Eva de Braose ( fl. 1238–July 1255) was one of the four co-heiresses of William de Braose. She was the wife of William de Cantilupe who, as a result of his marriage, acquired significant land holdings in both

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and

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Family

Eva de Braose was one of the four daughters of William de Braose and

Eva Marshal Eva Marshal (1203–1246) was a Cambro-Norman noblewoman and the wife of the powerful Marcher lord William de Braose. She was the daughter of William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke, and the granddaughter of Strongbow and Aoife of Leinster. She ...

. Her sisters were

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, Maud, and

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. William was the last of the Braose

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who possessed extensive lands in

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and

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. Eva Marshall was a daughter of

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. William de Braose was hanged by

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, Prince of

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in 1230 and the four young sisters became co-heiresses of valuable property. All the sons of their maternal grandfather William Marshal died without heirs and in 1247 the Braose sisters each inherited a share of their mother's portion of the Marshal estates.

Marriage and inheritance

As de Braose was a minor when her father died, her wardship was granted to

William II de Cantilupe William II de Cantilupe (died 1251) (anciently ''Cantelow, Cantelou, Canteloupe, etc'', Latinised to ''de Cantilupo''), 2nd feudal baron of Eaton Bray in Bedfordshire, was an Anglo-Norman magnate. Origins He was the eldest son and heir of Willi ...

, the king's steward in 1238. By 1241 de Braose was married to William II de Cantilupe's son,

William III de Cantilupe William III de Cantilupe (died 25 September 1254) (anciently Cantelow, Cantelou, Canteloupe, Latinised to de Cantilupo) was the 3rd feudal baron of Eaton Bray in Bedfordshire, and '' jure uxoris'' (in right of his wife Eva de Braose, heiress of ...

. As a result of this marriage, William III became lord of

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, a significant Marcher lordship. The couple later gained more lands in south west England and Wales through her mother's Marshal inheritance. The Braose

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in Devon and the Cantilupe baronies of

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in Bedfordshire and

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in Northamptonshire also came under their control. Eva de Braose and William III de Cantilupe had three children: *

George de Cantilupe George de Cantilupe (1252–1273) (anciently ''Cantelow, Cantelou, Canteloupe, etc'', Latinised to ''de Cantilupo'') The spelling used by modern historians is "de Cantilupe", which is followed in this article was Lord of Abergavenny from the Mar ...

(1251– 1273) *

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(d 1271) married

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(1235-1269). *

Millicent de Cantilupe Millicent or Milicent is a female given name that has been in use since the Middle Ages. The English form Millicent derives from the Old French '' Melisende'', from the Germanic ''amal'' "work" and ''swinth'' "strength".Withycombe, E.G., comp. (19 ...

(died 1299) married (1)

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; (2)

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(died 1279) William de Cantilupe died in September 1254 and de Braose in July the following year. After his parents' deaths, George gained possession of all their estates. He died childless in 1273 and the lands were divided between his two sisters. The barony of Abergavenny descended through Joan to the Hastings family while Totnes and the Cantilupe estates became possessions of Millicent's de la Zouche heirs.

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