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William the Conqueror’s immediate ancestors include Robert I’s son, William the Conqueror’s father, known as Robert the Magnificent, and his mother, Herleva, who was said to have been the daughter of a tanner.
William was son of John de Sudeley and his wife Grace de Tracy. Their elder son, Ralph de Sudeley (died c. 1192 ), became his father's heir, while the younger, William, inherited his mother's barony of Bradninch and assumed her family name as William de Tracy.
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Origins Available: England. Ireland. Bray is a name that was carried to England in the great wave of migration from Normandy following the Norman Conquest of 1066. The Bray family lived in Berkshire where the local Brai is listed in the Domesday Book.
Apr 28, 2022 · Serving the Plantagenet Kings (1066 - 1485): On the roll of Battle Abbey, among the names of those who came over from Normandy, France and aided William the Conqueror in his conquest of England in the year 1066, was Sir William de Bray.
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Dec 28, 2023 · Son of Sir William de Cantilupe, King's High Steward and Mesceline de Bracy Died in 1251. Married first wife (1219) as her second husband, MELISENDE de Gournay, widow of AMAURY [VI] de Montfort Comte d´Evreux, daughter of HUGUES [V] Seigneur de Gournay & his wife [Juliane de Dammartin].
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William, son of Freskin (died c. 1203), Lord of Duffus and Strathbrock, was a Scoto-Flemish noble. He was the eldest son of Freskin, a Flemish settler who arrived in Scotland in the reign of King David I of Scotland.
Aug 25, 2021 · Biography. Sir Edmund Bray was a member of the aristocracy in England. Edmund Braye (or Bray), 1st Baron Braye (ca. 1484-18 October 1539), was an English peer. Edmund Braye was the son of John Braye of Eaton Bray in Bedfordshire and the older brother of Sir Edward Braye.
