William de Valence, 1st Earl of Pembroke

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William de Valence, 1st Earl of Pembroke, was a prominent 13th-century Anglo-French nobleman and half-brother of King Henry III who became a powerful marcher lord in Wales and a key figure in the politics of medieval England.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglo-French nobleman
Earl of Pembroke
marcher lord
medieval noble
nobleman
areaOfActivity English royal court
Ireland NERFINISHED
Wales NERFINISHED
south-west France
birthPlace County of Poitou NERFINISHED
Kingdom of France NERFINISHED
Poitiers NERFINISHED
burialPlace Westminster Abbey NERFINISHED
child Agnes de Valence NERFINISHED
Aymer de Valence, 2nd Earl of Pembroke NERFINISHED
Isabel de Valence NERFINISHED
Joan de Valence (the younger) NERFINISHED
John de Valence NERFINISHED
conflict Second Barons' War NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England
Kingdom of France NERFINISHED
dateOfBirth c. 1225
dateOfDeath 13 June 1296
deathPlace Bayonne NERFINISHED
Duchy of Aquitaine NERFINISHED
familyName de Valence NERFINISHED
father Hugh X of Lusignan NERFINISHED
givenName William
halfBrother Henry III of England NERFINISHED
Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall NERFINISHED
memberOf English nobility
English royal court
House of Lusignan NERFINISHED
Plantagenet affinity NERFINISHED
mother Isabella of Angoulême NERFINISHED
nobleTitle Earl of Pembroke NERFINISHED
Lord of Bellac NERFINISHED
Lord of Montignac NERFINISHED
Lord of Wexford NERFINISHED
notableFor influence in Welsh Marches politics
participation in the Second Barons' War
patronage of religious houses in Wales and Ireland
role as a royal favourite of Henry III
notableWork construction works at Hertford Castle
fortification of Goodrich Castle
fortification of Pembroke Castle
fortification of Wexford
patronage of Pembroke Priory
opponent Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester NERFINISHED
positionHeld Earl of Pembroke NERFINISHED
royal councillor of England
residence Goodrich Castle NERFINISHED
Hertford Castle NERFINISHED
Pembroke Castle NERFINISHED
sibling Aymer de Valence (Bishop of Winchester) NERFINISHED
Guy of Lusignan NERFINISHED
spouse Joan de Munchensi NERFINISHED
Joan de Valence NERFINISHED
supported royalist cause in the Second Barons' War

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Goodrich Castle laterPatron William de Valence, 1st Earl of Pembroke