Gilbert Mashal, Earl of Pembroke

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• General Information: As a third son, he had been intended for the church, and had taken minor orders, but when his next oldest brother assumed the title, he took a more secular role acting as his agent in Ireland.
• Natural Issue: say 1225; By an unknown mistress he had one illegitimate daughter, Isabel, who was betrothed to Rhys ap Maelgwn Fychan.In the late 1230s, Maelgwn Fychan (son of Maelgwn ap Rhys) agreed a treaty with Gilbert, whereby Maelgwn Fychan's son, Rhys, would marry Isabel, and receive the cantref of Is-Aeron, except the commote of Is-Hirwen (which contained Cardigan Castle); in return Maelgwn Fychan and Rhys would become vassals of Gilbert (so far as it didn't compromise fealty to the king).
• Travel: 1229; In 1229 he set out for the Holy Land.
• Title(s): 11 Jun 1234, Worcester, Worcestershire, England; On 11 June 1234 the king knighted him at Worcester and invested him as the Earl of Pembroke, and hereditary Marshal of England.
• Land/House: 9 Dec 1234; He was granted the honor of Laigle (Sussex) and the castle of Pevensey on 9 December 1234.
• Charter/Grant/Gift: say 1235; Charter: "Gilbert Marshal, Earl of Pembroke gave the abbot and convent of Tintern for their tannery all the bark from the wood felled there, whether sold or give, of the lower forest of Went rendering 2d for each load."
• Miscellaneous: 1235; When his brother died, he was allowed to cross into Wales with his younger brothers and they soon obtained the King's pardon on 25 May 1234.
• Military: 1236; Gilbert captured Castell Meredydd from Morgan ap Hywel in 1236 during a truce between Llywelyn the Great and King Henry III of England. After Marshal took the castle he seems to have fortified it with a bailey and curtain wall. He was forced to return it to Morgan by the terms of the truce, or "for fear of the lord Llywelyn".
• Miscellaneous: 1236; At the coronation of Queen Eleanor in 1236, he officiated as the Marshal.
• Miscellaneous: 1239; On 12 November 1239, he swore at Northampton to go on crusade, provided that Cornwall would reconcile him to the King, which Earl Richard duly did when they were preparing to start n the summer of 1240. Being resorted to favor,m Gilbert stayed in England but intended to go to Jerusalem.
• Last Full Review: 5 Aug 2020

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Died:
He was mortally wounded at a tournament at Ware, which King Henry III had expressly forbidden, as he did not want any of his subjects killing one another in sport. Gilbert was thrown from his horse and his foot was caught in the stirrup, thus he was dragged for some distance on the ground and died from the injuries received.

Buried:
While his body was buried beside his father and brother in the Temple Church, his entrails were buried in Herford Priory.

Gilbert married Marjorie of Scotland on 1 Aug 1235 in Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England. Marjorie (daughter of William I "the Lion", King of the Scots and Ermengarde de Beaumont) was born in 1214; died on 17 Nov 1244; was buried in Dominican Church of the Blackfriars, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Title(s): say 1165
• Miscellaneous: 1204, Cilgerran Castle, Cilgerran, Pembrokeshire, Wales
• Offices Held: 1216 to 1219

Notes:

Title(s):
He became the 3rd Earl of Pembroke.

Miscellaneous:
He captured Cilgerran Castle, Dyfed from Lord Rhys of Deheubarth.

Offices Held:
He was the Marshal of England, Protector of the Realm, and Regent of England.

William married Isabel de Clare, Countess Strigoil in Aug 1189 in London, England. Isabel (daughter of Richard FitzGilbert "Strongbow" de Clare, Earl of Pembroke and Aoife MacMurrough, Countess of Ireland) was born about 1174; died in 1220; was buried in Tintern Abbey, Tintern, Monmouthshire, Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Title(s): say 1200

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Title(s):
She was also the Countess of Pembroke.

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• History: say 1150; During the wars between the Empress Matilda, daughter of King Henry I and her cousin King Stephen, he supported first King Stephen and later the Empress.

John married Sibyl de Salisbury after 1141. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Title(s): 1148
• Title(s): 1171

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Name:
He was also the Justiciar of Ireland.

Title(s):
He succeeded as the second Earl of Pembroke after the death of his father.

Title(s):
He became the Lord of Leinster.

Richard married Aoife MacMurrough, Countess of Ireland about 26 Aug 1171 in Waterford, Ireland. Aoife (daughter of Dairmait Mac Murchada, King of Leinster and High King of Ireland and Mor ingen Muirchertaig) died in 1171. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Name:
She was also known as Eve of Leinster.

Notes:

Weis (1982) gives the marriage date as 1170.

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• Offices Held: The office of Marshal was responsible for everything connected to the horses of the royal household, the hawks and the hounds as well. He had the general duty of keeping order in the royal court and household, arranging for the billeting of members of the court, keeping tallies and other vouchers of the expenditures of the household, keeping rolls of all who performed their military service there, and being responsible for the imprisonment of debtors.

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• Land/House: From 1138 to 1147, Chepstow Castle, Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales
• Title(s): 1138

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Death: von Redlich (1941) gives his death year as 1148

Land/House:
Chepstow Castle was held by Gilbert "Strongbow" FitzGilbert de Clare from 1138 to 1147, followed by his son Richard and then William Marshall.

Title(s):
He was created the first Earl of Pembroke.

Gilbert married Isabel de Beaumont. Isabel (daughter of Sir Robert de Beaumont, Earl of Leicester and Isabel de Vermandois, Countess of Leicester) was born about 1104; died after 1174. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reign: From 1135 to 1171; King of Leinster
• Reign: From 1162 to 1171; High King of Ireland

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Dairmait Mac Murchada was allied with Murtough MacLochlainn who was acknowledged as High King of Ireland in 1162. However, Murtough was overthrown in 1166 by Rory O'Connor and his Tiernan O'Rourke invaded Leinster, and Dairmait Mac Murchada fled to England in search of allies. King Henry II accepted Dairmait's allegiance, and gave him permission to recruit among his subjects for an expedition to Ireland. Dairmait struck a bargain with Richard FitzGilbert "Strongbow" deClare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, who invaded Ireland, married Dairmait's daughter Aoife, and became King of Leinster when Dairmait died in 1171. King Henry II, fearful that Strongbow would set up an independent kingdom, came to Ireland to assert his authority over the lands that had been occupied. The King granted Leinster to Strongbow, Meath to Hugh de Lacy; and most of the Irish Kings quickly recognised Henry as their overlord. The Norse towns were of vital military and economic importance. King Henry annexed Dublin, Wexford, Waterford, Cork and Limerick; and left garrisons in all of them. Thus, Dairmait Mac Murchada is remembered for having brought the English to Ireland and is generally held in low esteem in Irish History.

Dairmait married Mor ingen Muirchertaig. Mor (daughter of Muirchertach Ua Tuathail) died in 1164. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]