Back William Herbert, Iarll 1af Penfro (1501–1570) Welsh William Herbert, 1. Earl of Pembroke (1501–1570) German William Herbert (1er comte de Pembroke, mort en 1570) French William Herbert, I conte di Pembroke Italian William Herbert (1501-1570) Dutch Герберт, Уильям, 1-й граф Пембрук (1501—1570) Russian William Herbert, 1:e earl av Pembroke (1501–1570) Swedish

William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke (died 1570)

For other people with the same name, see William Herbert (disambiguation).
The Right Honourable
The Earl of Pembroke
KG PC
The young William Herbert wearing Greenwich armour. Portrait at the National Museum in Cardiff.
Bornc. 1501
Died17 March 1570
Title1st Earl of Pembroke
Spouse(s)Anne Parr
Anne Talbot
Children3 (including Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke)
Parent(s)Sir Richard Herbert
Margaret Cradock
Arms of William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke (Herbert of Ewyas, Herefordshire): Herbert (Per pale azure and gules, three lions rampant argent), differenced (for illegitimacy) by a bordure componée gules bezantée and or. The difference was dropped by the 3rd Earl, who bore Herbert undifferenced[1]

William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke, 1st Baron Herbert of Cardiff KG PC (c. 1501 – 17 March 1570) was a Tudor period nobleman, politician, and courtier.

Herbert was the son of Sir Richard Herbert and Margaret Cradock.[2] His father was an illegitimate son of William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke of the eighth creation (1468), by his mistress, Maud, daughter of Adam ap Howell Graunt.[2]

  1. ^ A.P. Shaw, "The Heraldic Stained Glass at Hassop Hall, co. Derby". Part I, published in Journal of the Derbyshire Archeological and Natural History Society; (Derbyshire Archaeological Journal), Volume 31, 1909, pp. 191-220, esp. pp.203-205 [1]) (Source:[2]
  2. ^ a b John Bernard Burke. A genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of the British Empire, 14th Edition, Colburn, 1852. pg 783. Google eBook
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