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Gilbert, Marshal of the Royal Household

Male - 1130


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  1. 1.  Gilbert, Marshal of the Royal Household died before 1130.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • 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.

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. John FitzGilbert, Marshal of the Royal Household  Descendancy chart to this point died in 1165.
    2. 3. William Giffard, Chancellor of England  Descendancy chart to this point


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  John FitzGilbert, Marshal of the Royal Household Descendancy chart to this point (1.Gilbert1) died in 1165.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • 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 Aline Pipard in say 1135, and was divorced in 1141. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 4. Gilbert FitzJohn Marshal  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 5. Walter Marshal  Descendancy chart to this point

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

    Children:
    1. 6. John Marshal  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1144; died in 1194.
    2. 7. Sir William the Marshal, Earl of Pembroke  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1146; died on 14 May 1219 in Caversham, Oxfordshire, England ; was buried in Temple Church, London, England .
    3. 8. Ansel Mashal  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 9. Henry Marshal, Bishop of Exeter  Descendancy chart to this point
    5. 10. Margaret Marshal  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1160 in Wiltshire, England; died after 1242 in England.
    6. 11. Maud Mashal  Descendancy chart to this point

  2. 3.  William Giffard, Chancellor of England Descendancy chart to this point (1.Gilbert1)


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Gilbert FitzJohn Marshal Descendancy chart to this point (2.John2, 1.Gilbert1)

  2. 5.  Walter Marshal Descendancy chart to this point (2.John2, 1.Gilbert1)

  3. 6.  John Marshal Descendancy chart to this point (2.John2, 1.Gilbert1) was born in 1144; died in 1194.

  4. 7.  Sir William the Marshal, Earl of PembrokeSir William the Marshal, Earl of Pembroke Descendancy chart to this point (2.John2, 1.Gilbert1) was born in 1146; died on 14 May 1219 in Caversham, Oxfordshire, England ; was buried in Temple Church, London, England .

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • 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]

    Children:
    1. 12. Maud Marshall, Countess of Norfolk  Descendancy chart to this point died on 27 Mar 1248.
    2. 13. William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1190 in Normandy, France; died on 6 Apr 1231; was buried on 15 Apr 1231 in Temple Church, London, England .
    3. 14. Richard Marshal, Earl of Pembroke  Descendancy chart to this point was born after 1190; died on 16 Apr 1234 in Kilkenny Castle, Kilkenny, Ireland; was buried on 17 Apr 1234 in St. Francis Abbey, Kilkenny, Ireland.
    4. 15. Gilbert Mashal, Earl of Pembroke  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1194; died on 27 Jun 1241 in Hertford Priory, Hertford, Hertfordshire, England; was buried in Temple Church, London, England .
    5. 16. Walter Marshal, Earl of Pembroke  Descendancy chart to this point was born after 1198; died on 24 Nov 1245 in Goodrich Castle, Goodrich, Herefordshire, England; was buried in Tintern Abbey, Tintern, Monmouthshire, Wales.
    6. 17. Anselm Marshal  Descendancy chart to this point died on 22 Dec 1245 in Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales; was buried on 24 Dec 1245 in Tintern Abbey, Tintern, Monmouthshire, Wales.
    7. 18. Lady Isabel Marshal  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 9 Oct 1200 in Pembroke Castle, Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wale; died on 17 Jan 1240 in Berkhamsted Castle, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire., England; was buried in Beaulieu Abbey, Hampshire, England.
    8. 19. Sibyl Marshal  Descendancy chart to this point died in 1280.
    9. 20. Eva Marshall  Descendancy chart to this point died in by 1246.
    10. 21. Joan Marshal  Descendancy chart to this point died after 1234.

  5. 8.  Ansel Mashal Descendancy chart to this point (2.John2, 1.Gilbert1)

  6. 9.  Henry Marshal, Bishop of Exeter Descendancy chart to this point (2.John2, 1.Gilbert1)

  7. 10.  Margaret Marshal Descendancy chart to this point (2.John2, 1.Gilbert1) was born about 1160 in Wiltshire, England; died after 1242 in England.

