Lordship of Pembroke

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The Lordship of Pembroke was a powerful medieval Marcher lordship in southwest Wales centered on Pembroke Castle, playing a key role in Norman control and administration of the region.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Pembroke earldom 1
marcher lordship of Pembroke 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Marcher lordship
feudal lordship
associatedWith Anglo-Norman marcher lords NERFINISHED
Norman baronage
borderedBy Irish Sea NERFINISHED
Lordship of Haverford NERFINISHED
Lordship of Kidwelly NERFINISHED
centeredOn Pembroke Castle NERFINISHED
country Kingdom of England
defensiveRole control of routes into south Wales
protection of sea approaches to Wales
establishedBy Normans NERFINISHED
establishedUnder Norman conquest of Wales NERFINISHED
function administrative unit
military frontier
governedFrom Pembroke Castle NERFINISHED
hadEconomicBase agriculture
trade via Milford Haven
hadPrivileges right to build castles
right to hold courts
right to wage private war
hasCapital Pembroke NERFINISHED
hasKeySite Manorbier Castle NERFINISHED
Tenby NERFINISHED
town of Pembroke NERFINISHED
hasStronghold Pembroke Castle NERFINISHED
hasTitleAssociated Earl of Pembroke NERFINISHED
historicalRegion Dyfed NERFINISHED
integratedInto Tudor-era shire system of Pembrokeshire
languageOfAdministration Anglo-Norman French NERFINISHED
Latin
legalStatus quasi-independent Marcher lordship
localLanguagesSpoken Welsh
locatedIn southwest Wales NERFINISHED
modernCountry United Kingdom NERFINISHED
Wales NERFINISHED
modernLocation Pembrokeshire NERFINISHED
partOf Welsh Marches NERFINISHED
playedRoleIn Anglo-Norman colonisation of Wales
Norman control of southwest Wales
religion Latin Christianity NERFINISHED
timePeriod Middle Ages
typeOfBorder Anglo-Welsh frontier NERFINISHED
underSuzeraintyOf English Crown NERFINISHED

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Walter Marshal, 5th Earl of Pembroke heldEarldom Lordship of Pembroke
this entity surface form: Pembroke earldom
Marcher lordships includesNotableExample Lordship of Pembroke
Norman conquest of south-west Wales involves Lordship of Pembroke
this entity surface form: marcher lordship of Pembroke