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William - "the Protector" Marshall (son of John FitzGilbertMarshall, Marshal and Sybil D'Evereaux)8025, 8026, 8027, 8028, 8029, 8030, 8031, 8032, 8033, 8034, 8035, 8036, 8037, 8038, 8039, 8040, 8041, 8042 was born 1146 in Pembroke, Wales8043, 8044, and died May 14, 1219 in Caversham Manor, Oxfordshire, England8045, 8046. He married Isabel de Strigoil de Clare on August 1189 in London, , , England8047, 8048, daughter of Richard "Strongbow" FitzGilbertClare, de and Eva McMurrough.

 Includes NotesNotes for William - "the Protector" Marshall:
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!3rd Earl of Pembroke, Marshal of England, Protector of the Realm, Reg ent of the Kingdom, 1216-19. [Ped. of Charlemagne, p. 163]

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!Named in the Magna Charta, 1215. A man of exemplary character. [Magna C harta Sureties]

!Brother and heir-male of John, Baron Marshall, hereditary marshal of t he king's household, who bore the great golden spurs of the king at the c oronation of Richard I. William first appears in English history as a s upporter of Prince Henry, the rebellious son of Henry II. This prince, u pon his death-bed, delivered to his most confidential friend, William M arshall, his cross, to convey to Jerusalem, which commission, however, h e personally never fulfilled, as he shortly afterwards married the grea t heiress, became Earl of Pembroke, and was left at home by Richard Coe ur de Lion, when he set out on his journey to the Holy Land, as one of t he assistants in the government of the realm during his absence. Upon t he decease of his brother John, in 1199, he became lord marshal to King J ohn, and on the day of John's coronation he was invested with the sword o f the earldom of Pembroke, being then confirmed in the possession of th e said inheritance, and was shortly afterwards appointed high sheriff o f the counties of Sussex and Gloucester. In a few years he had grants f rom King John of Goderich Castle, in County Hereford, and of the whole p rovince of Leinster, in Ireland. Had 5 sons by the heiress of Clare who e ach succeeded in his lands and honors and all died without issue, when a ll his honors became extinct and his great inheritance devolved upon hi s 5 daughters. [Magna Charta Barons, p. 74, 106, 110, 221]

!England, 12 Nov 1216 -- The regent, William Marshal, and the papal leg ate, Cardinal Guala, reissue a slightly revised Magna Carta. [Chronicl e of the Royal Family, p. 56]

!London, Nov 1217 -- King John's dying wish is the the Earl of Pembroke , William Marshal, the most powerful and chivalrous of his knights, sho uld care for the boy king Henry. William was reluctant to take on what m ust have appeared as a hopeless cause until he saw the helpless child. H e shares the regency with Hubert de Burgh. William's career is a remar kable story of romance and chivalry befitting a Norman nobleman. He wa s trained as a squire, ransomed as a knight by Eleanor of Aquitaine and f ought both for and against Henry II. [Chronicle of the Royal Family, p. 5 6]

!With Queen Eleanor when she was attacked by the Lusignan brothers. He w as then a young knight who fought "like a wild board besieged by hounds " but had nevertheless been captured. Then 22, he was one of those lan dless younger sons, son of the same John Marshal whose complaints had b rought Becket to Northampton. Knighted only a few months earlier, he h ad already distinguished himself in several tournaments. Eleanor arran ged for his ransom and release as well as bestowing gifts of horses, go ld, rich garments and brought him into her family as tutor, guardian, f riend, and companion for Prince Henry, thus paving the way for Marshal' s rise from knight-errant to, five decades later, regent of England. [E leanor of Aquitaine, p. 241]

1st Earl of Pembroke; m. Isabel de Clare; father of Eve Marshall. [Roya l Descents, p. 421]

The posterity of the great William Marshal, earl of Pembroke, was singu larly unfortunate: his 5 sons succeeded each other in turn, all dying c hildless, and the estates were divided bet. the lines of his 5 daus. [A ngevin England, p. 78]

b. 1144 [Judy Martin]

b.c. 1145, d. 14 May 1219 at Caversham, bur. in the Temple Church, Lond on; 3rd Earl of Pembroke, Marshal of England, Protector, Regent of the K ingdom 1216-19; son of John Marshal and Sibyl de Salisbury; m. Isabel d e Clare; father of Eve/Eva Marshal. [Ancestral Roots, p. 69]

Probably the greatest lay subject of the Middle Ages. The earliest maso nry of Pembroke Castle is certainly his work, and virtually the whole o f the defences appear to have been completed by him or by his sons, the l ast of whom died in 1245. With his wife's enormous inheritance, to whic h were later added his own family lands and the lordship of Goodrich, t he Marshal was a very rich man indeed; and very much the largest, and p ossibly the most valuable part of his property lay across the Irish Sea , in the form of the vast fief of Leinster: five modern counties and pa rt of a sixth, held by the service of 100 knights. In the 30 years of t he Marshal's rule (1189-1219) there was one irruption of royal authorit y, between 1207 (when the earl, going to Leinster against the will of K ing John, was obliged to surrender to the king all his castles in Engla nd and Wales) and 1211, when the king received the Marshal back into fa vour; it is unlikely that much work was then going on at Pembroke, or e lsewhere among the earl's castles. [Pembroke Castle, pp. 7-8]

