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William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke (1146 or 1147 – 14 May 1219), also called William the Marshal (Norman French: Williame li Mareschal, [1] French: Guillaume le Maréchal), was an Anglo-Norman soldier and statesman during High Medieval England [2] who served five English kings: Henry II and his son and co-ruler Young Henry, Richard I, John, and finally Henry III.
Another of William’s titles, Earl Marshal of Ireland, was not held by his children, but by the previously mentioned John Marshal (III), his nephew. The title remained in this line of the family until the death of John Marshal, 2nd Baron Marshal , when it was given to his sister Hawyse ’s husband, Robert Morley, 2nd Baron Morley , in absence ...
William was born in Normandy probably during the spring of 1190, the eldest son of William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke, and his wife, Isabel de Clare, suo jure 4th Countess of Pembroke and Striguil. He was a member of the Marshal Family.
The new King Richard I arranged her marriage in August 1189 to William Marshal, regarded by many as the greatest knight and soldier in the realm.Henry II had promised Marshal he would be given Isabel as his bride, and his son and successor Richard upheld the promise one month after his accession to the throne.
Marshal's eldest son, William Marshal (died 1231), 2nd Earl of Pembroke of this line, passed some years in warfare in Wales and Ireland, where he was justiciar from 1224 to 1226; he also served Henry III in France. His second wife was the King's sister, Eleanor, who later married Simon de Montfort, but he left no children. [3]
She was the eldest daughter of William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke and Isabel de Clare, 4th Countess of Pembroke, herself one of the greatest heiresses in Wales and Ireland. [2] She was a member of the Marshal Family. Maud had five brothers and four younger sisters and was the longest lived of the siblings. [3]
Pages in category "Marshal family" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. ... William Marshal, 1st Baron Marshal; William Marshal, 1st Earl of ...
All of Marshal's sons died childless. In 1247, the castle was inherited by William de Valence (a half-brother of Henry III), who had become Earl of Pembroke through his marriage to Joan de Munchensi, William Marshal's granddaughter. The de Valence family held Pembroke for 70 years.