Earl of Pembroke

Earl of Pembroke is a hereditary British title of nobility in the Peerage of England, named after the town of Pembroke and the nearby Castle Pembroke Castle in Wales, which is now supported by the Herbert family. In addition, the title of Marchioness of Pembroke was also awarded once.

Ancestral home of the family is Wilton House in Wiltshire.

Ceremonies

The title was awarded a total of ten times. For the first time this was done in 1138 by the King of England at Stephan Gilbert de Clare. With the extinction of the line of the house of Clare title became extinct 1,185.

The second ceremony took place just four years later to William Marshal, one of the most famous and best knight of his time. This had married the eldest daughter of the second Earl of the previous ceremony. The title became extinct in 1245, when the last grandchild died Marshalls.

Two years later, ie in 1247, the title was created for the third time, now to William de Valence, an influential Anglo- French peer. 1324 extinguished the dignity again when his son died.

On September 1, 1533, King Henry VIII made ​​his wife Anne Boleyn to the Marchioness of Pembroke in his own right - his great-uncle Jasper Tudor Earl of Pembroke had been, and Henry's father Henry VII was born here.

Subordinate title

The present Earl of Pembroke also carries the title of Earl of Montgomery ( 1605 ), which was given to the younger son of the second Earl before he succeeded as fourth Earl of Pembroke, as well as the subsidiary title of Baron Herbert of Cardiff, of Cardiff in the County of Glamorgan ( 1551 ), Baron Herbert of Shurland, of Shurland in the Isle of Sheppey in the County of Kent ( 1605), and Baron Herbert of Lea, of Lea in the County of Wiltshire ( 1861). All these titles are in the Peerage of England, except the last, which belongs to the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

List of Earls and Marchioness of Pembroke

Earls of Pembroke, First Creation ( to 1138 )

Earls of Pembroke, Second Creation ( 1189 )

Earls of Pembroke, Third Creation ( 1247 )

  • William de Valence, 1st Earl of Pembroke (c. 1225-1296 )
  • Aymer de Valence, 2nd Earl of Pembroke ( 1270-1324 ) ( extinct )

Earls of Pembroke, Fourth Creation ( 1339 )

Earls of Pembroke, Fifth Creation ( 1414)

  • Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (1390-1447) ( extinct )

Earls of Pembroke, Sixth Creation ( 1446 )

Earls of Pembroke, Seventh Creation ( 1452 )

  • Jasper Tudor, 1st Duke of Bedford ( 1431-1495 to ) ( forfeit 1461, restored 1485 ) ( extinct )

Earls of Pembroke, Eighth Ceremony ( 1468 )

  • William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke ( 1423-1469 )
  • William Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke († 1491 ) ( waiver 1479 )

Earls of Pembroke, Ninth Ceremony ( 1479 )

  • Edward Plantagenet, 1st Earl of Pembroke ( 1470-1483 ) ( merged with the Crown in 1483 )

Marchioness of Pembroke ( 1533)

  • Anne Boleyn, Marchioness of Pembroke (1507-1536)

Earl of Pembroke, tithe award ( 1551 )

  • William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke ( 1501-1570 )
  • Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke ( 1534-1601 )
  • William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke ( 1580-1630 )
  • Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke, 1st Earl of Montgomery ( 1584-1649 )
  • Philip Herbert, 5th Earl of Pembroke, 2nd Earl of Montgomery ( 1621-1669 )
  • William Herbert, 6th Earl of Pembroke, 3rd Earl of Montgomery ( 1642-1674 )
  • Philip Herbert, 7th Earl of Pembroke, 4th Earl of Montgomery (approx. 1652-1683 )
  • Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke, 5th Earl of Montgomery ( 1656-1733 )
  • Henry Herbert, 9th Earl of Pembroke, 6th Earl of Montgomery ( 1693-1750 )
  • Henry Herbert, 10th Earl of Pembroke, 7th Earl of Montgomery ( 1734-1794 )
  • George Augustus Herbert, 11th Earl of Pembroke, 8th Earl of Montgomery ( 1759-1827 )
  • Robert Henry Herbert, 12th Earl of Pembroke, 9th Earl of Montgomery ( 1791-1862 )
  • George Herbert, 13th Earl of Pembroke, 10th Earl of Montgomery ( 1850-1895 )
  • Sidney Herbert, 14th Earl of Pembroke, 11th Earl of Montgomery ( 1853-1913 )
  • Reginald Herbert, 15th Earl of Pembroke, 12th Earl of Montgomery ( 1880-1960 )
  • Sidney Herbert, 16th Earl of Pembroke, 13th Earl of Montgomery ( 1906-1969 )
  • Henry Herbert, 17th Earl of Pembroke, 14th Earl of Montgomery ( 1939-2003 )
  • William Alexander Sidney Herbert, 18th Earl of Pembroke, 15th Earl of Montgomery ( b. 1978 )

Heir is his son Reginald Henry Michael Herbert, Lord Herbert (* 2012). Up to whose birth was George Reginald Oliver Molyneux long time Herbert, 8th Earl of Carnarvon ( * 1958 ) predicted Heritage ( Heir Presumptive ) of both Earls dignities, but not the Barony Herbert of Lea.

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