William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke

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15th-century English politician member of the Welsh nobility nobleman peer of England soldier supporter of the House of York

William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke, was a prominent 15th-century Welsh nobleman, soldier, and Yorkist supporter during the Wars of the Roses who rose to great power under King Edward IV.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke (1551 creation) 1
William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke (Tudor courtier) 1
William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke (of the 1468 creation) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 15th-century English politician ⓘ
member of the Welsh nobility ⓘ
nobleman ⓘ
peer of England ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
supporter of the House of York ⓘ
acquiredTitleFrom Lancastrian Earl of Pembroke (Jasper Tudor) NERFINISHED ⓘ
allegiance Edward IV of England NERFINISHED ⓘ
House of York NERFINISHED ⓘ
battle Battle of Edgecote Moor NERFINISHED ⓘ
Battle of Mortimer's Cross NERFINISHED ⓘ
Battle of Towton NERFINISHED ⓘ
causeOfDeath beheading ⓘ
child Maud Herbert NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sir Walter Herbert NERFINISHED ⓘ
William Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict Wars of the Roses NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
createdPeerageTitle Earl of Pembroke (Yorkist creation) NERFINISHED ⓘ
dateOfBirth c. 1423 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 27 July 1469 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Welsh ⓘ
executedBy supporters of Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick ⓘ
father William ap Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ
guardianOf Henry Tudor, later Henry VII of England NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
Welsh ⓘ
mannerOfDeath execution ⓘ
monarchServed Edward IV of England NERFINISHED ⓘ
mother Gwladys ferch Dafydd Gam NERFINISHED ⓘ
nobleFamily Herbert family NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork Yorkist conquest and control of South Wales ⓘ
placeOfBirth Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath Banbury, Oxfordshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld Chamberlain of South Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ
Constable of several Welsh castles ⓘ
Earl of Pembroke NERFINISHED ⓘ
Justiciar of South Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy Jasper Tudor as Earl of Pembroke NERFINISHED ⓘ
reasonForExecution defeat at the Battle of Edgecote Moor ⓘ
religion Roman Catholic ⓘ
residence Pembroke Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ
Raglan Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ
seized Pembroke Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ
spouse Anne Devereux NERFINISHED ⓘ
succeededBy William Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke NERFINISHED ⓘ
title Baron Herbert NERFINISHED ⓘ
Earl of Pembroke NERFINISHED ⓘ
yearOfElevationToEarldom 1468 ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Siege of Harlech (1461–1468) → commanderYorkist → William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke ⓘ
Council of Regency for Edward VI → hasMember → William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke ⓘ
Earls of Pembroke → hasTitleHolder → William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke ⓘ
this entity surface form: William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke (of the 1468 creation)
Earls of Pembroke → hasTitleHolder → William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke ⓘ
this entity surface form: William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke (of the 1551 creation)
Earls of Pembroke → hasTitleHolder → William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke ⓘ
this entity surface form: William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke (Tudor courtier)
Earls of Pembroke → notableHolder → William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke ⓘ
this entity surface form: William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke (1551 creation)
Herbert family → notableMember → William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke ⓘ