the ledger of connections
The Connections of William Marshal
Anglo-Norman soldier and statesman (1146-1219) Every person recorded alongside William Marshal in the archive: family, teachers, students, influences, and the contemporaries who shared the same years.
Family & Connections
People recorded alongside William Marshal in the ledgers of the archive.
- Parents
- John Marshall, Sibyl of Salisbury
- Spouses
- Isabel de Clare, 4th Countess of Pembroke
- Children
- Isabel Marshal, Richard Marshal, 3rd Earl of Pembroke, William Marshal, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, Maud Marshal, Eva Marshal, Gilbert Marshal, 4th Earl of Pembroke, Walter Marshal, 5th Earl of Pembroke, Anselm Marshal, 6th Earl of Pembroke, Joan Marshal, Sibyl Marshal
- Siblings
- Henry Marshal
Alive in the same years
Records in the archive whose lifetimes overlapped the years 1146 to 1219.

Medieval era
Rumi
September 30, 1207 – December 17, 1273
Persian poet and Sufi mystic, among the best-selling poets in the world today

Medieval era
Francis of Assisi
June 24, 1182 – October 3, 1226
Italian Catholic saint, friar, deacon and preacher and founder of the Franciscan Order (1181/2–1226)

Medieval era
Hildegard of Bingen
1098 – September 17, 1179
German Benedictine abbess, polymath, mystic and Doctor of Church (1098–1179)

Medieval era
Al-Musta'sim
1213 – February 20, 1258
37th and last Abbasid Caliph (r. 1242–1258)

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Eleanor of Aquitaine
1124 – April 1, 1204
Queen consort of France; Queen consort of England; suo jure Duchess of Aquitaine; patroness

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Richard the Lionheart
September 8, 1157 – April 6, 1199
King of England from 1189 to 1199 (1157–1199)

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King John of England
December 24, 1166 – October 19, 1216
King of England from 1199 to 1216

Medieval era
Frederick Barbarossa
1122 – June 10, 1190
Holy Roman Emperor from 1155 to 1190

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Saladin
1138 – March 4, 1193
Sultan who united the Muslim world and retook Jerusalem with famed chivalry

Medieval era
Genghis Khan
May 31, 1162 – August 25, 1227
Founder of the Mongol Empire, the largest contiguous empire in history

Medieval era
Kublai Khan
1215 – 1294
Founding emperor of the Yuan dynasty, grandson of Genghis Khan (1215–1294)

Medieval era
Fibonacci
1170 – c. 1240
Italian mathematician (c.1170–c.1240/50)