Biography of William "The Younger" Marshal 2nd Earl Pembroke 1190-1231

In August 1189 William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke [aged 43] and Isabel Clare Countess Pembroke [aged 17] were married at Temple Church, London [Map]. The title Earl Pembroke (1C 1138) was not included in the settlement since it had been rescinded as a consequence of Isabel's father having supported King Stephen. The difference in their ages was 26 years. She the daughter of Richard "Strongbow" Clare 2nd Earl Pembroke and Aoife ni Diarmait Macmurrough Countess Pembroke and Buckingham.

In 1190 William "The Younger" Marshal 2nd Earl Pembroke was born to [his father] William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke [aged 44] and [his mother] Isabel Clare Countess Pembroke [aged 18].

In 1199 [his father] William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke [aged 53] was created 1st Earl Pembroke.

On 7th May 1202 Hamelin Warenne Earl of Surrey [aged 73] died. His son [his future brother-in-law] William succeeded 5th Earl Surrey and inherited his estates including Conisbrough Castle [Map]. He undertook further building work including the Great Hall and service buildings in the Inner Bailey. [his sister] Maud Marshal Countess Norfolk and Surrey [aged 8] by marriage Countess Surrey.

Around December 1206 [his brother-in-law] Hugh Bigod 3rd Earl Norfolk [aged 24] and [his sister] Maud Marshal Countess Norfolk and Surrey [aged 12] were married. She the daughter of [his father] William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke [aged 60] and [his mother] Isabel Clare Countess Pembroke [aged 34]. He the son of Roger Bigod 2nd Earl Norfolk [aged 62] and Ida Tosny Countess Norfolk [aged 50]. They were third cousins.

After 1208 [his brother] Anselm Marshal 6th Earl Pembroke and [his sister-in-law] Maud Bohun Countess Pembroke and Winchester were married. She by marriage Countess Pembroke. She the daughter of Humphrey Bohun 2nd Earl Hereford 1st Earl Essex [aged 4] and Matilda Lusignan Countess Hereford and Essex. He the son of [his father] William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke [aged 62] and [his mother] Isabel Clare Countess Pembroke [aged 36]. They were half third cousin once removed.

In September 1214 William "The Younger" Marshal 2nd Earl Pembroke [aged 24] and Alice Béthune Countess Pembroke were married. She by marriage Countess Pembroke. She the daughter of Baldwin Béthune Count Aumale and Hawise Blois 2nd Countess Albemarle and Essex. He the son of William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke [aged 68] and Isabel Clare Countess Pembroke [aged 42].

Before 1215 [his wife] Alice Béthune Countess Pembroke was murdered.

In or before 1218 [his brother-in-law] Gilbert Clare 5th Earl Gloucester 4th Earl Hertford [aged 37] and [his sister] Isabel Marshal Countess Cornwall, Gloucester and Hertford [aged 17] were married. She by marriage Countess Gloucester, Countess Hertford. The difference in their ages was 20 years. She the daughter of [his father] William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke [aged 71] and [his mother] Isabel Clare Countess Pembroke [aged 45]. He the son of Richard Clare 3rd Earl Hertford and Amice Fitzrobert Countess Hertford. They were third cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.

On 14th May 1219 [his father] William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke [aged 73] died. His son William [aged 29] succeeded 2nd Earl Pembroke.

In 1220 [his mother] Isabel Clare Countess Pembroke [aged 48] died. She was buried in the choir of Tintern Abbey [Map].

In 1221 Roger Bigod 2nd Earl Norfolk [aged 77] died. His son [his brother-in-law] Hugh [aged 39] succeeded 3rd Earl Norfolk. [his sister] Maud Marshal Countess Norfolk and Surrey [aged 27] by marriage Countess Norfolk.

Around 1222 [his brother] Richard Marshal 3rd Earl Pembroke [aged 31] and [his sister-in-law] Gervase Dinant Countess Pembroke were married. He the son of [his father] William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke and [his mother] Isabel Clare Countess Pembroke.

On 23rd April 1224 William "The Younger" Marshal 2nd Earl Pembroke [aged 34] and Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Pembroke and Leicester [aged 9] were married. She by marriage Countess Pembroke. The difference in their ages was 25 years. She the daughter of King John of England and Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England [aged 36]. He the son of William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke and Isabel Clare Countess Pembroke. They were fifth cousins.

On 13th October 1225 [his brother-in-law] William Warenne 5th Earl of Surrey and [his sister] Maud Marshal Countess Norfolk and Surrey [aged 31] were married. She the daughter of [his father] William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke and [his mother] Isabel Clare Countess Pembroke. He the son of Hamelin Warenne Earl of Surrey and Isabella Warenne Countess Boulogne 4th Countess of Surrey. They were half second cousin once removed.

On 30th March 1231 [his brother-in-law] Richard of Cornwall 1st Earl Cornwall [aged 22] and [his sister] Isabel Marshal Countess Cornwall, Gloucester and Hertford [aged 30] were married at Fawley, Lambourn. She by marriage Countess Cornwall. She the daughter of [his father] William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke and [his mother] Isabel Clare Countess Pembroke. He the son of King John of England and [his mother-in-law] Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England [aged 43]. They were fifth cousins.

In April 1231 Hawise Gernon 2nd Countess Lincoln [aged 51] succeeded 2nd Countess Lincoln. Robert Quincy Earl Lincoln by marriage Earl Lincoln. She was gifted the title by her childless brother Ranulf de Blondeville Gernon 6th Earl Chester 1st Earl Lincoln [aged 61] by agreement with [his brother-in-law] King Henry III of England [aged 23].

On 6th April 1231 William "The Younger" Marshal 2nd Earl Pembroke [aged 41] died. His brother Richard [aged 40] succeeded 3rd Earl Pembroke. Gervase Dinant Countess Pembroke by marriage Countess Pembroke.

In 1238 Simon de Montfort 6th Earl of Leicester 1st Earl Chester [aged 30] and [his former wife] Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Pembroke and Leicester [aged 23] were married at Westminster Palace [Map]. She by marriage Countess of Leicester. She the daughter of King John of England and [his former mother-in-law] Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England [aged 50]. He the son of Simon "Elder" Montfort 5th Earl of Leicester and Alix Montmorency. They were half third cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.

On 13th April 1275 [his former wife] Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Pembroke and Leicester [aged 60] died at Montargis Abbey.