William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke (first creation)
Tomb of William Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, and his first wife, Mary Woodville, in Tintern Abbey.
From
[Herbertorum Prosapia].
Image from
Woodville Gallery
by Susan Higginbotham.
William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke
(of the 1st creation for Herbert),
born c.1423.
See
wikipedia
and
genealogics.
He
mar
Anne Devereux
[dau of
Walter Devereux
and
Elizabeth Merbury].
He was a
leading
Yorkist in War of Roses.
Created Earl of Pembroke 1468 by
Edward IV.
He was the
1st Earl of Pembroke of the first creation for the Herbert family,
though not the first creation of
the title itself.
He
appears in
Henry VI, part 3
by Shakespeare.
Beheaded, 1469:
Captured by Lancastrians and beheaded on 27 July 1469, age c.46 yrs.
He was buried at Tintern Abbey,
Tintern, Wales.
1st Earl
had issue by his wife Anne:
-
William Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke.
He mar Mary Woodville
[sister of the queen,
Elizabeth Woodville].
He
surrendered title 1479 in exchange for Earldom of Huntingdon.
Legitimate line extinct 1491.
He was bur Tintern Abbey.
2nd Earl and Mary
had issue:
-
Elizabeth Herbert, 3rd Baroness Herbert.
She
mar
Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester
and had issue.
- Sir George Herbert,
of St.Julians, Newport, Monmouthshire,
had issue:
- Sir Walter Herbert,
of St.Julian's.
He died 1551.
He had issue:
- William Herbert, MP, of St.Julian's.
He died 1567.
He had issue:
- Sir William Herbert.
Welsh colonist in Ireland, arrived 1587.
His property included Castleisland, Co.Kerry,
and neighbourhood.
His house was at Castleisland.
He died 1593.
1st Earl also
had an affair and had illegitimate issue (unclear who mother was):
- Sir Richard Herbert,
illegitimate.
Constable of Abergavenny Castle.
He mar Margaret Cradock [dau of Sir Mathew Cradock of Swansea].
He died 2nd or 12th, Sept 1510.
Sir Richard and Margaret had issue:
- William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke
(of the 2nd creation for Herbert), born 1506.
