William marshals biography is the only biography I have read and keep reading............from his capture at 5yrs old by king Stephen (given to him by his own father............."I have the hammer & anvils of which to forge even better sons"), feuds with the Lusignans after they killed his uncle and kidnapped him, the only person said to have ever de-horsed Richard the Lionheart, marrying Isobel de Clare (strongbow cider is named after her father), working for 5 Plantagenet kings, defeating Lincoln at age 70........and his mesne still had to stop him from travelling to Flanders to fight after..........and that's just a few! There's so much more to this man that's just ineffably awesome, it's almost criminal the way he's not more well known!
Brilliant lecture, Thank you, that's great because Magna Carta was widely held to be the people's reassertion of rights against an oppressive ruler and... still valid today, let's spread the news.
+Julian Gammon yours and millions of other people. If you take as a conservative estimate that each descendant produced 2 offspring that survived into adulthood (on average the figure is slightly higher) then over 25 generations that's 33,554,432 25th GGC. Even if you take into account the inevitable inbreeding, that's a lot of people..
William Marshal is a many times great grandfather of mine. Very proud of his achievements and his character.
William marshals biography is the only biography I have read and keep reading............from his capture at 5yrs old by king Stephen (given to him by his own father............."I have the hammer & anvils of which to forge even better sons"), feuds with the Lusignans after they killed his uncle and kidnapped him, the only person said to have ever de-horsed Richard the Lionheart, marrying Isobel de Clare (strongbow cider is named after her father), working for 5 Plantagenet kings, defeating Lincoln at age 70........and his mesne still had to stop him from travelling to Flanders to fight after..........and that's just a few! There's so much more to this man that's just ineffably awesome, it's almost criminal the way he's not more well known!
A brilliant lecture. So glad to have listened to it. Need to read up on Magna Carta.
So happy to see this. William Marshall is my ancestor!
***** Mine too ! :)
Wow!
Most impressive.
Mine as well through his daughter, Maud
He's my 16th great grand father.
Brilliant lecture, Thank you, that's great because Magna Carta was widely held to be the people's reassertion of rights against an oppressive ruler and... still valid today, let's spread the news.
Thank-you!
Thank you so very much for your thorough lecture..
Excellent but wish it was longer
Excellent, thank you.
Just excellent. Thank you.
Excellent summary of Sir William Marshal, my 25th GGF
+Julian Gammon yours and millions of other people. If you take as a conservative estimate that each descendant produced 2 offspring that survived into adulthood (on average the figure is slightly higher) then over 25 generations that's 33,554,432 25th GGC. Even if you take into account the inevitable inbreeding, that's a lot of people..
So what a descendant is a descendant.
In which way are you related to me ?
The last time we were invaded was 1797 .... Fishguard, Pembrokeshire by the French !!!
Igor Lord Judge.
Very similar to the duke of Zhou
Judge Judge?!
He is indeed, and a wonderful man!!
He may have been illiterate, but Marshal well could have dictated it to clerks.