
William Marshal, 1st Earl Of Pembroke

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Name William Marshal Title 1st Earl Of Pembroke Birth Abt 1146 Wiltshire, England Christening 19 May 1146 Gender Male Death 14 May 1219 Berkshire, England Person ID I8027 footsteps Last Modified 1 Jul 2025
Father John Marshal, Hereditary Marshal Of The Household Of King Henry I. , b. 26 Nov 1105, England, United Kingdom d. 29 Sep 1165, Wiltshire, England
(Age 59 years)
Relationship natural Mother Sybilla Salisbury, b. 27 Nov 1126, Wiltshire, England d. Bef 3 Jun 1176, Yorkshire, England
(Age < 49 years)
Relationship natural Marriage 1142 Wiltshire, England Family ID F1775 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Isabel De Clare, Countess Of Pembroke And Striguil , b. Apr 1171, Yorkshire, England d. 11 Mar 1220, Yorkshire, England
(Age 48 years)
Marriage Aug 1189 London, England Children + 1. Eva Marshal, b. 1194, Yorkshire, England d. 1246, Yorkshire, England
(Age 52 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
+ 2. Isabel Marshal, b. 9 Oct 1200, Yorkshire, England d. 17 Jan 1240, Herefordshire, England
(Age 39 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
Family ID F4535 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 1 Jul 2025
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Notes
The titles of Sir William Marshal, Knight, as per Douglas Richardson on p a g e 4 0 o f V olume IV of ''Royal Ancestry'', (2013):
Hereditary Marshal of England, Sheriff of Gloucestershire 1189-94, 1198 - 1 2 0 7
Sheriff of Sussex 1193-1208* Warden of the Forest of Dean and Consta bl e o f S t . B r iavels Castle 1194-1206
Constable of Lillebonne 1202
Protector and Regent of the Kingdom (for King Henry III) 1216-1219
Earl of Pembroke and Striguil in Wales and Lord of Leinster in Ireland, h e l d i n r i ght of his wife, from his marriage in Aug 1189 until his death 1 4 M a y 1 2 1 9
William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke was an Anglo-Norman warrior and state s m a n , c alled the "greatest knight that ever lived" by Stephen Langton, A r c h b i shop of Canterbury.
William Marshal served four kings: Henry II, Richard the Lionheart, Joh n L a c k l and and Henry III. As regent for the child-king Henry the III , M a r s h a l became a man of great power in Europe.