William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke

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Anglo-Norman nobleman Earl of Pembroke human medieval knight regent of England

William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke, was a renowned Anglo-Norman knight and statesman who served multiple English kings and became one of medieval England’s most powerful and respected magnates.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
William Marshal	1
William Marshal, 2nd Earl of Pembroke	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Anglo-Norman nobleman ⓘ Earl of Pembroke ⓘ human ⓘ medieval knight ⓘ regent of England ⓘ
allegiance	House of Plantagenet ⓘ
associatedWork	Histoire de Guillaume le Maréchal ⓘ
birthPlace	Normandy ⓘ
birthYear	c. 1146 ⓘ
burialPlace	Temple Church ⓘ surface form: Temple Church, London
child	Anselm Marshal, 6th Earl of Pembroke ⓘ Eva Marshal ⓘ Gilbert Marshal, 4th Earl of Pembroke ⓘ Isabel Marshal ⓘ Joan Marshal ⓘ Maud Marshal ⓘ Richard Marshal, 3rd Earl of Pembroke ⓘ Sibyl Marshal ⓘ Walter Marshal, 5th Earl of Pembroke ⓘ William Marshal, 2nd Earl of Pembroke ⓘ
country	Kingdom of England ⓘ
deathPlace	Caversham Park, Oxfordshire ⓘ surface form: Caversham, Berkshire, England
deathYear	1219 ⓘ
era	High Middle Ages ⓘ
familyName	Marshal ⓘ
father	John Marshal ⓘ
feudalTitle	Lord of Leinster ⓘ
givenName	William ⓘ
heldLandsIn	England NERFINISHED ⓘ Ireland ⓘ Wales ⓘ
mother	Sybilla of Salisbury ⓘ
nobleTitle	1st Earl of Pembroke ⓘ Marshal of England ⓘ surface form: Lord Marshal of England
notableFor	military leadership in the Anglo-French War (1215–1217) ⓘ role in the reissue of Magna Carta in 1216 ⓘ tournament champion in the 12th century ⓘ victory at the Battle of Lincoln (1217) ⓘ
positionHeld	Marshal of the Household ⓘ guardian of Henry III of England ⓘ regent of the Kingdom of England ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
reputation	one of the greatest knights of the Middle Ages ⓘ
servedMonarch	Henry II of England NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry III of England NERFINISHED ⓘ John, King of England NERFINISHED ⓘ King Richard the Lionheart ⓘ surface form: Richard I of England
spouse	Isabel de Clare, 4th Countess of Pembroke ⓘ
swornAs	Templar on his deathbed ⓘ knight ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pembroke Castle → associatedWith → William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke ⓘ

First Barons' War → commander → William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke ⓘ

Marshal of England → positionHeldBy → William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke ⓘ

Pembroke Castle → rebuiltBy → William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke ⓘ

this entity surface form: William Marshal

First Barons' War → significantPerson → William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke ⓘ

Reading Abbey ruins → significantPersonBuried → William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke ⓘ

Eleanor of England, Countess of Pembroke → spouse → William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke ⓘ

this entity surface form: William Marshal, 2nd Earl of Pembroke