William Marshal, fourth earl of Pembroke

4th earl of Pembroke

Events

Date of Birth: about 1146.

The estimated date is given by Crouch (ODNB)

Place of Birth: Wiltshire, or perhaps Berkshire.

The place is given by Crouch (1990, p. 1).

Date of Death: 14 May 1219.

Place of Death: Caversham.

The date and place are given by Crouch (ODNB) and by the Complete Peerage (10:358).

Place of Burial: the New Temple Church, London.

The place is given by Crouch (ODNB) and by the Complete Peerage (10:358).

Relationships

Father: John Marshal (died 1165).

This relationship is given by Crouch (ODNB) and by the Complete Peerage (10:358).

Mother: Sybil, daughter of Walter of Salisbury.

This relationship is given by Crouch (ODNB) and by the Complete Peerage (10:358).

Spouse: Isabel de Clare (died 1220).

This relationship is given by Crouch (ODNB) and by the Complete Peerage (10:358).

Children:

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William (II) Marshal (died 6 April 1231), 5th earl of Pembroke, married (1) Alix de Béthune in 1214; married (2) Eleanor, daughter of king John on 23 April 1224.

Matilda (died April 1248) married (1) Hugh Bigod, earl of Norfolk; married (2) William (IV) de Warenne, earl of Surrey.

Richard Marshal (died 16 April 1234), 6th earl of Pembroke, married Gervaise de Vitré.

Gilbert Marshal (died 27 June 1241), 7th earl of Pembroke, married Marjory, daughter of William “the Lion”, king of Scotland.

Walter Marshal (died 24 November 1245), 8th earl of Pembroke, married Margaret de Quincy on 6 January 1242.

Anselm Marshal (died December 1245) married Matilda de Bohun.

Joan married Warin de Munchensi.

Isabel (9 October 1200 - January 1240) married (1) Gilbert de Clare, earl of Gloucester and Hereford; married (2) Richard, earl of Cornwall.

Sibyl married William de Ferrers, earl of Derby.

Eva married William de Briouze, lord of Abergavenny.

References

Cokayne, George Edward, and Vicary Gibbs; et al. The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant [2nd ed.]. (London: St. Catherine Press, 1910-59).

Crouch, David. “Marshal, William (I), fourth earl of Pembroke (c. 1146-1219)” in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. (Oxford University Press, 2004).

Crouch, David. William Marshal: Court, Career and Chivalry in the Angevin Empire 1147-1219 (London: Longman, 1990).