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1141 |
Rout of Winchester: burning of Wherwell Abbey William Marshal probably born at Marlborough |
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1152 |
Siege of Newbury: William held hostage |
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1159 |
William leaves home to become squire in Normandy |
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1166 |
Knighted before battle of Drincourt; scores first tournament successes |
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1168 |
Wounded and captured defending Queen Eleanor |
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1170 |
Coronation of Young King; William appointed tutor-in-arms |
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1173 |
Young King’s Revolt |
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1176 |
Begins seven-year tournament career |
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1182 |
William loses Young King’s favour and leaves court |
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1183 |
Returns to witness Young King’s death; takes Cross |
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1184 |
Pilgrimage to Jerusalem |
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1185 |
Joins Henry II’s household |
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1188 |
Angevin-Capetian war: William masterminds Henry II’s raiding strategy |
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1189 |
Defence of Le Mans; William stands by Henry II in final illness |
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Accession of Richard I; William marries Isabel of Clare |
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1190 |
Richard departs on Third Crusade; William appointed justiciar |
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1194 |
Richard returns; William becomes Marshal of England Accompanies Richard to Normandy; commands rearguard at Frétéval |
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1197 |
Milli raid and siege of Arras |
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1202 |
Renewed Capetian aggression; sieges of Arques and Mirebeau |
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1203 |
Murder of Arthur of Brittany and loss of Normandy |
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1205 |
William loses royal favour after refusing to serve overseas |
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1207 |
William withdraws to Ireland |
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1208 |
William’s knights fight proxy war against John’s Irish justiciar |
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1210 |
John’s Irish expedition |
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1211 |
John’s Welsh expeditions (x2) |
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1212 |
Plot to murder John; William rallies Irish barons to king |
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1213 |
William restored to favour |
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1214 |
Battle of Bouvines confirms Angevin loss of Normandy |
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1215 |
Baronial revolt; John issues Magna Carta |
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1216 |
French invasion overruns south-east England |
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1217 |
Battle of Lincoln: William destroys Franco-rebel army |
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1218 |
Restoration of order; siege of Newark |
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1219 |
William’s illness and death |