Maud de Braose, Baroness Mortimer
Noble person
1224 – 1301
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Who was Maud de Braose, Baroness Mortimer?
Maud de Braose, Baroness Mortimer was a noble heiress, and one of the most important, being a member of the powerful de Braose family which held many lordships and domains in the Welsh Marches. She was the wife of Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Mortimer, a celebrated soldier and Marcher baron.
A staunch Royalist during the Second Barons' War, she devised the plan to rescue Prince Edward from the custody of Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester.
She is sometimes referred to as Matilda de Braose.
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- Born
- 1224
Wales - Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Children
- Died
- Mar 23, 1301
Herefordshire
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on July 23, 2013
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