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1st Earl of Pembroke c. 1146-1219. English
knight, regent of England from 1216. After
supporting the dying Henry II against Richard
(later Richard I), he went on a crusade to
Palestine, was pardoned by Richard, and was
granted an earldom in 1189. On King John's
death he was appointed guardian of the future
Henry III, and defeated the French under
Louis VIII to enable Henry to gain the
throne. He grew up as a squire in Normandy
and became tutor in 1170 to Henry, son of
Henry II of England. William's life was a
model of chivalric loyalty, serving four
successive kings of England.