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.