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Pembroke, Pembrokeshire in West Wales
- Earl of Pembroke is a title in the Peerage of England that was first created in the 12th century by King Stephen of England. The title, which is associated with Pembroke, Pembrokeshire in West Wales, has been recreated ten times from its original inception.
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All are in the Peerage of England except the Barony of Herbert of Lea, which is in the Peerage of the United Kingdom . The Earl of Pembroke is the hereditary visitor of Jesus College, Oxford . On 1 September 1532, King Henry VIII created the original Marquessate of Pembroke for his future queen Anne Boleyn.
HENRY HERBERT, 2nd earl Pembroke (c. 1534 - 1601) Eldest son of the 1st earl, was educated at Peterhouse, Cambridge. He entered into his father's plans for lady Jane Grey, and was married (25 May 1553) to her sister Catherine, but divorced her (1554) after the plot failed, was made a K.B. (1553) and a member of the suite of king Philip (after ...
May 15, 2018 · The Englishman Sir William Marshal (c. 1146-1219 CE, aka William the Marshal), Earl of Pembroke, is one of the most celebrated knights of the Middle Ages.
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William Alexander Sidney Herbert, 18th Earl of Pembroke, 15th Earl of Montgomery (born 18 May 1978) is an English peer. He became earl in 2003 following the death of his father, the 17th Earl.
History. Pembroke, 1610 from Speed's map of Wales. Pembroke Castle, the substantial remains of a stone medieval fortress founded by the Normans in 1093, stands at the western tip of a peninsula surrounded by water on three sides. The castle was the seat of the powerful Earls of Pembroke and the birthplace of King Henry VII of England.
The chapter discusses how widely Pembroke's lands were distributed and shows that in terms of value the core of the earldom lay in eastern England, in the fourteen Norfolk manors and the four in Suffolk, and in the counties from London to Oxfordshire. It also considers William and Joan de Valence's disputes with tenants of the earldom of Pembroke.
This spectacular and forbidding castle was the home of the earls of Pembroke for over 300 years and the birthplace of Henry VII, the first Tudor king. A fort was established here in 1093 by Arnulph de Montgomery, but most of the present buildings date from the 13th century.
