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William Marshal was a busy boy! - that is probably because there were two. Both were Earl's of Pembroke.

The effigies of William Marshal that can be seen in Temple church, Lincolns Inn, and that of Geofrey de Mandeville must have some significance.

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The title: Earl of Pembroke

In my history of the region my interest in this Earldom relates primarily to the 2nd and 3rd creations, the de Clares and the Marchals.

Wikipedia:

Earl of Pembroke is a title in the Peerage of England that was first created in the 12th century by King Stephen of England.
The title, which is associated with Pembroke, Pembrokeshire in West Wales, has been recreated ten times from its original inception.

1st Earl of Pembroke

William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke (1146 or 1147 – 14 May 1219), also called William the Marshal (Norman French: Williame li Mareschal,[1] French: Guillaume le Maréchal), was an Anglo-Norman soldier and statesman during High Medieval England[2] who served five English kings: Henry II and his son and co-ruler Young Henry, Richard I, John, and finally Henry III.

2nd Earl of Pembroke

William Marshal, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (French: Guillaume le Maréchal) (1190 – 6 April 1231) was a medieval English nobleman and was one of the sureties of Magna Carta. He fought during the First Barons' War and was present at the Battle of Lincoln (1217) alongside his father William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke, who led the English troops in that battle. He commissioned the first biography of a medieval knight to be written, called L'Histoire de Guillaume le Mareschal, in honour of his father.

Later creations such as 4th, Hastings - 5th, Lancaster (1414) - 6th, del la Pole (

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