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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.
The Histoire de Guillaume le Maréchal ('History of William the Marshal') is a near-contemporary Anglo-Norman biography of the English nobleman, William Marshal (died 1219). In terms of genre it is therefore something of a rarity for its period, as it fits all the characteristics of a true biography, being William's story from cradle to grave ...
An alternate history of William Marshal is in Martin Archer's multi-book saga "The Archers" - the young William is revealed as a young archer who evolves into William the Marshal and places his grandson on the throne. William Marshal is also the main inspiration for Heath Ledger's character, William Thatcher, in the movie A Knight's Tale.
William Marshal, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (French: Guillaume le Maréchal) (1190 – 6 April 1231) was a medieval English nobleman and was one of the sureties of Magna Carta. He fought during the First Barons' War and was present at the Battle of Lincoln (1217) alongside his father William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke , who led the English troops ...
In 1308 William carried the spurs at king Edward II's coronation. In 1309 he was summoned to Parliament as a baron. When Roger Bigod, the last earl of Norfolk, died, the position or marshal of England became vacant, and William unsuccessfully claimed the office by hereditary right against Nicholas de Segrave. The strife was so fierce that on 20 ...
The Eleutheran Adventurers were a group of English Puritans and religious Independents who left Bermuda to settle on the island of Eleuthera in the Bahamas in the late 1640s. . The small group of Puritan settlers, led by William Sayle, were expelled from Bermuda for their failure to swear allegiance to the Crown and left in search of a place in which they could freely practice their fa
John (II)’s brother was the well-known William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke. He was formally appointed marshal by Richard the Lionheart. William served five English kings in his lifetime: Henry II, Henry "the Young King", Richard I "The Lionheart", John Lackland, and Henry III, to whom he became regent in 1216.
When John (II) died, King Richard the Lionheart gave the title to his brother, the well-known William Marshal. As well as John (II) and William, John (I) and Sybil also had Henry, who went on to become Bishop of Exeter, and Ansel, who served as a knight under his brother William and under his cousin Rotrou IV, Count of Perche.