William Marshall: The Greatest Medieval Knight The World Forgot About

YouTube ^ | June 21, 2025 | Chronicle - Medieval History Documentaries

[SunkenCiv]

Historian Dr Tom Asbridge reveals the extraordinary life of William Marshall, the celebrated medieval knight often hailed as "the greatest knight in the world" and his incredible journey from humble origins and a childhood as a royal hostage to becoming a regent of England who fought alongside four kings. Marshall's unwavering loyalty and unparalleled chivalry didn't just save lives on the battlefield but also saved the English royal line from French conquest and played a pivotal role in the shaping of Magna Carta. His story is a testament to how one man's prowess and honor could dramatically alter the course of history. 

William Marshall: The Greatest Medieval Knight The World Forgot About | 52:11 
Chronicle - Medieval History Documentaries | 812K subscribers | 100,965 views | June 21, 2025

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TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: epigraphyandlanguage; godsgravesglyphs; houseofnormandy; magnacarta; middleages; williammarshall

[SunkenCiv]

• notegpt.io here is a free youtube summarizer. you drop the link to the youtube in the summarizer and it spits out a summary.

[SunkenCiv]

At 15:34 the host gets to handle a medieval sword, will definitely be of interest, IMHO.

[mass55th]

I’m supposed to be related to him through two of his daughters. Can’t prove it though. In May 2006, I walked around the outside of Pembroke Castle where Henry Tudor or Henry VII was born, and went into its gift shop to buy a book about the castle. Wasn’t able to tour the castle as my bus group was waiting to catch the ferry to Ireland that morning. Never got back there. Richard I gave the castle to Marshall. When I went back to London the following year, I wanted to go to Temple Church where Marshall is buried, but it was closed for renovations, and scaffolding was all around the outside. Never got back for that either. Too old now, and no money.

[Cold Heart]

I walked through Pembroke Castle while my ship was docked in the nearby port. It was a beautiful day and the castle was a relaxing memorable experience. About 40+ years ago. I did buy that book.

[SunkenCiv]

Wow! My ancestors’ castles and whatnot are either in ruins, or don’t appear to exist at all, or have been so extensively renovated that the ancestors wouldn’t recognize ‘em. And of course, change a monarch and an ancestor falls out of favor, and one rather humble consequence is, conditions are created wherein I get born. So, no complaints. 😊

[SunkenCiv]

Nice presentation:

https://pembrokecastle.co.uk/

[The Duke]

I suspect some of my ancestors occupied some of the finest dungeons ...

[mass55th]

The majority of my DNA comes from England, Wales and Northwest Europe, including parts of France, Spain and Holland. That’s where my father was born. I didn’t know anything about my family history, or about the possible connection to Marshall and the Plantagenets until many years after my two trips there. Wish there was a way to confirm it all.

[mass55th]

Thanks for the link!!

[dadfly]

bookmark.

[Fiji Hill]

The wife of one of my close friends is descended from Albrecht von Wallenstein, who served for a time as commander-in-chief of the Holy Roman Empire’s armed forces during the Thirty Years War and was later assassinated. His castle, located in Prague, still stands.

[SunkenCiv]

My pleasure!

[SunkenCiv]

My German ancestors (not so far back) met working for one of the ‘von’ houses, just not that one. :^)

[Ezekiel]

His story is a testament to how one man's prowess and honor could dramatically alter the course of history.

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Once he was the most celebrated warrior of his day, and now he stands here behind the royal throne just as he did in life

Marshall: The Greatest Medieval Knight The World Forgot About

Ozzy didn't forget! (what a household name to us)

"The rock legend died on Tuesday just weeks after he took to the stage for his final show with Black Sabbath (pictured: the final photograph of him on stage)"

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See how.. loud the message traffic is, cloaked in the klipot? It's like bats flying out of a cave:

Klein's:

עֲטַלֵּף m.n. bat (in the Bible occurring only Lev. 11:19, Deut. 14:18, Is. 2:20, in the pl.). [Together with Aram. עֲטַלֵּיפָא prob. derived from עטף ᴵ and lit. meaning ‘the cloaked animal’.]

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks to my northern Euro origins, I have a pretty good chunk of Scandinavian DNA, which has been rolling along since the Vikings were running and sailing around. That’s just *some* of my ‘woodpile DNA’. 😊

[SunkenCiv]

Yeah, most of mine were run out of wherever they were born. 😉

[redangus]

England, Scotland, Ireland and a smidge of Alsace-Lorraine on my mom’s side. My mom’s maternal grandparent’s family were from villages about 20 miles from one another, but they didn’t meet until they got to Cincinnati.Things were a little more parochial back then.

I think the villages are on opposite sides of the French/German border now but were both in Germany at the time of their emigration. Of course, they had both also been in France at one time. Both family names are solidly Kraut though.

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Ancestor bump

[mass55th]

Interesting family background. Who knows, we could be related if you go far enough back. My mother was born in Canada, but her ancestors came mostly from England and Wales. My 9th great-grandfather on her side came over on the Mayflower and signed the Mayflower Compact. I also have about a quarter of DNA from the Germanic Empire, which takes in a whole bunch of countries. Also a smidgen of Scotland and Finland. All my grandparents had passed before I was born in 1947, and my parents had no info on their ancestors.

Many years ago I hired a genealogist in Holland to try to find info on my father's side. He sent me a list of about 5-6 generations back, which helped in conducting my searches on Ancestry.com. I actually found a photo of my Great-Grandfather that a collateral relative had posted. Turns out my father was named after him, and I couldn't believe the close resemblance. The info that went along with it said he worked for the railroad in Holland. He was actually dressed in his conductor's uniform in the photo. My father worked for the NY Central Railroad for over 50 years. He had been a track foreman for most of his years with the company.

[mass55th]

"Thanks to my northern Euro origins, I have a pretty good chunk of Scandinavian DNA"

Over the years, Ancestry.com has been changing the percentages of my DNA. They originally had Sweden and Denmark, but have now changed that to 1% Finland.