John Fitzgilbert 
John was born about 1126 in Normandy, France. John's father was Le Mareschal Gilbert and his mother was Daughter Of Geoffrey De Venuz. His paternal grandfather was Le Mareschal Geoffrey; his maternal grandfather was Geoffrey De Venuz. He was an only child. He died in 1164.General Notes
Name Suffix:<NSFX> Marshal Of England
John Mareschall, attaching himself to the fortunes of Maud against King Stephen, was with Robert, the consul, Earl of Gloucester, at the siege of Winchester Castle, when the party of the empress sustained so signal a defeat. Upon the accession of Henry II, however, in 1154, his fidelity was amply rewarded by considerable grants in the co. Wilts; and in the 10th of that monarch's reign, being then marshal, he laid claim, for the crown, to one of the manors of the see of Canterbury from the prelate, Thomas à Becket, who about that period, had commenced his contest with the king. To this John s. his son and heir, John Mareschall. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 357, Marshal, Barons Marshal]
They had a son named William.
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Children
William Marshal
William was born about 1146 in Normandy, France. He died on May 14th, 1219 in Caversham, , England. He was buried in Temple Church, London, Middlesex, England.
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