William Marshal 1st /4th Earl of Pembroke [4895] 24
- Born: 1146
- Marriage: Isabel de Clare Countess Strigoil [4896] in Aug 1189 in London, Greater London, England
- Died: 14 May 1219, Caversham at age 73
- Buried: Temple Church, London
 Another name for William was William the Marshal (Guillaume le Maréchal).
General Notes:
Acceded: 1189
and The Marshal of England. Pembroke, Netherwent, Leinster, Orbec, Bienfai te,
half Giffard. The Complete Peerage vol.X,pp.358-364.
http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal02217
See his Biography
http://www.castlewales.com/marshall.html
http://www.castlewales.com/marshall.html
He has been described as the "greatest knight that ever lived" (Stephen Langton <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Langton>). He served five kings \emdash Henry the Young King , Henry II , Richard the Lionheart , John and Henry III \emdash and rose from obscurity to become one of the most powerful men in Europe. Before him, the hereditary title of "Lord Marshal " designated a sort of head of household security for the king of England; by the time he died, people throughout Europe (not just England) referred to him simply as "the Marshal".
Noted events in his life were:
• Acceded, 1189.
William married Isabel de Clare Countess Strigoil [4896] [MRIN: 1474], daughter of Richard Strongbow Fitzgilbert de Clare 2nd Earl Pembroke [4906] and Aoife (Red) Eva (Irish: Aoife Rua) of Leinster MacMurrough Countess Ireland [4908], in Aug 1189 in London, Greater London, England. (Isabel de Clare Countess Strigoil [4896] was born about 1174 and died in 1220.)
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