 1198 - 1245 (47 years)
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| Name |
Walter MARSHAL [1] |
| Suffix |
5th Earl of Pembroke |
| Born |
1198 |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
Nov 1245 |
| Person ID |
I6910 |
adkinshorton |
| Last Modified |
2 Jan 2013 |
| Father |
Sir William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke, b. 1146, Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales, England  , d. 14 May 1219, London, Greater London, England (Age 73 years) |
| Mother |
Isabel DE CLARE, Countess of Pembroke, b. 1172, Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales, England , d. 1220 (Age 48 years) |
| Married |
Aug 1189 |
London, Greater London, England |
| Family ID |
F25247 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Walter Marshal, 5th Earl of Pembroke. He had no little difficulty in obtaining livery of his inheritance, for when he came to do his homage, the king upbraided him with the injuries he had sustained from his predecessors. First, that Earl William, his father, had traitorously suffered Louis of France to escape out of England. Next, that Earl Richard, his brother, was a public enemy, and slain in fight as his enemy. That Gilbert, his brother, to whom at the instance of Edmund, Archbishop of Canterbury, he had more through grace than favor, vouchsafed livery of his lands, had against his expressed prohibition, met at the tournament, wherein he was killed. "And thou," continued the king, "in contempt of me, wast also there. With what face, therefore, canst thou lay claim to that inheritance?" Whereupon Walter replied: "Though I could give a reasonable answer to what you have said, nevertheless I refer myself solely to your highness. You have hitherto been gracious to me, and reputed me as one of your family, and not amongst the meanest of your servants. I never demerited your favor, but how, in being at this tournament with my brother, whom I could not deny; and if all who were there should be thus disinherited, you would raise no small disturbances in your realm. Far be it from a good king, that I should suffer for the faults of all, and that amongst so great a number be the first punished." The king soon after, through the intercession of the Bishop of Durham, vouchsafed him livery of the earldom and the marshal's office. He married Margaret Quincy, daughter of Robert de Quincy, but dying s. p. in 1245, was succeeded by his only remaining brother, Anseleme.
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