William Marshal, 1st /4th Earl of Pembroke

1146 - 1219  (73 years)

• Name	William Marshal  [1]
  Suffix	1st /4th Earl of Pembroke
  Birth	1146
  Gender	Male
  Acceded	1189
  Name	William the Marshal (Guillaume le Maréchal)
  Death	14 May 1219	Caversham
  Burial	Temple Church, London
  Notes	Acceded: 1189 and The Marshal of England. Pembroke, Netherwent, Leinster, Orbec, Bienfai te, half Giffard. The Complete Peerage vol.X,pp.358-364. http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal02217 See his Biography http://www.castlewales.com/marshall.html http://www.castlewales.com/marshall.html He has been described as the "greatest knight that ever lived" (Stephen Langton <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Langton>). He served five kings \emdash Henry the Young King , Henry II , Richard the Lionheart , John and Henry III \emdash and rose from obscurity to become one of the most powerful men in Europe. Before him, the hereditary title of "Lord Marshal " designated a sort of head of household security for the king of England; by the time he died, people throughout Europe (not just England) referred to him simply as "the Marshal".
  Person ID	I4895	Glenn Cook Family
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2013

  
  

  Father	John Fitzgilbert Marshal, The Marshal,   b. Abt 1105   d. 1165 (Age ~ 60 years)
  Mother	Sibyl FitzWalter de Salisbury   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Aft 1141
  Family ID	F1676	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Isabel de Clare, Countess Strigoil,   b. Abt 1174   d. 1220 (Age ~ 46 years)
  Marriage	Aug 1189	London, Greater London, England
  Children	1. Maud Marshal, Marshall of England,   b. Abt 1192   d. 27 Mar 1248 (Age ~ 56 years)   2. William Marshal, 5th Earl of Pembroke,   b. Abt 1190   d. 6 Apr 1231 (Age ~ 41 years)   3. Richard Marshal, 6th Earl of Pembroke,   b. Aft 1190   d. 16 Apr 1234 (Age ~ 43 years)   4. Gilbert Marshal, 4th/7th Earl of Pembroke,   b. 1194   d. 27 Jun 1241, Hertford Priory (Age 47 years)   5. Walter Marshal, 8th Earl of Pembroke,   b. Aft 1198   d. Bef 12 Mar 1244, Goodrich Castle, Herfordshire, England (Age ~ 45 years)   6. Anselm Marshal, 9th Earl of Pembroke   d. 22 Dec 1245, Chepstow   7. Isabella Marshal, Lady,   b. 9 Oct 1200, Pembroke Castle, Wales d. 17 Jan 1240, Berkhamsted Castle, Herts (Age 39 years)   8. Sibyl Marshal   d. Yes, date unknown   9. Eva Marshal, Princess of Wales,   b. Abt 1203   d. 1246 (Age ~ 43 years)   10. Joan Marshal,   b. 1204   d. Aft 1234 (Age 31 years)
  Family ID	F1474	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2013

  
  

• Photos

  William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke William Marshal was the greatest jouster of his age. From Matthew Paris's Chronica Major, Marshal unhorses Baldwin de Guisnes.

  
  

• Sources

  [S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).