04 July 2014
Philip de Braose
Philip de Braose (27x great grandfather) was born before 1065 according to some sources and between 1070-1073 according to others, the son of William de Braose, 1st lord of Bramber and Eve de Boissey.
Philip, as heir, consolidated his paternal lands, and expanded them. In 1096 he confirmed his father's gifts to the Abbey of St. Florent. Philip de Braose conquered the Welsh borderlands at Builth and New Radnor and established new Norman lordships over them. At Builth, he constructed a Motte and Bailey fortification at the site where King Edward I later built Builth Castle in the 13th century.
He supported King Henry I against the claim to the English throne made by his elder brother Robert Curthose, Duke of Normandy, but then in 1110 he revolted against Henry, who then confiscated his estates. He regained his lordships and lands in 1112 and was thereafter able to retain them, but in 1130 settled them intact onto his eldest son William de Braose, 3rd Lord of Bramber.
Philip married Aenor de Totnes, sister and co-heiress of Alfred de Totnes, son of Juhel de Totnes feudal baron of Totnes and of Barnstaple both in Devon. In right of his wife Aenor, Philip acquired a moiety of the feudal barony of Barnstaple, the other moiety of which was held by Henry de Tracy, Aenor's brother-in-law.
Philip and Aenor had the following children-
 | William de Braose, 3rd Lord of Bramber, eldest son and heir born c1106 - 1112. | ||
| Philip de Braose . Married Matilda de Pont de l'Arche | ||
| Basilia, a daughter. Married Odo de Danmartin. | ||
| Gillian, a daughter. | ||
| Maud de Braose b abt 1116, Gower, Wales. She md Sir William de Beauchamp abt 1130, son of Sir Walter de Beauchamp and Emmeline de Abitot. | ||
| A daughter who
married William de Tregoz, the father of Philip de Tregoz who was sheriff of
Sussex in 1190. Details
here.
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Philip de Braose, Lord of Briouze and Bramber, died 1134-1135, in the Holy Land, Palestine.
source:
http://freespace.virgin.net/doug.thompson/BraoseWeb/family/philip.html