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c. 1147 |
William Marshal born to John Marshal and Sybil of Salisbury |
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1152 |
Siege of Newbury; William held as a royal hostage |
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1154 |
Accession of Henry II; the start of the Angevin era |
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c. 1160 |
William travels to Tancerville in Normandy to train as a knight |
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1166 |
William knighted and gains his first taste of combat at Neufchâtel William participates in his first knightly tournament |
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1168 |
William travels to Aquitaine in Patrick of Salisbury’s retinue, but is taken captive by the Lusignans Ransomed by Eleanor of Aquitaine, William enters the queen’s knightly retinue |
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1170 |
Coronation of Henry the Young King in London William appointed as Young Henry’s tutor in arms |
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1173–4 |
First rebellion against Henry II’s regime |
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1176 |
William and Young Henry start to tour the northern French tournament circuit |
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1179 |
William permitted to raise his own banner and attends the great tournament at Lagny-sur-Marne |
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1180 |
Accession of Philip II Augustus to the French crown |
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1182 |
William accused of betraying Henry the Young King and forced into exile |
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1183 |
Second rebellion against Henry II’s regime William returns to Young Henry’s side Henry the Young King dies at Martel; William sets out for the Holy Land |
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c. 1186 |
William enters King Henry II’s household |
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1187 |
Saladin wins the battle of Hattin and conquers Jerusalem, sparking the Third Crusade |
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1189 |
William fights to defend Le Mans and unhorses Richard the Lionheart Henry II succeeded by Richard I William marries Isabel of Clare, becoming lord of Striguil |
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1190–4 |
King Richard absent on crusade and in captivity William serves as co-justiciar of England |
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1194–9 |
William fights alongside King Richard to restore the Angevin realm |
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1199 |
Richard the Lionheart slain at Châlus; succeeded by John William appointed as earl of Pembroke |
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1200 |
Treaty of Le Goulet agreed between John and Philip II Augustus |
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1200–1 |
William’s first visit Pembroke and Ireland |
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1202 |
William seeks to defend Normandy from French invasion John successfully relieves Mirebeau |
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1203 |
Probable murder of Arthur of Brittany; the Angevin realm starts to collapse |
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1204 |
Rouen and Château Gaillard fall to the French; Normandy is lost |
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1205 |
William quarrels with King John |
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1207–8 |
William returns to Ireland Crisis in Leinster |
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1210 |
King John leads an expedition to Ireland in pursuit of William of Briouze |
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1212 |
‘Plot’ to kill King John uncovered William returns to royal favour |
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1213 |
King John reconciled with the papacy |
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1214 |
Battle of Bouvines |
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1215 |
Start of the Baronial Rebellion Sealing of Magna Carta |
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1216 |
Prince Louis of France invades England Death of King John and coronation of Henry III William appointed as ‘guardian of the realm’ |
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1217 |
Battle of Lincoln |
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1219 |
William dies and is buried at the Temple Church in London |
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c. 1226 |
The History of William Marshal completed |
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1861 |
Paul Meyer examines a copy of the History of William Marshal at Sotheby’s |