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The Marshal's career entered a new phase in 1170 when he was appointed to the household of Henry the Young King, eldest surviving son of Eleanor and her second husband Henry II of England, crowned that year as associate king to his father.

William was intended to be the boy's tutor-in-arms, but became his mentor and idol.

He infected the boy with his passion for the tournament, and for the next twelve years he was the Young King's constant companion and tournament team manager.

He followed the Young King in his abortive rebellion against his father in 1173 – 74, and William makes his first appearance in the historical record in a list of rebels compiled by the clerks of Henry II.

William is alleged by his biographer to have knighted his young master during the course of the rebellion, but we know from other sources that Young Henry had in fact been knighted by his father before his coronation in 1170.