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- Because he was an earl, and also known as the marshal, the term "earl marshal" was commonly used and this later became an established hereditary title in the English peerage.
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May 15, 2018 · The Englishman Sir William Marshal (c. 1146-1219 CE, aka William the Marshal), Earl of Pembroke, is one of the most celebrated knights of the Middle Ages.
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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, French: Guillaume le Maréchal), was an Anglo-Norman soldier and statesman.
- Oliver Fletcher
- He was held hostage as a child. Due to his father’s support of Empress Matilda during the period known as The Anarchy, the young Marshal was taken hostage by Matilda’s rival King Stephen.
- In his youth he was a tournament champion. Marshal grew up in both England and France, where his family held land. Knighted in 1166, he attended his first tournament a year later, before joining the service of Eleanor of Aquitaine.
- He tutored the Young King, before being accused of having an affair with his wife. Eleanor’s son with Henry II was Henry the Young King, who was crowned during the reign of his father and never ruled in his own right.
- He went on crusade. Marshal and the Young King had reconciled by the latter’s death, and Marshal vowed to his former pupil that he would take up the cross in his honour.
William was now William, Marshal of England. William the Marshal served King Richard in his wars in Normandy against King Philip II. On Richard's deathbed the king designated Marshal as custodian of Rouen and of the royal treasure during the interregnum.
May 10, 2024 · William Marshal, 1st earl of Pembroke, marshal and then regent of England who served four English monarchs (Henry II, Richard I the Lion-Heart, John, and Henry III) as a royal adviser and agent and as a warrior of outstanding prowess. He defeated a French-supported rebellion in September 1217.
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Apr 16, 2016 · William Marshal (also called William the Marshal), 1st Earl of Pembroke, is one of the most important figures in the history of medieval England. He was a knight and nobleman who lived between the 12th and 13th centuries AD, during which he served five English monarchs – Henry the Young King, Henry II, Richard I, John, and Henry III.
May 19, 2016 · William Marshal was the second son of John Marshal and John's second wife Sybil, sister to the earl of Salisbury. He was born around 1147 during the Anarchy, the civil war between Stephen and his cousin, the Empress Matilda.
