1146 - 1219
William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke (1146 or 1147 – 14 May 1219), also called William the Marshal (Norman French: Williame li Mareschal, French: Guillaume le Maréchal), was an Anglo-Norman soldier and statesman. He served five English kings: Henry II and his son and de jure co-ruler Young King Henry, Richard I, John, and finally John's son Henry III. Knighted in 1166, he spent his younger years as a knight errant and a successful tournament competitor; Stephen Langton eulogised him as the "best knight that ever lived." In 1189, he became the de facto earl of Pembroke through his marriage to Isabel de Clare whose parents were Aoife MacMurrough and Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke. The title of earl was not officially granted until 1199, and is considered to be the second creation of the Pembroke earldom. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke has received more than 1,901,964 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke is the 435th most popular nobleman (down from 351st in 2019), the 1,361st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,261st in 2019) and the 37th most popular British Nobleman.
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Among noblemen, William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke ranks 435 out of 842. Before him are Humbert III, Count of Savoy, Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland, Françoise Madeleine d'Orléans, Margaret Stewart, Dauphine of France, Archduke Ferdinand Karl of Austria, and Charles II Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers. After him are William III, Landgrave of Thuringia, Hugh Magnus, Princess Antoinette, Baroness of Massy, Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy, William the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Princess Maria Anna of Anhalt-Dessau.
1136 - 1189
HPI: 56.45
Rank: 429
1979 - Present
HPI: 56.45
Rank: 430
1648 - 1664
HPI: 56.43
Rank: 431
1424 - 1445
HPI: 56.43
Rank: 432
1868 - 1915
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 433
1609 - 1631
HPI: 56.41
Rank: 434
1146 - 1219
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 435
1425 - 1482
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 436
1007 - 1025
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 437
1920 - 2011
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 438
1936 - Present
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 439
1535 - 1592
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 440
1837 - 1906
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 441
Among people born in 1146, William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke ranks 2. Before him is Conrad of Montferrat. After him is Gerald of Wales. Among people deceased in 1219, William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke ranks 4. Before him are Yolanda of Flanders, Leo I, King of Armenia, and Minamoto no Sanetomo. After him are Peter II of Courtenay, Guillaume de Chartres, and Conon de Béthune.
1146 - 1192
HPI: 66.08
Rank: 1
1146 - 1219
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 2
1146 - 1201
HPI: 49.67
Rank: 3
1175 - 1219
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 1
1150 - 1219
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 2
1192 - 1219
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 3
1146 - 1219
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 4
1155 - 1219
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 5
1178 - 1219
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 6
1150 - 1219
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 7
Among people born in United Kingdom, William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke ranks 1,361 out of 7,765. Before him are Margaret Stewart, Dauphine of France (1424), Mark Rylance (1960), Geezer Butler (1949), Robert Darwin (1766), Arthur Machen (1863), and Alan Shearer (1970). After him are Steven Berkoff (1937), Tom Pryce (1949), Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1623), Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (1799), John Toshack (1949), and Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy (1936).
1424 - 1445
HPI: 56.43
Rank: 1,355
1960 - Present
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 1,356
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.41
Rank: 1,357
1766 - 1848
HPI: 56.41
Rank: 1,358
1863 - 1947
HPI: 56.41
Rank: 1,359
1970 - Present
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 1,360
1146 - 1219
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 1,361
1937 - Present
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 1,362
1949 - 1977
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 1,363
1623 - 1673
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 1,364
1799 - 1869
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 1,365
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 1,366
1936 - Present
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 1,367
Among noblemen born in United Kingdom, William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke ranks 37. Before him are Prince Michael of Kent (1942), John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford (1389), Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (1855), Prince William, Duke of Gloucester (1689), Jacquetta of Luxembourg (1415), and Margaret Stewart, Dauphine of France (1424). After him are Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy (1936), Louise d'Orléans (1869), Princess Augusta of Great Britain (1737), Jasper Tudor (1431), Frances Shand Kydd (1936), and Edmund Tudor, Duke of Somerset (1499).
1942 - Present
HPI: 59.26
Rank: 31
1389 - 1435
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 32
1855 - 1944
HPI: 57.89
Rank: 33
1689 - 1700
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 34
1415 - 1472
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 35
1424 - 1445
HPI: 56.43
Rank: 36
1146 - 1219
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 37
1936 - Present
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 38
1869 - 1952
HPI: 56.08
Rank: 39
1737 - 1813
HPI: 56.05
Rank: 40
1431 - 1495
HPI: 55.51
Rank: 41
1936 - 2004
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 42
1499 - 1500
HPI: 53.73
Rank: 43