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History [ edit ] The office of Marischal of Scotland (or Marascallus Scotie or Marscallus Scotiae ) had been hereditary, held by the senior member and Chief of Clan Keith , since Hervey (Herveus) de Keith , who held the office of Marischal under Malcolm IV and William I .
The Marshal family was a noble family of Anglo-Norman origins. Their name, Marshal, derives from the Frankish term for “a person who tended horses”. By 1066 the term was used for a position in royal and aristocratic households.
In 1978, the Chief of Clan Keith and the Commander of Clan Gunn signed a peace treaty at the site of the Chapel of St. Tayrs, ending the feud between the two clans which began in 1478. [ 11 ] In 2002, the 13th Earl of Kintore , who was the previous Chief of Clan Keith, entered into a peace treaty the previous Chief of Clan Irvine, with at an ...
Female clan chiefs, chieftains, or the wives of clan chiefs normally wear a tartan sash pinned at their left shoulder. Today, Scottish crest badges are commonly used by members of Scottish clans. However, much like clan tartans , Scottish crest badges do not have a long history, and owe much to Victorian era romanticism , and the dress of the ...
Depiction by Matthew Paris (d.1259) of the arms of William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke (1194–1219): Party per pale or and vert, overall a lion rampant gules Arms of "Bigod Modern": Party per pale or and vert, overall a lion rampant gules, adopted by Roger Bigod, 5th Earl of Norfolk (1269–1306), after 1269 following his inheritance of the office of Marshal of England from the Marshal family
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.
Marshall is an occupational surname stemming from the Middle English mareshal. [1] This originally denoted a groom or farrier , but later came to be a title for various types of official. It derives, via French , from a Germanic compound meaning "horse servant" (cf. mare and shalk ).
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