Braose (Breuse), Richard De

Family/Spouse: Rus, Alice De. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Llywelyn, PRINCESS OF NORTH WALES Margred Verch in 1219. Margred (daughter of Iorwerth, PRINCE OF WALES Llewelyn Ap and England, PRINCESS OF WALES Joan Princess of) was born about 1210 in Of, Caernarvonshire, Wales; died in in Clifford CastleHerefordshire, England; was buried in Priory Church, Aconbury, Herefordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Clare, Maud De about 1197. Maud was born about 1200 in Of, Gloucestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Llewelyn married England, PRINCESS OF WALES Joan Princess of after 16 Apr 1205 in England. Joan (daughter of England, John "Lackland" King of and Ferrers, Agatha De) was born about 1188 in Of, London, Middlesex, England; died in Feb 1237 in Aberconwy, Arllechwedd Isaf, Caernarvonshire, Wales; was buried in Llan-faes, Dindaethwy, Anglesey, Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Iorwerth married Madog, Margred Verch about 1163. Margred (daughter of Maredydd, Madog Ap and Gruffydd, Susanna Verch) was born about 1129 in Of, Montgomeryshire, Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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https://www.royal.uk/john-lackland

John was an able administrator interested in law and government but he neither trusted others nor was trusted by them. Heavy taxation, disputes with the Church (John was excommunicated by the Pope in 1209) and unsuccessful attempts to recover his French possessions made him unpopular. Many of his barons rebelled, and in June 1215 they forced King John to sign a peace treaty accepting their reforms.

This treaty, later known as Magna Carta, limited royal powers, defined feudal obligations between the King and the barons, and guaranteed a number of rights. The most influential clauses concerned the freedom of the Church; the redress of grievances of owners and tenants of land; the need to consult the Great Council of the Realm so as to prevent unjust taxation; mercantile and trading relationships; regulation of the machinery of justice so that justice be denied to no one; and the requirement to control the behaviour of royal officials. The most important clauses established the basis of habeas corpus ('you have the body'), i.e. that no one shall be imprisoned except by due process of law, and that 'to no one will we sell, to no one will we refuse or delay right or justice'. The Charter also established a council of barons who were to ensure that the Sovereign observed the Charter, with the right to wage war on him if he did not.

Magna Carta was the first formal document insisting that the Sovereign was as much under the rule of law as his people, and that the rights of individuals were to be upheld even against the wishes of the sovereign. As a source of fundamental constitutional principles, Magna Carta came to be seen as an important definition of aspects of English law, and in later centuries as the basis of the liberties of the English people.

As a peace treaty Magna Carta was a failure and the rebels invited Louis of France to become their king. When John died in 1216 England was in the grip of civil war and his 9 year old son, Henry III, became King.

John married Ferrers, Agatha De. Agatha (daughter of Ferrieres, Seigneur of Ferrieres Walkelin (William) De and Braose, Sybil De) was born about 1168 in Of, Charltey, Staffordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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