Philip de Briouze

Lord of Briouze in Normandy, of Bramber, Sussex, of Radnor, and of Builth

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Cawley estimates his birth date “very approximately” to 1060 or 1070, based on the first mention of his son, William, in a charter dated to about 1096.

Date of Death: between 1134 and 1155.

These dates are given by Turner (ODNB). Cawley gives between 1131 and 1139.

Relationships

Father: William de Briouze.

This relationship is given by Turner (ODNB) and by the VCH of Sussex (sub Bramber Rape, 6:1:1-7). Cawley notes that it is recorded in several charters and donations. (For example, charters 17, 19, and 20 in Chartes Normandes pp. 38-45.)

Mother: unknown.

Spouse: Aenor, daughter of Juhel of Totnes.

This relationship is given by Turner (ODNB) and by the Complete Peerage (1:21). Cawley notes that it is recorded in a Norman charter (Chartes Normandes p. 43).

Children:

William de Briouze married Bertha of Hereford.

Robert de Briouze.

Philip de Briouze.

Roger de Briouze.

References

“Bramber Rape” in A History of the County of Sussex Volume 6, Part 1, (T P Hudson (ed.), A P Baggs, C R J Currie, C R Elrington, S M Keeling, A M Rowland), (Victoria County History, 1980).

Cawley, Charles. “Philip [I] de Briouse” in Medieval Lands.

Chartes Normandes de L’Abbaye de Saint-Florent près Saumer, (Paul Marchegay ed.) (Les Roches-Baritaud, Vendée, 1879)

Cokayne, George Edward, and Vicary Gibbs; et al. The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant [2nd ed.]. (London: St. Catherine Press, 1910-59) Volume 1.

Turner, Ralph V. “Briouze, William (III) de (d. 1211)” in The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004).