the Marshal family

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The Marshal family was a powerful Anglo-Norman noble lineage that rose to prominence in medieval Britain and Ireland, most famously through William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke, one of the era’s greatest knights and royal advisors.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Marshal family 18
the Marshal family canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglo-Norman noble family ⓘ
medieval noble lineage ⓘ
associatedHouse House of Marshal ⓘ
coatOfArms party per pale or and vert, a lion rampant gules ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Normandy ⓘ
dynastyEnded with death of Anselm Marshal, 6th Earl of Pembroke ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Anglo-Norman ⓘ
extinctionCause lack of legitimate male heirs in the main line ⓘ
feudalStatus great magnates of the Angevin Empire ⓘ
heldTitle Earl of Pembroke ⓘ
Lord of Leinster ⓘ
Marshal of England ⓘ
historicalReputation one of the most powerful baronial families of early 13th-century England ⓘ
involvedIn Anglo-Norman colonization of Ireland ⓘ
Welsh Marches politics ⓘ
knownFor extensive landholdings in Britain and Ireland ⓘ
influence in Anglo-Norman politics ⓘ
military prowess ⓘ
royal service ⓘ
landInheritance partition of estates among heiresses ⓘ
language Anglo-Norman French ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Norman
notableMember Anselm Marshal, 6th Earl of Pembroke ⓘ
Gilbert Marshal, 4th Earl of Pembroke ⓘ
John Marshal (father of William Marshal) ⓘ
John Marshal, 2nd Earl of Pembroke ⓘ
Walter Marshal, 5th Earl of Pembroke ⓘ
William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke ⓘ
William Marshal, 2nd Earl of Pembroke ⓘ
politicalAlignment Plantagenet dynasty ⓘ
powerBase Leinster, Ireland ⓘ
Norman marcher lordships ⓘ
Pembroke, Wales ⓘ
region England ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ
Normandy ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
religion Latin Christianity ⓘ
riseToProminence through military service and royal favor in the 12th century ⓘ
serviceTo Henry II of England ⓘ
Henry III of England ⓘ
John, King of England ⓘ
linked to: John of England

Richard I of England ⓘ
socialClass high nobility ⓘ
timePeriod 12th century ⓘ
13th century ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (19)

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

Norman Marcher lords → hasNotableMember → the Marshal family ⓘ
Isabel Marshal → nobleFamily → Marshal family ⓘ
linked to: the Marshal family
Earls of Pembroke → nobleFamily → Marshal family ⓘ
linked to: the Marshal family
Marshal → associatedWithFamily → Marshal family ⓘ
linked to: the Marshal family
William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke → memberOf → Marshal family ⓘ
subject linked to: Marshal
linked to: the Marshal family
William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke → nobleFamily → Marshal family ⓘ
subject linked to: Marshal
linked to: the Marshal family
John Marshal → memberOf → Marshal family ⓘ
linked to: the Marshal family
Sybilla of Salisbury → nobleFamily → Marshal family ⓘ
linked to: the Marshal family
Sibyl Marshal → nobleFamily → Marshal family ⓘ
linked to: the Marshal family
Joan Marshal → notableFamily → Marshal family ⓘ
linked to: the Marshal family
William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke → nobleFamily → Marshal family ⓘ
subject linked to: 1st Earl of Pembroke
linked to: the Marshal family
Richard Marshal, 3rd Earl of Pembroke → nobleFamily → Marshal family ⓘ
linked to: the Marshal family
Gilbert Marshal, 4th Earl of Pembroke → nobleFamily → Marshal family ⓘ
linked to: the Marshal family
Maud Marshal → nobleFamily → Marshal family ⓘ
linked to: the Marshal family
Maud Marshal → marriageAlliance → Marshal family ⓘ
linked to: the Marshal family
Margaret, Duchess of Norfolk → nobleFamily → Marshal family ⓘ
linked to: the Marshal family
Eva Marshal → nobleFamily → Marshal family ⓘ
linked to: the Marshal family
Margaret of Cornwall → memberOfNobleFamily → Marshal family ⓘ
linked to: the Marshal family
Rock of Dunamase → laterHeldBy → Marshal family ⓘ
linked to: the Marshal family