William Marshal, 2nd Earl of Pembroke

William Marshal, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (* around 1190 in Normandy, † April 6, 1231 in Fawley ), was an English peer and Lord Marshal. He was the eldest son of William Marshal ( Guillaume le Maréchal ) and Isabelle de Clare.

Life

William belonged in 1215 to those twenty-five English barons revolted against King John and forced him on June 15, 1215 at Runnymede to sign the Magna Carta Liberatum. But he and his colleagues were excommunicated by the Pope and the attempt of the king to declare the charter of freedom for quite invalid, it could continue to stand by him in opposition. Consequently, William supported in 1216 the ambitions of the French prince Louis the Lion to the English throne. The death of King John in the country in October 1216 led to William bring about a change in the situation, because his opposition was only directed against the person of the king. He joined in March 1217 the page and now recognized the child king Henry III. to, for William's father, who had remained loyal to the king over all the time, the regency led. Together they won on May 20, 1217 at the Battle of Lincoln on the troops of Prince Ludwig, who was forced to September 1217 to leave the island.

After his father's death in 1219 William was able to accept the extended family. As Earl Marshal and temporary counsel of England, he was one of the most powerful barons during the minority of King Henry III. , Including his second marriage had contributed. In the fight against the Welsh under Llywelyn from 1223 Iorwerth he could Cilgerran Castle and Castle, 1226 Ferryside conquer the castles of Cardigan and Carmarthen, then he fought in Ireland against Hugh de Lacy, 1st Earl of Ulster. In 1230 he gave the marriage of his sister Isabelle with the king 's brother Richard of Cornwall, and died the following year. He was buried in the Temple Church. Matthew Paris suspected behind his death a poison attack of the regent, Hubert de Burgh.

About the year 1226 William gave the Verschronik L' Histoire de Guillaume le Maréchal in order that held the eventful life of his father for posterity.

Marriages

Marshall was married twice, first from 1214 with Alice de Bethune († 1216 ), daughter of Baldwin de Bethune, and from 1224 to Princess Eleanor Plantagenet, daughter of King John of Scotland. Both marriages were childless, so his younger brother, Richard Marshal, succeeded in heritage.