Chepstow has been a strategic fortress for hundreds of years and it dem onstrates perhaps better than any other site the changes in mediaeval m ilitary fortification. Chepstow is ususual among British Castles in tha t it was built largely of stone from the first, with no primary timber p hase. The barbican was a significant addition made by the sons of Willi am Marshall, its tower and gateway deserving careful scrutiny. [The Gwe nt Collection brochure]

Chepstow's vulnerable east face was strengthened by William Marshal, ea rl of Pembroke, in abt 1200 with a curtain wall and two flanking towers e quipped with arrowslits, in the new defensive mode of the 13th century. A s such it is one of the earliest examples of this new style of fortific ation in the country. William Marshal's sons greatly enlarged the castl e, adding the gatehouse, through which the visitor now enters, and the w ard behind it. They also heightened fitz Osbern's keep and built a stro ngly-defended barbican at the upper end of the castle. [Chepstow Castle , p. 3]

William Marshall was one of the outstanding men of his day, a landless s on of an English, knightly family, who had made a name for himself in A ngevin France by his formidable fighting ability and by his uncompromis ing loyalty to those he served. He stayed loyal to the old king, Henry I I, when almost all others deserted him for his rebel sons. Richard Lion heart, one of these sons, respected Marshal both for his loyalty to his f ather and for his skill as a soldier (he had unhorsed Richard in a skir mish, but spared his life). When Richard became king he married William t o the heiress Isabella de Clare.
William fitz Osbern's castle had now stood unchanged for nearly a ce ntury and a half. William Marshal, however, was a notable castle builde r who remodelled several strongholds in the up to date techniques of mi litary architecture familiar to him from his career in France. His most i mpressive work is the great round keep at Pembroke, guarding the sea ro ute between his British and Irish lands. Marshal also built the castle a t Usk, NW of Chepstow. [Chepstow Castle, p. 6]

m. Isabel de Clare de Strigoil; father of 5 sons and 5 daus. [Charlemag ne & Others, Chart 2945]

4th Earl of Pembroke; 4th son of John, 2nd son by #2 wife, Sibyl de Sal isbury d'Evereux b. 1146; in 1152 his father gave him as hostage to Ste phen at the seige of Newbury. Later, his father sent him to William de T ancarville, hereditary Master Chamberlain of Normandy for 8 years. Knig hted in 1167; was at the deathbed of Henry II in Chinon and escorted th e body back to England; m. Aug 1189 in London, Isabel, Countess of Pemb roke; d. 1219 at Caversham; bur. Temple Church, London. [Charlemagne & O thers, Chart 2944]

Earl of Pembroke; son of John the Marshall Fitzgilbert and Sibilia/Siby l de Salisbury. [WFT Vol 6 Ped 1382]

Son of John Fitz Gilbert and Sybill of Salisbury; m. Isabel de Clare; f ather of Isabell Marshall who m. Gilbert III de Clare. [GRS 3.03, Autom ated Archives, CD#100]

Arrived in Ireland in 1207. [The Oxford Illustrated History of Ireland, p . 66]

William de Braose quarrelled with his royal master and fled to Ireland, w here he was sheltered by William Marshal and the powerful de Lacy broth ers in defiance of the king's justiciar. King John came to Ireland a se cond time with an avenging army in 1210. William Marshal, lord of Leins ter, succeeded in making his peace, but the honor of Limerick, the lord ship of Meath, and the earldom of Ulster were all declared forfeit to t he king. [The Oxford Illustrated History of Ireland, p. 66]

1st Earl of Pembroke. Had 5 sons each of whom succeeded in turn to the E arldom and died childless; had 5 daus/co-heiresses, each of whom m. and h ad children, [The Plantagenet Ancestry, p. iii]

In abt 1182 William was suspected of having an affair with Marguerite o f France, wife of Henry the Young King. This may have been a plot to di scredit William, not based on any real indiscretion on his part. In any c ase, it led to Henry the Young King repudiating his wife and sending he r back to her brother Philip Augustus. He also withdrew his friendship f rom William, who left young Henry's court. William went to Henry II to p rove his innocence by trial in combat, but Henry II refused to judge th e quarrel. William left court again, and young Henry eventually begged h im to return because of William's qualities. This must have all happene d not long before young Henry's death. [Georges Duby, William Marshal: T he Flower of Chivalry, as quoted by Suzanne Doig
The first stone castle at Kilkenny was built about 1190 by Strongbow's s on-in-law, William Marshall, Earl of Pembroke. This was a square-shaped c astle with towers at each corner: three of these original four towers s urvive today. [Kilkenny Castle]

