Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameWilliam MARSHAL 1st Earl Pembroke, 23G Grandfather
Birth1147
Death14 May 1219, Caversham, Oxfordshire, England
BurialTemple Church, London
FatherJohn MARSHAL (~1105-1165)
MotherSibyl Of Salisbury
Spouses
1Isabel de CLARE, 23G Grandmother
Birth1172, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Death1220, Pembrokeshire, Wales
BurialTintern Abbey, Monmouthshire
FatherRichard de CLARE 2nd Earl Of Pembroke (1130-1176)
MotherAoife Ni DIARMAIT (~1145-1188)
MarriageAug 1189
Notes for William MARSHAL 1st Earl Pembroke
Served 4 kings, Henry II, Richard I, John and Henry III.
Went on Crusade to the Holy Land in 1183 to fulfill Henry the Young King’s vow.
Stephen Langton eulogized him as the “best knight that ever lived”
William was one of the few earls who remained Loyal to King John throught the First Barons War. He was one of the counsellors who recommended King John accept the terms of the Magna Carta.
Invested into the order of the Knights Templar on his deathbed.
All of his sons died childless.
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Marshal,_1st_Earl_of_Pembroke
Went on Crusade to the Holy Land in 1183 to fulfill Henry the Young King’s vow.
Stephen Langton eulogized him as the “best knight that ever lived”
William was one of the few earls who remained Loyal to King John throught the First Barons War. He was one of the counsellors who recommended King John accept the terms of the Magna Carta.
Invested into the order of the Knights Templar on his deathbed.
All of his sons died childless.
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Marshal,_1st_Earl_of_Pembroke
Notes for Isabel (Spouse 1)
Her marriage to William elevated him to one of the richest men in the kingdom.