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The remarkable story of the life of William Marshal is chronicled in the Histoire de Guillaume le Maréchal, the only known written biography of a non-royal to survive from the Middle Ages. The poem, composed after his death by an unknown author called John, extols William as being ‘the best knight in the world’, and offers a unique window ...
Marshal, William (I) ( c. 1146–1219), earl of Pembroke , regent of England and lord of Leinster, was the fourth son of John fitz Gilbert (John the Marshal), his second son by his second wife, Sibyl, daughter of Walter of Salisbury. At the age of six he was given as a hostage for his father's good behaviour to King Stephen; despite his father ...
15 de ene. de 2015 · ‘A rip-roaring new life of Marshal … [a] splendid account of a great medieval life' Dan Jones, author of Crusaders‘A thoroughly entertaining account of England’s most colourful and courageous medieval knight’ Sunday Times Drawing upon an array of contemporary evidence, renowned historian Thomas Asbridge’s authoritative and dramatic account brings to life the often overlooked figure ...
12 de may. de 2019 · William Marshal's tomb in the Temple Church, London "William's father, John Marshal, backed Empress Matilda against King Stephen during the anarchy which raged during the mid 12th Century," he said.
8 de jun. de 2018 · Marshal, William. Marshal, William ( c. 1147–1219). William the Marshal began life as the fourth son of a minor lord who was hereditary royal master marshal. From such modest beginnings, he rose to become earl of Pembroke (from 1189), through marriage to the heiress Isabella, and ultimately regent of England (1216–19) at the time of Henry ...
William Marshal, 1.º Conde de Pembroke (1146 — 14 de maio de 1219) era um soldado e estadista anglo-normando. Ele tem sido descrito como o "maior cavaleiro que já viveu" ( Stephen Langton ). Ele serviu quatro reis - Henrique II , Ricardo Coração de Leão , João e Henrique III de Inglaterra - e passou da obscuridade para se tornar regente de Inglaterra e um dos homens mais poderosos da ...
16 de abr. de 2016 · William Marshal (also called William the Marshal), 1st Earl of Pembroke, is one of the most important figures in the history of medieval England. He was a knight and nobleman who lived between the 12th and 13th centuries AD, during which he served five English monarchs – Henry the Young King, Henry II, Richard I, John, and Henry III.
