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
Marriage 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:
1. Page: Chart 356, # 1
Quality: 3
source:
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mlee2002&id=I47103
added:
02feb2006
Children of William - "the Protector" Marshall and Isabel de Strigoil de Clare are:
- +Maud Matilda Marshall, b. Abt. 1192, Pembroke Castle, Dyfed, Wales8065, 8066, d. March 27, 1248, Norfolk, England8067, 8068.
- +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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