Maud de St. Valéry Lady of la Haie
- Born: Abt 1155, Bramber, Sussex, England
- Marriage: William de Braose Lord Brecknock 5th Baron of Braiose 141
- Died: 1210, Bramber, Sussex, England about age 55
 General Notes:
~Weis' Ancestral Roots . . ., 8th Edition, 63A:28 - as mother of William de Braose who married Isabella or Matilda de Clare, 70:29 - as mother of Margaret de Braose who married Walter de Lacy, 177:6 - married to William de Braose & was starved to death by King John. 160
Noted events in her life were:
• Death.
Walled up in her castle with her ten year old son, William by John Lackland. Her hubby, William de Braose, was one of the cruelest and most hated of the Norman Marcher lords.
• Dates & Events. 171,220
Due to Matilda's long defence of Pain's Castle while being besieged by the Welsh, the castle became known as "Matilda's Castle."
The downfall of her family may have something to do with her replay to King John's request for her son William as a hostage in 1208. She hastly refused because she was angry at King John for murdering his nephew Arthur, whom she felt he should have protected.
Maud married William de Braose Lord Brecknock 5th Baron of Braiose, son of William de Braose 3rd Baron Bramber. Lord Brecknock, Abergavenny and Bertha de Pîtres.141 (William de Braose Lord Brecknock 5th Baron of Braiose was born about 1144 in Bramber, Sussex, England, died in 1212 in Corbeil, France 141,737 and was buried in 1212 in Abbey of St. Victor, Parish, France 141,737.)
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