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The first earl of Pembroke and Striguil of the Marshal line. He was the son of John Fitz Gilbert (John the Marshal) by his second wife, Sybil, sister of Patrick de Salisbury, 1st earl of Wiltshire. In 1189 king Richard gave him in marriage, Isabel, countess of Striguil and Pembroke, daughter of Richard de Clare (see Clare family), who brought him p...
The first of the five sons of William Marshal (I) who in turn became earls of Pembroke. In 1220 his domain in Dyfed was attacked by Llywelyn ap Iorwerth who had complained of the inroads made by the earl's tenants on the Welsh in spite of the truce. On appeal to the king a settlement was concluded. In 1223 he took vengeance on Llywelyn when, with a...
He inherited the earldom on the death of William (II). He led the baronage in opposition to Henry III and his foreign advisers. The old struggle between the Marshal family and the prince of Gwynedd gave place to an alliance against the forces of the Crown in the war in the Marches, 1233-4. In the first phase of the war the king took Usk from Marsha...
Richard's brother and successor, who was received by Henry III, and was granted the castles and towns of Carmarthen and Cardigan on 9 December 1234. In 1235 he was given the custody of Glamorgan during the minority of the heir, and also the honour of Carmarthen. He kept Morgan ap Hywel out of his ancestral seat at Caerleon and in 1236 for a time se...
He was sent by his brother, earl Gilbert, to fortify Cardigan in 1240; he also took for his brother lands appurtenant to the honour of Carmarthen - the commotes of Ystlwyf and Emlyn above Cuch which the earl then granted to Maredudd ap Rhys Grug. After succeeding to the earldom (1234) he seems to have played no important part in Welsh affairs.
He was the last of the sons of William Marshal the regent, and died in December 1245, before he was invested with the earldom. Like his brothers, he had no issue.
Earl of Pembroke is a title in the Peerage of England that was first created in the 12th century by King Stephen of England. The title, which is associated with Pembroke, Pembrokeshire in West Wales, has been recreated ten times from its original inception. Due to the number of creations of the Earldom, the original seat of Pembroke Castle is no longer attached to the title.
Apr 26, 2022 · About William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke. "William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke (1146 or 1147 – 14 May 1219), also called William the Marshal (Norman French: Williame le Mareschal), was an Anglo-Norman soldier and statesman. He served five English kings – The "Young King" Henry, Henry II, Richard I, John, and Henry III.