    Margaret married Ralph de Somery, Lord Dudley about 1181 in England. Ralph (son of John de Somery and Hawise Paynel) was born about 1151 in Dudley, Worcestershire, England; died in 1211. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 22. Roger de Somery, Lord Dudley  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1208 in Dinas Powis, Wales; died in by 26 Aug 1273 in Staffordshire, England.

  8. 11.  Maud Mashal Descendancy chart to this point (2.John2, 1.Gilbert1)


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  Maud Marshall, Countess of Norfolk Descendancy chart to this point (7.William3, 2.John2, 1.Gilbert1) died on 27 Mar 1248.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Offices Held: 1245; In 1245, her brother, Anselm, died, and as his heir, she became Marshal of England.

    Maud married Hugh Bigod, Earl of Norfolk in 1207/12. Hugh (son of Roger de Bigod, Earl of Norfolk and Ida Plantagenet) was born before 1178; died in Feb 1224/25. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 23. Isabel de Bigod  Descendancy chart to this point died in 1239 in England.
    2. 24. Sir Hugh Bigod, Chief Justice of England  Descendancy chart to this point died in Nov 1266.
    3. 25. Simon le Bigod  Descendancy chart to this point died before 1242.

    Maud married William de Warenne, Earl of Surrey in 1225 in Surrey, England. William (son of Hamelin Plantagenet, Earl of Surrey and Isabel de Warenne, Countess of Surrey) was born in 1166 in Surrey, England; died on 27 May 1240 in London, England; was buried in Lewes Priory, Lewes, Sussex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 26. Sir John de Warrenne, Earl of Surrey  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Aug 1231; died on 29 Sep 1304 in Kennington, London, England; was buried in Lewes Priory, Lewes, Sussex, England.
    2. 27. Isabel de Warenne  Descendancy chart to this point was buried on 23 Nov 1282 in Marham, Norfolk, England.

  2. 13.  William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke Descendancy chart to this point (7.William3, 2.John2, 1.Gilbert1) was born about 1190 in Normandy, France; died on 6 Apr 1231; was buried on 15 Apr 1231 in Temple Church, London, England .

    Notes:

    Name:
    Other Titles: Hereditary Master Marshal; Constable of Carmarthaen and Cardigan Castles; and Justiciar of Ireland.

    Died:
    He died without issue.

    William married Eleanor, Princess of England on 23 Apr 1224. Eleanor (daughter of John "Lackland", King of England and Isabella of Angoulême, Queen of England) was born in 1215 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England; died on 13 Apr 1275 in Montargis Abbey, Montargis, Centre-Val de Loire, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 14.  Richard Marshal, Earl of PembrokeRichard Marshal, Earl of Pembroke Descendancy chart to this point (7.William3, 2.John2, 1.Gilbert1) was born after 1190; died on 16 Apr 1234 in Kilkenny Castle, Kilkenny, Ireland; was buried on 17 Apr 1234 in St. Francis Abbey, Kilkenny, Ireland.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • General Information: Matthew Paris called him "the flower of chivalry."
    • Miscellaneous: 1206 or 1207; His father gave him to the King in either 1206 or 1207, and he was released in 1212.
    • Miscellaneous: 1219, Paris, Île-de-France, France; In 1219 he was in France at the French court in Paris when news arrived of his father's death.
    • Miscellaneous: May 1225, Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France; He was at a meeting of the Breton nobles in Nantes in May 1225.
    • Title(s): 1231; In 1231 he became the Earl of Pembroke upon the death of his older brother, William. He was also Master Marshal, Lord of Longueville and Orbec, Lord of Dinan. He returned to England and sought out the King who was in Wales. He offered to do homage for his inheritance, but Henry, at the suggestion of Hubert de Burgh, Justicar of England, declined, under the plea that the late Earl's widow was pregnant. Richard was ordered to leave the realm within fifteen days, and left for Ireland where his brothers were with an Army. They seized Castle Pembroke, and prepared to enforce his rights. King Henry, fearing open war, accepted his homage and recognized him as the Earl of Pembroke.
    • Miscellaneous: Oct 1231; In October 1231 he opposed the King's proposed marriage to a sister of the King of Scots. A year later he was on of the four Earls who became sureties for Hubert de burgh. In early 1233, he led the Barons in appealing to the King to dismiss his foreign advisers. The advisers (from France) drove him into open rebellion, and in August he was proclaimed a traitor and the office of Marshal was declared forfeited. Richard then made an alliance with Llewelym and carried out successful warfare against the royal forces. At the same time the Lacy faction was ravaging Ireland. In February 1233/34, he crossed to Ireland where he took Limerick and recovered some of his castles. Anabortive conference with the rebels at the Curragh of Kildare on 1 April 1234 was followed by a battle in which he was greatly outnumbered and defeated, wounded and captured.
    • Religion: say 1233; He was a benefactor to the abbeys of Dunbrothy, St. Aubin des Bois, and Savigny.
    • Last Full Review: 28 Apr 2020

