Philip de Braose | |
|---|---|
| Lord of Bramber | |
| Born | c. 1070 |
| Died | c. 1134 possibly on crusade in theLevant |
| Noble family | House of Braose |
| Spouse(s) | Aenor de Totnes, daughter ofJuhel of Totnes[1] |
| Issue | William de Braose, 3rd Lord of Bramber, Philip de Braose junior, Basilia (daughter), Gilian (daughter) |
| Father | William de Braose, 1st Lord of Bramber |
Philip de Braose,2nd Lord of Bramber (c. 1070 – c. 1134) was anAnglo-Norman nobleman andMarcher Lord.
Philip was born about 1070 to 1073, the son ofWilliam de Braose, 1st Lord of Bramber (d.c. 1093/96) by his wife Eve de Boissey or Agnes de St. Clare. William de Braose had participated in theNorman conquest of England. He had been rewarded with thefeudal barony ofBramber inSussex and smaller holdings in Dorset, Wiltshire, Berkshire and Surrey.[2]
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 theWelsh borderlands atBuilth andNew Radnor and established new Norman lordships over them. At Builth, he constructed amotte-and-bailey fortification at the site where KingEdward I later builtBuilth Castle in the 13th century.[3] He seems to have gone on theFirst Crusade in 1103. He supported KingHenry I (1100–1135) against the claim to the English throne made by his elder brotherRobert 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 sonWilliam de Braose, 3rd Lord of Bramber.
He married Aenor de Totnes, sister and co-heiress of Alfred de Totnes (d. pre-1139), son ofJuhel de Totnes (d. 1123/30),feudal baron ofTotnes (which he forfeited c.1087[4]) and ofBarnstaple, both in Devon.[5] In right of his wife Aenor, Philip acquired amoiety of the feudal barony of Barnstaple, the other moiety of which was held by Henry de Tracy (d. pre-1165), Aenor's brother-in-law.[5] He had the following children:
He died between 1131 and 1139, possibly in 1134 on crusade in theLevant.
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