Matilda Briouze
d. 1210
Daughter of Bernard de St Valéry, lord of Beckley, Oxfordshire. Married William (III) de Briouze (or Braose), landholder in the Welsh and Irish marches. Her indiscreet remarks about King John’s murder of his nephew Arthur contributed to her family’s downfall; she and her eldest son were imprisoned and starved to death.
Source
ODNB s.v. Briouze [Braose], William (III) de.
Bibliography
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
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