    Notes:

    Name:


    Died:
    While recovering form his wounds, he was practically murdered by a treacherous surgeon.

    Richard married Gervaise de Dinan in 1222. Gervaise died after 21 Dec 1236. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 15.  Gilbert Mashal, Earl of Pembroke Gilbert Mashal, Earl of Pembroke Descendancy chart to this point (7.William3, 2.John2, 1.Gilbert1) was born in 1194; died on 27 Jun 1241 in Hertford Priory, Hertford, Hertfordshire, England; was buried in Temple Church, London, England .

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • 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

    Notes:

    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]


  5. 16.  Walter Marshal, Earl of Pembroke Descendancy chart to this point (7.William3, 2.John2, 1.Gilbert1) was born after 1198; died on 24 Nov 1245 in Goodrich Castle, Goodrich, Herefordshire, England; was buried in Tintern Abbey, Tintern, Monmouthshire, Wales.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • History: birth to death
    • Title(s): 27 Oct 1241; He became the eighth Earl of Pembroke.

    Notes:

    History:
    Charter: "Walter Marshal, Earl of Pembroke gave the monks at Tintern ten acres of land between land of the monks at Kilwetheneu and the earl's forest in exchange for ten acres of land belonging to the monks n the park of Trillek, with a further gift of four and a half acres in the same place."

    Died:
    He died without issue.

    Walter married Margaret de Quincy on 6 Jan 1241. Margaret (daughter of Robert de Quincy and Hawise of Chester, Countess of Lincoln) was born in 1208 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England; died before 30 Mar 1266; was buried in Clerkenwell Priory, Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 17.  Anselm Marshal Descendancy chart to this point (7.William3, 2.John2, 1.Gilbert1) died on 22 Dec 1245 in Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales; was buried on 24 Dec 1245 in Tintern Abbey, Tintern, Monmouthshire, Wales.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Married: say 1200; Maud de Bohun, the daughter of Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford and Essex, Constable of England and Maud de Lusignan.
    • Title(s): Nov 1245; He became the ninth Earl of Pembroke.

    Notes:

    Died:
    He died without issue.


  7. 18.  Lady Isabel Marshal Descendancy chart to this point (7.William3, 2.John2, 1.Gilbert1) was born on 9 Oct 1200 in Pembroke Castle, Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wale; died on 17 Jan 1240 in Berkhamsted Castle, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire., England; was buried in Beaulieu Abbey, Hampshire, England.

    Notes:

    Died:
    She died from childbirth.

    Isabel married Sir Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Clare on 9 Oct 1217 in Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucestershire, England. Gilbert (son of Richard de Clare, Earl of Hertford and Amicia of Gloucester, Countess of Gloucester) was born about 1180 in Gloucestershire, England; died on 25 Oct 1230 in Penros, Brittany, France (not found). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 28. Amicia de Clare  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 27 May 1220; died on 21 Jan 1284.
    2. 29. Sir Richard de Clare, Earl of Clare, Hertford, and Gloucester  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 4 Aug 1222; died on 15 Jul 1262 in Ashenfield Manor, Waltham, Kent, England (not found); was buried on 28 Jul 1262 in Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucestershire, England.
    3. 30. Isabel de Clare  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 8 Nov 1226.
    4. 31. Sir William de Clare  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 18 May 1228; died in 1258; was buried on 23 Jul 1258 in Dureford Abbey, Sussex, England.
    5. 32. Father Gilbert de Clare, a priest  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 12 Sep 1229.
    6. 33. Agnes de Clare  Descendancy chart to this point

