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	William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		However, in 1182 William Marshal was accused of undue familiarity with Marguerite of France, the Young King's wife, and exiled from court.
		William fulfilled this promise, crusading in the Holy Land from 1183 to 1186; while there he vowed to be buried as a Knight Templar.
		William Marshal is the main character of the novel A Pride of Kings by Juliet Dymoke, published by the New English Library in 1978.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/William_Marshal (1637 words)

	William Marshall
		Isabel brought to Marshal the palatine lordships of Pembroke and Striguil in Wales and the lordship of Leinster in Ireland.
		William Marshal was the epitome of knighthood and chivalry.
		William Marshal was the main force and impetus for the defeat of Philip II of France, even leading the attack to relieve Lincoln castle in May 1217 though he was seventy years old.
	www.castlewales.com /marshall.html (2740 words)

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		When William was about six years old, his father John Marshal had switched sides so often between King Stephen and Empress Maud that John had to give William to Stephen as a hostage for John's keeping his word that he would surrender Newbury Castle, which Maud had told John to hold for her.
		William Marshal it was who stood by Henry II when his wife and sons rebelled against him; William once came face to face with Richard in battle and could have killed him but killed Richard's horse instead, to make that point clear.
		It was William on 15 June 1215 at Runnymede who dealt with the barons who made King John agree to the Magna Carta, and it was William who dealt with the kings of France (Louis VII and Philip Augustus).
	wikiwhat.com /encyclopedia/w/wi/william_marshal.html (1015 words)

	Medieval English genealogy: William Marshal
		William Marshal was the fourth son of John fitz Gilbert, hereditary marshal of--keeper of the horses-- of the Anglo-Norman kings.
		William of Tancarville, the Count of Eu, and the Earl of Essex successfully defend the town of Neufchatel against the forces of the powerful Philip Count of Flanders, an ally of Louis VII.
		William the Younger (eldest son) received immediately the patrimony (the Marshal ancestral lands in Berks and Wilts) and was heir to the honour held by his mother.
	www.medievalgenealogy.org.uk /families/marshal/williammarshal.shtml (4133 words)

	ORB: The Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies
		William Marshal was born about 1146, the fourth son and the product of his father's second marriage; thus, although his father was Marshal of England and his uncle an earl, William had no inheritance.
		William's favorite tactic was to ride up to an opponent, seize his bridle, and despite his resistance, drag the other knight away from his friends and out of the lists, where William forced him to take an oath of submission and swear to pay ransom.
		William Marshal's claim to loyalty was not his patriotism, or his attachment to the English crown, but his personal fidelity to his immediate lord.
	the-orb.net /textbooks/muhlberger/wm_marshall.html (3430 words)

	Tournaments and William Marshal
		William Marshal's tournament career reached its apex when he was appointed as head of the mesnie household of the young king Henry.
		Marshal's piety was practical and realistic; he founded priories and abbeys and gave to those that were in his lands, went on crusade to Cologne, and fought as a Knight Templar in the Holy Land.
		Marshal was quickly increasing his wealth and reputation on the tournament field, but apparently not even the young king desired to attend all of the tournaments on the continent since there could be one every two weeks.
	www.castlewales.com /marshal_tour.html (5521 words)

	William Marshal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		When William was about six years old, his father John Marshal had switched sides so often between King Stephen and Empress Maud that John had to give William to Stephen as a hostage for John's keeping his word that he wouldsurrender Newbury Castle,which Maud had told John to hold for her.
		William Marshal it was who stood by Henry II when his wife and sons rebelled against him;William once came face to face with Richard in battle and could have killed him but killed Richard's horse instead, to make thatpoint clear.
		It was William on June 15, 1215 at Runnymede who dealt with the barons who made King John agree to the Magna Carta, and itwas William who dealt with the kings of France (Louis VII and PhilipAugustus).
	www.therfcc.org /william-marshal-37100.html (1037 words)

	William Marshal
		William Marshal proved to be the best tournament knight of his time - the Michael Jordan, or Muhammed Ali of the twelfth century.
		It was the fact that William Marshal re-issued it as Regent, after John's death, which ensured that this document would become an established foundation for English justice.
		After John's death, the Marshal fought one of his most brilliant battles in raising the siege of Lincoln (1217), ridding England of the danger of French incursion and English rebellion.
	www.strum.co.uk /wessex/marshal.htm (868 words)

