouse 1: | Ralph of TOENI (1189-1239) | |
| Spouse 2: | William + SAINT OMER (1200- ) | |
| Birth | 1195 | Meath, Ireland |
| Death | 25 Nov 1288 (age 92-93) | |
| Name: | Gilbert + of LACY | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Spouse: | Isabel + BIGOD (1212-1250) | |
| Birth | 1202 | Dublin, Leinster, Ireland |
| Death | 25 Dec 1230 (age 27-28) | Trim Castle, Ireland |
Walter de Lacy (c. 1172 – 1241) was Lord of Meath in Ireland and Ludlow in Shropshire in the Welsh Marches.
With his father Hugh de Lacy, Lord of Meath he built Trim Castle (Caisleán Bhaile Atha Troim in Irish), Trim, County Meath.
In 1211 he erected the castle on Turbet Island in the abortive Anglo-Norman attempt to gain control of West Ulster.
[edit] FamilySon of Hugh de Lacy, Lord of Meath
Brother of Hugh de Lacy, 1st Earl of Ulster
Husband of Margaret de Braose, daughter of William de Braose and Maud de St. Valery.
His son Gilbert de Lacy of Ewyas Harold, Herefordshire was taken hostage for his father in August 1215, and died before 25 December 1230. Gilbert married Isabel Bigod, daughter of Sir Hugh Bigod, 3rd Earl of Norfolk (Magna Charta Surety) & Maud Marshal. They had 1 son and 2 daughters:
1.Walter de Lacy married Rohese Le Boteler but had no issue. Walter died between 1238 and 1241.
2.Margery (Margaret) de Lacy married Sir John de Verdun, Lord of Westmeath, son of Theobald le Boteler and Rohese de Verdun.
3.Maud de Lacy married Sir Geoffrey de Geneville, Lord Geneville, Justiciar of Ireland, son of Simon de Joinville, Seneschal of Champagne, & Beatrix of Burgundy.[1]
His daughter Petronilla de Lacy married Sir Ralph VI de Toeni, Lord of Flamstead, son of Sir Roger IV de Toeni, Lord of Flamstead & Constance de Beaumont.
His daughter Egidia de Lacy (also called Gille) married Richard Mor de Burgh Lord of Connaught and Strathearn. Together
they had many notable descendants, including Elizabeth de Burgh, Catherine Parr[2], Margaret de Clare, the Earls of Ormond, King Edward IV of England, King Richard III of England, and many other Kings and Queens of Scotland and England including Queen Elizabeth II of England. They are also the ancestors of both Anne Boleyn and King Henry VIII of England, the parents of Elizabeth I. Through the Royal family of England, and especially through Queen Victoria they became the ancestors of Royal houses all over Europe.
Margaret de Braose, Lady of Trim (1177 – after 1255), was an Anglo-Welsh noblewoman, the daughter of Marcher Lord William de Braose, 4th Lord of Bramber and the legendary Maud de St. Valéry, who was walled alive by orders of King John of England. Margaret founded a religious house, the Hospital of St. John in her mother Maud's memory.[1] Margaret was the wife of Walter de Lacy, Lord of Trim Castle in County Meath, Ireland, and Ludlow Castle in Shropshire.
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1 Family
2 Marriage and issue
3 Hospital of St. John
4 References
FamilyMargaret was born in 1177, the second eldest daughter of William de Braose, 4th Lord of Bramber, a powerful Marcher Lord, and Maud de St. Valéry. She was reputed to have had about fifteen siblings, although only eight have been recorded. Her paternal grandparents were William de Braose, 3rd Lord Bramber and Bertha of Hereford, and her maternal grandparents were Bernard de St. Valery and Matilda.
Marriage and issueIn November 1200, Margaret married Walter de Lacy, Lord of Trim Castle in County Meath, Ireland, and Ludlow Castle in Shropshire. He also owned many estates and manors in Herefordshire including Ewyas Lacy. He was later appointed Sheriff of Hereford. It was an advantageous marriage as Walter and her father both held castles and lordships in the Welsh Marches as well as Ireland, and thus the two men looked after each other's interests in both places.[2]
Together Walter and Margaret had at least six children who included:
Gilbert de Lacy (1202 – 25 December 1230), married as her first husband Isabel Bigod, by whom he had issue.
Pernel de Lacy (1201 – after 25 November 1288), married firstly William St. Omer, and secondly Ralph VI de Toeni by whom she had issue.
Egidia de Lacy (born c. 1205), married Richard Mor de Burgh, by whom she had issue.
Hospital of St. JohnIn 1208, Margaret's parents lost favour with their patron, King John of England, who seized all of the de Braose castles in the Welsh Marches. In order to escape from John's vindictive wrath, Margaret's mother, Maud and her eldest brother William fled to Ireland where they found refuge with Margaret and her family at Trim Castle. In 1210, however, King John sent an expedition to Ireland. Maud and William escaped from Trim but were apprehended on the Antrim coast while attempting to sail to Scotland.[3] They were dispatched to England where they were both walled alive inside the dungeon of Corfe Castle, Dorset, and left to starve to death on the orders of King John. Walter de Lacy's estates were forfeited to the Crown as punishment for having harboured traitors inside his castle.
By 1215, Walter and Margaret were back in the King's favour, and Walter's confiscated estates were restored to him. As a further token of John's favour, Walter was appointed Castellan and Sheriff of Hereford the following year,[2] and Margaret obtained permission to found a religious house in memory of her mother. On 10 October 1216, eight days before his death, King John conceded three carucates of land in the royal forest of Aconbury, Herefordshire to Margaret for the construction of the Hospital of St. John. King John sent the instructions to her husband Walter by letters patent.[4] Margaret's subsequent attempts to free her foundation from the control of the Hospitallers led her into a lengthy dispute which ultimately involved the Pope.
Margaret died on an unknown date sometime after 1255. She was buried at Priory Church in Holme Lacy, Herefordshire. Her husband had died in 1241, leaving his vast holdings and lordships to their granddaughters by their son Gilbert, Margery de Lacy, and Maud de Lacy, Baroness Geneville.[5]