Knights travelled throughout Europe to take part, and some made their l iving from the spoils.
"The famous English jouster of the 12th century, William Marshall, did ," confirms John Wller. "He and his colleague would hang about on the e dges of the tournament waiting to see someone get tired, then go in and k nobble him. You could gang up on someone like that. It was always dange rous. People always got killed." ["Jousting" by Sian Ellis, BRITISH HER ITAGE, Aug/Sep 2001, pp. 32-37]

William the Marshal was the greatest soldier of his time and a man of u ntarnished reputation: he was given the title and responsibility of 'go vernor of king and kingdom'. Despite his 70 years, and having served un der Henry II, Richard and John, few men would willingly face him in bat tle. The Marshal carried with him the goodwill of the majority of the p eople of England. [Lincoln Castle, p. 34]

Goodrich Castle is mentioned in 1204 when King John gave it to William M arshal on his marriage to the heiress of the earldom of Pembroke. Pembr oke was the medieval route to Ireland, and the earls had great estates t here after the Norman Conquest in the late 12th century. William had ri sen from humble origins because of his support for four kings: Henry II , Richard I, John and finally Henry III. [Goodrich Castle, p. 21]

More About William - "the Protector" Marshall:
Burial: Unknown, Knights Templars Church, London, England.8049, 8050
Christening: Normandy, France.8051, 8052
Founded: Abt. 1190, Kilkenny, Ireland.8053, 8054, 8055
Owned 1: 1204, Herefordshire, England.8056, 8057, 8058
Owned 2: Chepstow Castle.8059, 8060
Owned 3: Pembroke Castle, Dyfed, Wales.8061, 8062
Record Change: February 02, 20068062

More About William - "the Protector" Marshall and Isabel de Strigoil de Clare:
Marriage: August 1189, London, , , England.8063, 8064

 Includes NotesMarriage Notes for William - "the Protector" Marshall and Isabel de Strigoil de Clare:
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# ID: I47103
# Name: William MARSHALL
# NPFX: Sir
# NSFX: The Proctor
# Title: The Proctor
# Sex: M
# Birth: 1145 in Pembroke, Wales
# Christening: 12 MAY 1146
# Death: 14 MAY 1219 in Caversham Manor, England
# Burial: MAY 1219 Round Chapel Of Knight's Temple, London, Middlesex, E ngland
# Ancestral File #: 84ZX-0D
# IDNO: 47511
# _RIN: 5377 1
# Change Date: 26 NOV 2005 at 18:16:30

Father: John MARSHALL b: Abt 1105 in of, Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Mother: Sibyll D'EVEREAUX b: Abt 1118/1127 in Pembroke, Pembroke, Wales o r, England

Marriage 1 Isabel Fitz Gilbert DE CLARE b: 1171/1173 in Of Pembroke, Pe mbrokeshire, Wales

* Married: AUG 1189 in Pembroke, Wales or, London, England

Children

1. Has No Children William MARSHALL b: MAY 1198 in Pembroke, Wales
2. Has No Children Margaret MARSHALL b: Abt 1190 in of, Pembroke, Pe mbrokeshire, Wales
3. Has No Children Richard MARSHALL b: Abt 1190/1194 in Of Pembroke, P embrokeshire, Wales
4. Has Children Maude Matilda MARSHALL b: 1192 in Pembroke, Wales
5. Has No Children Gilbert MARSHALL b: Abt 1194/1196 in Pembroke, Pe mbroke, Wales
6. Has Children Isabel MARSHALL b: 9 OCT 1196 in Pembroke, Pembrokes hire, Wales
7. Has Children Eve MARSHALL b: 1206 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wal es
8. Has No Children Walter MARSHALL b: Abt 1198/1200 in Of Pembroke, P embrokeshire, Wales
9. Has No Children Anselm MARSHALL b: Abt 1202/1204 in Of Pembroke, P embrokeshire, Wales
10. Has No Children John MARSHALL b: Abt 1202 in Of Pembroke, Pembrok eshire, Wales
11. Has No Children Joanna MARSHALL adopted b: Abt 1202/1204 in Pembr oke, Pembroke, Wales
12. Has Children Sibyl MARSHALL b: 1209 in Of Pembroke, Pembrokeshire , Wales
13. Has Children Sybil MARSHALL b: 1191 in Pembroke, Wales


Sources:

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02feb2006

Children of William - "the Protector" Marshall and Isabel de Strigoil de Clare are:
  1. +Maud Matilda Marshall, b. Abt. 1192, Pembroke Castle, Dyfed, Wales8065, 8066, d. March 27, 1248, Norfolk, England8067, 8068.
  2. +Isabella Marshall, b. October 09, 1200, of Pembroke Castle, Dyfed, Wales8069, 8070, d. January 11, 1239/40, Berkhampstead Castle, Hertfordshire, England8071, 8072.
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