	William Marshal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		William Marshal it was who stood Henry II when his wife and sons against him; William once came face to with Richard in battle and could have him but killed Richard's horse instead to that point clear.
		William it was whom trusted to guard Queen Eleanor when he would let her out prison to make some public appearance.
		It was William on June 15 1215 at Runnymede who dealt with the barons who King John agree to the Magna Carta and it was William who dealt the kings of France (Louis VII and Philip Augustus).
	www.freeglossary.com /William_Marshal (1145 words)

	Earl Marshal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Earl Marshal of England is a hereditary Royal officeholder under the King or Queen of the United Kingdom.
		The title was "Marshal" until William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke, whose titles of "Earl" and "Marshal" were separate (although he is often referred to now as "Earl Marshal") made it stand for something.
		In conjunction with the Lord High Constable he had held a court, known as the Court of Chivalry, for the administration of justice in accordance with the law of arms, which was concerned with many subjects relating to military matters, such as ransom, booty and soldiers' wages, and including the misuse of armorial bearings.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Earl_Marshal (597 words)

	William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke
		William Marshal (1146-1219) was the premier knight of his time, Christendom's foremost warrior, a man whose bare word was considered as good as another man's coined gold, and he survived to a ripe old age with unblemished honour.
		William's father replied that as long as his wife was with him, he had the hammer and the anvil to forge many new sons.
		William was sent to England to hold it for Richard, and he did hold it, seeming to take the jump easily from landless errant knight to one of the greatest magnates and landholders in England.
	home.vicnet.net.au /~anacnaut/wmarshal (2049 words)

	William Marshal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Toen John Marshal om een bestand verzocht verlangde Stefanus hiervoor als gijzelaar William, de jongste zoon van Marshal, die op dat moment slechts vijf jaar oud was.
		Koning Stefanus was woedend en dreigde zijn jonge gijzelaar voor het oog van zijn vader terecht te laten stellen in de hoop Marshal alsnog tot overgave te dwingen.
		In 1167 werd William tijdens de oorlog tussen koning Hendrik en de Franse koning Lodewijk tot ridder geslagen en bracht hij het hem geleerde in de praktijk.
	home.hccnet.nl /aw.slager/html/marshal.html (510 words)

	Update on William Marshal Research and new Biography
		I am writing this biography of William Marshal in the context of the history of his father and of Richard Strongbow de Clare, as well as the history of the children of Marshal and Isabel de Clare.
		The greatest fiefs, castles, and lordships William Marshal held were held in right of his wife as the sole heir of Richard Strongbow de Clare.
		What I believe is that the current coat of arms assigned to William Marshal [d.1219] are the arms he carried as a knight of the Angevin household of the young king Henry and of Henry II, and later as "marshal" of England.
	www.castlewales.com /mar_prog.html (1287 words)

	Berkshire History: Biographies: William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke (1146-1219)
		William was the second son of John the Marshal, by Sibyl, the daughter of Walter de Salisbury and sister of Patrick, Earl of Wiltshire.
		William succeeded to the title of Earl of Pembroke through his marriage to Isabel, daughter of Richard de Clare, the 2nd Earl.
		William thus obtained the rank of Earl, with vast estates in Wales and Ireland.
	www.berkshirehistory.com /bios/wmarshal.html (541 words)

	William Marshal
		The Marshal's contacts with both Kendal, and with the neighbouring manor of Cartmel, which he received from the King in the late 1180s and whose lordship he was to retain for the remainder of his life, would explain why his summons from the King found its way into a north country scribal formulary.
		The Marshal's modern biographers, besides omitting any reference to Chateauroux or the King's summons to the Marshal to attend him in France have missed at least one important detail concerning William's custody of the northern barony of Kendal, held independently of Cartmel, as the inheritance of the heiress Helewise of Lancaster.
		William II of Lancaster may be the William fitz William who in 1176 fined 3 0 marks for a duel against Gospatrick fitz Orm in Westmorland: Pipe Roll 22 Henry II, Pipe Roll Society, 25 (1904), 121, and for Gospatrick fitz Orm, William's cousin, see The Register of the Priory of St Bees, ed.
	www.deremilitari.org /resources/articles/vincent.htm (8595 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: The Greatest Knight: The Story of William Marshal: Books: Elizabeth Chadwick (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		William Marshal comes alive through this novel and, for those of us who are not medieval scholars, some interesting knowledge of medieval life is gained along the way.
		Her meticulous research into the life and times of William Marshal, one of history's great heroes, provides the background to a story that is a joy on the page.
		William's loyalties are put to one complex test after another, and, though his honor remains unblemished, his enemies would have the royals believe otherwise.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Greatest-Knight-Story-William-Marshal/dp/0751536601 (1673 words)

