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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.
John Marshal (also referred to as John FitzGilbert, died 22 July 1165), was a minor nobleman of Anglo-Norman origins who served as marshal of England and fought in the 12th-century civil war on the side of Empress Matilda. He is best remembered as the father of William Marshal. [1] [2]
William married twice, but produced no surviving children: Firstly in September 1214, aged 24, William married Alice de Bethune (d. pre-1215), daughter of his father's ally Baldwin of Bethune. Secondly in 1224 William married Eleanor of England, youngest daughter of King John by Isabella of Angoulême.
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 ...
The barons ruled the north, but they united with the royalists under William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke, who protected and was regent for the young king Henry, and Louis was defeated in a few battles, and was forced to sign a treaty. William Marshal died in 1219; Eleanor was promised to his son, also named William. They were married on 23 ...
John died in the middle of the war, and his nine-year-old son Henry III was crowned King of England as successor to his father. Once John died, many barons were willing to change sides and fight for Henry against Prince Louis' claim. William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke, a knight of great skill and prowess, served as regent for Henry.
Prince William is his father King Charles III’s direct heir — and he couldn’t be more proud of his dad’s accomplishments. Nearly one year after Charles wed the late Princess Diana in 1980 ...
King's Man (1948) by C. M. Edmondston and M. L. F. Hyde, is a juvenile novel exploring the working relationship between William Marshal and three of his royal masters - Henry II, Richard I, and John. [1] William Marshal also appears as a supporting character in Thomas B. Costain's novel Below the Salt, and Sharon Kay Penman's novels Time and ...