 Bertha de Braose, daughter of William II de "@N51993@" Braose , 1st Baron of Abergavenny and Bertha de "@N51995@" Gloucester , Heiress of Brecon.Born 1151 at Bramber, Sussex, England Married 1175 at Bramber, Sussex, England (at least 60 years married) to:  Walter (William) de Beauchamp , Lord of Elmley, son of William de Beauchamp , Lord of Elmley and Joan de "@N49418@" St. Valery.Born ± 1150 at Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, England, died after 1235 at Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, England This feudal lord, Walter de Beauchamp, was appointed governor of Hanley Castle, co. Worcester, in the 17th King John [1216], and entrusted with the custody of the same shire in that turbulent year. Walter de Beauchamp m. Bertha, dau. of William Lord Braose, by whom he had two sons, Walcheline and James. Of this nobleman we find further that, being one of the barons-marchers, he gave security to the king for his faithful services (with the other lords-marchers) until peace should be fully settled in the realm; and for the better performance thereof, gave up James, his younger son, as a hostage. He d. in 1235, and was s. by his elder son, Walcheline de Beauchamp. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 30, Beauchamp, Earls of Warwick] Child: 1. Walter Walcheline de BeauchampBorn ± 1194 at Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, England, died Apr 14, 1236 at Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, England, approximately 42 years Walcheline de Beauchamp, omitted in Sir H. Nicholas' account of the family, m. Joane, dau. of Roger, Lord Mortimer, and dying in the same year as his father, was s. by an only son, William de Beauchamp. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 30, Beauchamp, Earls of Warwick] | |||