Person:William de Beauchamp (6)

William's Wife

Cawley argues that William's wife was Amice, citing the introduction to the Beauchamp Cartulary, and noting that he has not located a primary source to confirm the marriage.

John P. Ravilious, in a 2010 series of postings to soc.genealogy.medieval, argues that the wife of this William was Bertha de Braose.

Until recently, Joan de St Valery was often given as this William's wife. Ravilious states, "this appears to have worked its way into an early account to explain (without evidence) the passage of Tetbury to the Beauchamps." Ravilious shows that Tetbury came to the Beauchamps through Bertha de Braose.

1.   William de Beauchamp, in Lundy, Darryl. The Peerage: A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe.
2.   Clutterbuck's Hist of Hrtfrd, vol 1 p. 358 (GS #Q942.58 H2c).
3.   Nash's Hist of Wrcstr, vol 2 p. 263 (GS #Q942.47H2n).
4.   Wurts' Magna Charta vol 1-2 p. 204 (GS #942 D22w).
5.   Dugdale's Baronage p. 226 (GS #Q942 D22dw).
6.   Hist and Gen Acc't of Fam of Greeville 1766, p. 27-28 (GS #929.242 G869e).
7.   Baker's Hist of Nrthmp, vol 2 p. 219 (GS #Q942.55 H2ba).
8.   Plantagenet Ancestry p. 117 (GS #Q940 D2t).
9.   Peerage of the British Isles 1883 p. 29-30 (GS #942 D22bug).
10. ↑ WILLIAM de Beauchamp, in Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.