Marshal Dynasty | |
John Marshal | William Marshal’s father (with Sybil of Salisbury); an Anglo-Norman noble of middling rank who held the office of royal master marshal |
John II Marshal | William Marshal’s elder brother (d. 1194) |
William Marshal | Tournament champion, royal servant, lord of Striguil (from 1189), earl of Pembroke (from 1199) and ultimately regent of England |
Isabel of Clare | Wealthy heiress who married William Marshal in 1189 |
Young William Marshal | Eldest son and heir of William Marshal and Isabel of Clare |
Angevin Dynasty | |
Henry II | King of England (1154–89) and founder of the mighty Angevin realm |
Eleanor of Aquitaine | Heiress to the duchy of Aquitaine and wife of Henry II |
Henry the Young King | Eldest son and heir of Henry II and Eleanor, crowned as associate king in 1170; William Marshal’s lord and patron |
Richard the Lionheart | Duke of Aquitaine, count of Poitou and king of England (1189–99); one of the great warriors of his generation |
Count of Mortain and king of England (1189–99); Henry II’s and Eleanor’s youngest son – a divisive figure | |
Arthur of Brittany | Son of Geoffrey of Brittany and claimant to the Angevin realm in 1199 |
Henry III | Imperilled son and heir of King John (with Isabella of Angoulême); king of England (1216–72) |
Capetian Dynasty | |
Philip II Augustus | King of France (1180–1223); son and heir of Louis VII; an able and ambitious monarch and the Angevins’ arch-rival |
Marguerite of France | Louis VII of France’s daughter and wife of Henry the Young King |
Prince Louis | Eldest son and heir of Philip II Augustus |
Nobles, Knights & Courtiers | |
Patrick, earl of Salisbury | William Marshal’s uncle (d. 1168) |
William of Tancarville | Lord of the castle in Upper Normandy where William Marshal underwent his knightly training |
Philip, count of Flanders | Powerful and unscrupulous nobleman, and noted devotee of the tournament circuit |
William des Barres | Renowned French knight and servant of the Capetian dynasty |
Baldwin of Béthune | William Marshal’s peer and associate in the entourage of Henry the Young King and at the Angevin court |
William des Roches | Servant of the Angevin dynasty who rose through the ranks, but ultimately switched allegiance under King John |
Geoffrey FitzPeter | Administrator in the Angevin court who rose to become earl of Essex |
John of Earley | William Marshal’s loyal squire and knightly retainer |
Loyal servant to Richard the Lionheart and justiciar of England (for a time) during the king’s absence on the Third Crusade | |
William FitzPatrick | Earl of Salisbury and William Marshal’s cousin (d. 1196) |
William Longsword | Illegitimate son of King Henry II and earl of Salisbury through marriage to the heiress Ela |
Meiler FitzHenry | Justiciar of Ireland for King John |
Robert FitzWalter | Prominent nobleman in England and leading scion of the baronial rebellion |
William of Briouze | Prominent Marcher lord who found favour and then suffered ruination under King John |
Churchmen | |
Hubert Walter | Bishop of Salisbury (from 1189), archbishop of Canterbury (from 1193 to 1205) and justiciar of England |
Stephen Langton | Renowned theologian who became archbishop of Canterbury in 1213 |
Peter des Roches | Administrator, warrior and bishop of Winchester (from 1206) |
Pandulf | Papal legate to England from 1211 and again from 1218 |
Guala of Bicchieri | Papal legate to England from 1216 to 1218 |