Career

He held lands in Longueville, in Wales and also in Ireland. Fearing their treachery, he refused to visit King Henry III at Gloucester in August 1233, and he was declared a traitor. In March 1234, a truce was reached between the king and Marshal, the condition of which was the removal of Peter de Rivaux from court.

In the meanwhile, however, conflict had broken out in Ireland between Marshal"s brothers and some of the king"s supporters.

Hostilities followed, and Richard made an alliance with the Welsh prince Llywelyn the Great. Pembroke crossed from Wales to Ireland, where Peter des Roches had allegedly instigated his enemies to attack.

In April 1234 he was overpowered and wounded at the Battle of the Curragh by forces led by Maurice Fitzgerald, Justiciar of Ireland and died of his wounds on 16 April 1234 while being held prisoner. Marshal"s popularity also meant that his death was mourned in England, while the Poitevins – who were rumoured to have instigated the Irish war – fell further into disregard.