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1st Earl of Pembroke (first creation)

William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke (of the first creation) (see here and here), born c.1423,
mar and had issue:

1. 2nd Earl of Pembroke,
   poss. see Richard III by Shakespeare,
   surrendered title 1479 in exchange for Earldom of Huntingdon (see [Burkes Extinct]),
   legitimate line extinct 1491.

had affair and had issue:

1. Sir Richard Herbert, illegitimate,
   Constable of Abergavenny Castle,
   mar Margaret Cradock [dau of Sir Mathew Cradock of Swansea]
   and died 2nd or 12th, Sept 1510, having had issue:
   1. William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke, born 1506.

leading Yorkist in War of Roses,
cr 1468 by Edward IV,
appears in Henry VI, part 3 by Shakespeare,
captured by Lancastrians and beheaded 1469, age c.46 yrs.

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