	William Marshal (1144 - 1219) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		It was also the time of William Marshal, a breed of knight that at that period seemed only dreamt of in Geoffery of Monmouth's tales of King Arthur.
		Proclaimed by both friend and foe as the greatest knight who ever lived, William Marshal has become a forgotten historical character who was at the center of many actual events from this period.
		He served as an officer and Marshal for four kings, dilivering the colée (the knighting blow) to King Henry the Younger, son of Henry II, as well as being the young king's mentor.
	www.bladezone.com /marshal/intro.html (261 words)

	Earl Marshal
		The Earl Marshal of England is a hereditary Royal officeholder under the King or Queen.
		When chivalry declined in importance, the Constable's post disappeared, and the Earl Marshal became the head of the College of Arms, the body concerned with all matters of genealogy and heraldry, although the Earl Marshal's connection with heraldry came about almost accidentally.
		Among the men who have held the title of Earl Marshal of Ireland are William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke, and Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex (1539-1576).
	www.tudorplace.com.ar /Documents/earl_marshal.htm (304 words)

	Warfare in the History of William the Marshal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		William the Marshal, earl of Pembroke, was one of the most famous knights of the Middle Ages.
		After the death of King John in 1216, William became the regent for the young Henry III, and led English forces to victory at the Battle of Lincoln in 1217.
		The deeds of William the Marshal were recorded for posterity a few years after his death in the Histoire Guillaume le Mareschal, a verse account of 19,214 lines in rhyming couplets, written in Middle French.
	www.deremilitari.org /resources/sources/marshal.htm (383 words)

	Marshal
		The Marshal was responsible for everything connected to the horses of the royal household, the hawks and the hounds as well.
		William Marshal was the Marshal of England, Protector of the Realm and Regent of England from 1216 to 1219.
		William married in August 1189 at London, England to Isabel de Clare, Countess of Pembroke.
	www3.sympatico.ca /robert.sewell/marshal.html (720 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Field Marshal
		The title of Grand Marshal may also be found in several fraternity organizations, normally held by the head of the organization.
		"Marshal" and "Marshall" are both common surnames, held by such notable figures as William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke, and George C. Marshall, the United States Army Chief of Staff during World War II.
		A Marshal is also the name for some US law enforcement officers, such as members of the United States Marshals Service, or Sky marshals who serve as undercover law enforcement onboard commercial aircraft.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Field_Marshal (554 words)

	William Marshal (1144-1219) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		William would make an order for the poor to be fed with the money made from jewels and gifts that he alone had ownership of.
		William's body is moved from church to church during the services until its final resting place at the Temple church in London.
		But, William the Younger, before his owen death, had hired a poet calling himself Jean d'Trouvier (John the Troubadour), who would pen an historically accurate and detailed one-thousand-nine-hundred and seventy-four line long poem that recorded William Marshal's chivalric life.
	www.bladezone.com /marshal/finale.html (829 words)

	Pembroke, William Marshal, 1st earl of - The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition - HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Upon the accession (1189) of Richard I, Marshal married Isabella, heiress of Richard de Clare, 2d earl of Pembroke, and took her titles, thereby becoming 1st earl of Pembroke in the Marshal line.
		During Richard I's absence from England, Marshal supported the king's brother John against William of Longchamp but helped thwart John's 1193 rebellion.
		Elected regent for the young Henry III by the barons in 1216, Marshal successfully waged war against the invading Prince Louis (later Louis VIII) of France and by a firm policy toward recalcitrant barons secured a relatively stable kingdom.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1E1:PembrkWM&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf (209 words)

	William Marshal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		This William was William Marshal, the subject of this small book (153 pages) of the same name by French medieval historian Georges Duby.
		In any case, Marshal lived long enough to father at least ten children by her, and it was via her patrimony that William became Earl of Pembroke.
		At the time (Nov-Jan 1183), Marshal was likely still trying to attach to a new lords household after the death of his previous employer, the Young King Henry, the previous summer.
	www.phil-books.com /William_Marshal_039475154X.html (761 words)

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