Patrick of Salisbury, 1st Earl of Salisbury ( 11221168) was an
Anglo-Norman nobleman
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, and the uncle of the famous
William Marshal
William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke (1146 or 1147 – 14 May 1219), also called William the Marshal (Norman French: ', French: '), was an Anglo-Norman soldier and statesman. He served five English kings— Henry II, his sons the "Young King" ...
.
His parents were
Walter of Salisbury and Sibyl de Chaworth.
Before 1141, Patrick was constable of
Salisbury
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, a powerful local official but not a nobleman. That year, Patrick married his sister, Sibyl, to
John fitzGilbert the Marshal, who had been a local rival of his, and transferred his allegiance from
King Stephen to the
Empress Matilda. This political move gained him his earldom, and the friendship of John the Marshal. Patrick's nephew, William the Marshal would go on to become regent of England during the minority of Henry III. For a time William served as a household knight with Patrick during Patrick's time as governor of Poitou.
The Earl of Salisbury also minted his own coins, struck in the county town of Salisbury during the so-called "baronial issues" of 1135–1153. Only four examples have survived, three of which are in the
Conte collection.
Patrick married twice,
[ his second wife being Ela, daughter of William III Talvas, Duke of Alençon and ]Ponthieu
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History
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, whom he married in 1149. Ela was widow of William de Warenne, 3rd Earl of Surrey
William de Warenne, 3rd Earl of Surrey (11196 January 1148) was an Anglo-Norman nobleman, member of the House of Warenne, who fought in England during the Anarchy and generally remained loyal to King Stephen. Elisabeth van Houts, 'The Warenne ...
. Patrick and Ela had a son, William
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in about 1150[ and three others, including Walter and Philip.]Guy of Lusignan
Guy of Lusignan (c. 1150 – 18 July 1194) was a French Poitevin knight, son of Hugh VIII of Lusignan and as such born of the House of Lusignan. He was king of Jerusalem from 1186 to 1192 by right of marriage to Sibylla of Jerusalem, and King ...
.
References
* Barlow, Frank. ''The Feudal Kingdom of England 1042–1216'' Londan: Longman Group Limited, 1961.
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Year of birth uncertain
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