The political circumstances, fierce fighting on the Welsh Marches, and her mother-in-law's claims to certain estates assigned as dower for Loretta all contributed to her financial woes, and she was forced to request a loan from the crown of 100 marcs in 1207.
King John campaigned against William, his wife Maud, and their son-in-law Walter de Lacy in Ireland.
John learned of a rumoured plot to depose him and offer the throne to Simon de Montfort, Loretta’s nephew by marriage and a famed crusader against the Cathar heretics in southern France.
Loretta went into exile along with other members of her family, including her brother Giles de Braose, bishop of Hereford.
[3] In 1265 Simon de Montfort, earl of Leicester, Loretta's great-nephew by marriage, held King Henry III captive as a result of a successful baronial rebellion.