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This part of our family tree shows
the father and grandfather of Sir William Marshall who was an advisor of
King John. Sir William’s great great grandson was Scotland’s national
hero, Robert the Bruce.
Also, Maud Marshall, Sir William Marshal’s
1st child, was married in 1207 to Sir Hugh Bigod (Magna Charts Surety).
A great great grandson of Maud Marshal and Sir High Bigod was Walter Stewart,
husband of Marjory Bruce and father of King Robert II of Scotland.
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Generation One
Gilbert Marshal, who was
The Marshal of the Royal Household of King Henry I
The Marshal was responsible for everything
connected to the horses of the royal household, the hawks and the hounds
as well. He had the general duty of keeping order in the royal court/household,
arranging for the billeting of members of the court, keeping tallies and
other vouchers of the expenditures of the household, keeping rolls of all
who performed their military service there, and being responsible for the
imprisonment of debtors.
Died before 1130 and he left the following sons:
Generation Two
John FitzGilbert Marshal,
who was The Marshal of the Royal Household. During the wars between
the Empress Matilda, daughter of King Henry I and her cousin King Stephen,
John FitzGilbert Marshal supported first King Stephen and later the Empress.
For details, see Catharine Armstrong's
John
Fitz Gilbert, The Marshal
Died in 1164/65
John married first to and separated in 1141 from Aline
Pipard and they had the following sons:
Generation Three
William Marshal, 4th Earl
of Pembroke and Marshal of England
William Marshal was the Marshal of
England, Protector of the Realm and Regent of England from 1216 to 1219.
A man of superior ability and exemplary character, he served four British
monarchs as a royal advisor and as a warrior of outstanding prowess.
His life has been summarized in the biography by Sidney Painter: William
Marshal: Baron, Knight-Errant, Baron and Regent of England,
Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 1982 ISBN 0802064981.
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Richard Thomson in his An Historical
Essay on the Magna Charta of King John, London, 1829; writes on
Pages 288:
"The Earl of Pembroke has received a noble character from all the historians
who have mentioned him. He was termed through the world a most renowned
and powerful Knight; Governor both of the realm and the King’s person;
a man of such worthiness, both in stoutness of stomach and martial knowledge,
as England had few then which might be compared with him."
Born in 1146
Died on May 14, 1219, at Caversham, Berkshire, England
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William Marshall's home located on a rocky promentory overlooking Milford Haven. |
Westminster Psalter, circa 1250 |
William married in August 1189 at London, England to Isabel
de Clare, Countess of Pembroke.
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de Clare for her ancestry.
William Marshal and Isabel de Clare had the following
children:
Maud Marshal, Marshall of England, who married Magna Charta Surety Hugh Bigod, 3rd Earl of Norfolk. Click on Hugh Bigod for the continuation of this line.
Lady Isabella Marshal, born
October 9, 1200, who married Magna Charta Surety Gilbert de Clare, 4th
Earl of Gloucester. Click on Gilbert
de Clare for the continuation of this line.
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For more about William Marshal and his castles,
please visit Catharine Armstrong's William
Marshal Earl of Pembroke
For further information, see the William Marshal's biography
by Sidney Painter:
William Marshal: Baron, Knight-Errant, Baron and
Regent of England,
Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1982, ISBN
0802064981
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