    Isabel married Richard of Cornwall, King of the Romans, Earl of Cornwall on 30 Mar 1231 in St Mary the Virgin's Church, Fawley, Buckinghamshire, England. Richard (son of John "Lackland", King of England and Isabella of Angoulême, Queen of England) was born on 5 Jan 1209 in Winchester Castle, Winchester, Hampshire, England; died on 2 Apr 1272 in Newark Castle, Newark, Nottinghamshire, England; was buried in Worcester Cathedral, Worcester, Worcestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 19.  Sibyl Marshal Descendancy chart to this point (7.William3, 2.John2, 1.Gilbert1) died in 1280.

    Notes:

    Died:
    She died without male children.

    Sibyl married William de Ferrers, Earl of Derby before 14 May 1219. William (son of William de Ferrers, Earl of Derby and Agnes de Keveliock, Lady of Chartley) was born in 1190; died on 22 Sep 1247 in Evington, Leicestershire, England; was buried after 22 Sep 1247 in Merevale Abbey, Merevale, Warwickshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 34. Agnes de Ferrers  Descendancy chart to this point died on 11 May 1290.
    2. 35. Isabel de Ferrers  Descendancy chart to this point died on 11 Nov 1260.
    3. 36. Maud de Ferrers  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1298/99; died on 12 Mar 1299.
    4. 37. Sybil de Ferrers  Descendancy chart to this point
    5. 38. Jean de Ferrers  Descendancy chart to this point died in 1267.
    6. 39. Agatha de Ferrers  Descendancy chart to this point died on 22 May 1306.
    7. 40. Alianore de Ferrers  Descendancy chart to this point died on 26 Oct 1274.

  9. 20.  Eva Marshall Descendancy chart to this point (7.William3, 2.John2, 1.Gilbert1) died in by 1246.

    Family/Spouse: William de Braose, Lord de Braiose. William (son of Reginald de Braose and Grecia de Briwere) died on 2 May 1230. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 41. Maud de Braose  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1258; died before 23 Mar 1300/01.
    2. 42. Eva de Braose  Descendancy chart to this point died in 1255.
    3. 43. Eleanor de Braiose  Descendancy chart to this point was buried in Llanthony Priory, Llanthony, Monmouthshire, Wales.

  10. 21.  Joan Marshal Descendancy chart to this point (7.William3, 2.John2, 1.Gilbert1) died after 1234.

    Family/Spouse: Warin de Munchensi, Lord of Swanscombe. Warin (son of William de Munchensi, Baron Munchensi and Aveline de Clare, Countess of Essex) was born in 1192; died in Jul 1255. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 44. Joan de Munchensy, Countess of Pembroke  Descendancy chart to this point died before 30 Sep 1307.
    2. 45. John de Munchensy  Descendancy chart to this point died in 1247.

  11. 22.  Roger de Somery, Lord Dudley Descendancy chart to this point (10.Margaret3, 2.John2, 1.Gilbert1) was born about 1208 in Dinas Powis, Wales; died in by 26 Aug 1273 in Staffordshire, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • History: birth to death

    Notes:

    Parents: Weis (1982) gives John de Somery and Hawise de Paynell as his parents. This is incorrect.

    History:
    He held Dinas Powis.

    Family/Spouse: Nicole d'Aubigny. Nicole (daughter of William de Albini, Earl of Arundel and Mabel of Chester) was born about 1210 in Arundel, Sussex, England; died in 1240 in Dudley Castle, Dudley, Staffordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 46. Joan de Somery  Descendancy chart to this point died in 1282.
    2. 47. Margaret de Somery  Descendancy chart to this point was born after 18 Jun 1293.

    Roger married Amabilia de Chaucombe in by 1254. Amabilia died about 1278. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 48. Roger de Somery, Lord Dudley  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 24 Jun 1255; died on 11 Oct 1291.


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