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William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke (1146 or 1147 – 14 May 1219), also called William the Marshal (Norman French: Williame li Mareschal, French: Guillaume le Maréchal), was an Anglo-Norman soldier and statesman during High Medieval England who served five English kings of the Angevin Empire: Henry II and his son and de jure co ...
William Horace Marshall (August 19, 1924 – June 11, 2003) was an American actor, director and opera singer. He played the title role in the 1972 blaxploitation classic Blacula and its sequel Scream Blacula Scream (1973), and appeared as the King of Cartoons on the 1980s television show Pee-wee's Playhouse and as Dr. Richard ...
May 10, 2024 · William Marshal, 1st earl of Pembroke, marshal and then regent of England who served four English monarchs (Henry II, Richard I the Lion-Heart, John, and Henry III) as a royal adviser and agent and as a warrior of outstanding prowess. He defeated a French-supported rebellion in September 1217.
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May 15, 2018 · The Englishman Sir William Marshal (c. 1146-1219 CE, aka William the Marshal), Earl of Pembroke, is one of the most celebrated knights of the Middle Ages.
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Thank you to Wondrium for sponsoring today's video! Signup for your FREE trial to Wondrium here: http://ow.ly/GWB050MERPBWhen William Marshal died in 1219, h...
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Yet William Marshal – or William the Marshal – was one of the greatest men ever to have lived and arguably the greatest ever Englishman. Although inexplicably omitted from schoolroom history he has a dozen claims to fame. He unhorsed Richard, the future King Richard I, the Lionheart, in battle and spared his life.
William Marshal, often hailed as the 'greatest knight' of his time, rose from obscurity to become a linchpin in the power dynamics of England. But how did a younger son of a minor noble become a key figure in the establishment of the Magna Carta, and eventually, the regent of an entire kingdom?
