William Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke

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William Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (* around 1455 , † July 16, 1490 ) was an English nobleman of Welsh origin.

origin

He was born between 1451 and 1460 as the eldest legitimate son of William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke and his wife Anne Devereux. His father was one of King Edward IV's closest confidants . He was raised by his mother, along with the young Henry Tudor, 2nd Earl of Richmond, at Raglan Castle , his family seat. He was knighted around 1465 and enfeoffed at Dunster Castle in Somerset at the instigation of his father . In September 1466 he married Mary Woodville, daughter of Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers and sister of the Queen Consort Elizabeth Woodville .

Life

After the execution of his father in 1469 after the lost battle of Edgecote Moor , he inherited his lands, titles and the claims to his partly inheritable offices, such as that of the Justiciars of Carmarthenshire and Cardiganshire in Wales. After the Battle of Barnet in 1471, the victory of which restored the rule of King Edward IV, he entered London with the King. However, he received little rewards from the king, so that the relationship between him and the king deteriorated. In 1475 he accompanied the king on his unsuccessful campaign to France. After returning to England, the king allowed him to inherit from his father. Herbert, however, did not have the charisma and skills of his father, so that he did not achieve the position of his father, who had ruled like a viceroy to Edward IV in Wales. The power that had exercised his father eventually went to a newly established Council of the Prince of Wales over, and had on July 4, 1479 Herbert favor of the crown on his title Earl of Pembroke refrain of Edward, Prince of Wales , the eldest Son of the king was transferred. In compensation, Herbert was given the title of Earl of Huntingdon .

To Edward's brother and successor, King Richard III. , Herbert had better relationships again. In 1483 he raised troops in South Wales to put down the revolt of Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham against the king, and in February 1484 he was allowed to marry Richard's illegitimate daughter, Katherine. He received a pension of around £ 600 a year from the king , which nearly doubled his income, and presumably served Richard's son Edward of Middleham as Chamberlain . However, he did not act against his childhood friend Henry Tudor when he landed in Wales in 1485, nor did he support Richard III. at the battle of Bosworth . The new King Henry VII officially awarded him on September 22, 1486, so that Herbert kept his possessions and offices.

Family and offspring

From his marriage to Mary Woodville he had a daughter, Lady Elizabeth Herbert (around 1476 - around 1513). His second wife Katherine probably died around 1487, because when William attended the coronation of his first wife's cousin, Elizabeth of York , he was already listed as a widower.

On his death, his daughter Elizabeth inherited his lands and the title of Baron Herbert . She married Charles Somerset in 1492 , who was made Earl of Worcester after her death . Their possessions then fell to the Somerset family. The title Earl of Pembroke, however, became extinct due to the lack of direct male descendants.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ RA Griffiths: Herbert, William, first earl of Pembroke (c.1423–1469). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of 2004
predecessor Office successor
William Herbert Earl of Pembroke
1469-1479 		Title abandoned
William Herbert Baron Herbert
1469-1490 		Elizabeth Herbert
New title created Earl of Huntingdon
1479-1490 		Title expired
personal data
SURNAME Herbert, William, 2nd Earl of Pembroke
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Herbert, William, 1st Earl of Huntingdon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English nobleman
DATE OF BIRTH around 1455
DATE OF DEATH July 16, 1490