William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke
William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke KG, PC ( April 8th, 1580 *, † April 10, 1630 ) was a wealthy English nobleman, son of Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, and his third wife Mary Sidney.
Life
As Chancellor of Oxford University, he founded Pembroke College with James I. He was greatly interested in the colonization of America. From 1615 to 1625 he was Lord Chamberlain of the Household from 1626 to 1630 and Lord Steward. He is regarded as a saint of William Shakespeare.
The attempt of his father Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, to convey Williams marriage to the granddaughter Bridget Vere, daughter of Edward de Vere, the drawing Son of William Cecil, failed.
At the age of 20 he had to accept an affair with Mary Fitton, of the many experts that it should be the geschwängerte by him, which stands for the Dark Lady in Shakespeare's Sonnets. Herbert William gave his paternity, but refused to marry Mary Fitton and one was transported to the Fleet prison, where he wrote poetry. Born in 1601 of Mary Fitton son died immediately after birth. Although his application for pardon of Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury was eventually upheld, he was banished from court.
He married on November 4, 1604 Mary Herbert, Countess of Pembroke, the diminutive daughter of Gilbert Talbot, 7th Earl of Shrewsbury. His affair with the daughter of his uncle Robert Sidney, Lady Mary Wroth, after the death of their husband Robert Wroth led to the birth of two children, William and Catherine.
He died in 1630 at the age of 50 years, which his title was passed on to his brother Philip Herbert.
William Herbert and William Shakespeare
Two brothers, William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke ( 1580-1630 ), and Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke ( 1584-1650 ) was in 1623, seven years after the death of William Shakespeare from Stratford the first complete works of William Shakespeare ( so-called First Folio ) appropriated. (TO THE MOST NOBLE and INCOMPARABLE PAIRE OF BETHREN, William, Earl of Pembroke & Lord Chamber Laine and Philip, Earle of Montgomery )
William Herbert is a discussion of several candidates for the youthful character ( " fair youth" ) from the Thomas Thorpe (DD ) issued by the sonnets of Shakespeare, the poet afflicted in the first 18 sonnets to marry. Because his initials ( Mr. WH) on the issues raised initials of the dedication of the Sonnets, "the only begetter of synthesis ensuing sonnets " fit, he is a popular candidate for the dedication of Shakespeare's sonnets has remained (for BEK Chambers ) although both other people such as Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton or William Hathcliffe are discussed as well as the fact that behind the compilation of the pressure of the sonnets were written at different times, several people including the poet hide itself.