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Sir William Herbert, 1st Earl Of Pembroke

Sir William Herbert, 1st Earl Of Pembroke

Male 1423 - 1469  (46 years)

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  • Name William Herbert 
    Prefix Sir 
    Suffix 1st Earl Of Pembroke 
    Nickname Black Will 
    Birth 1423  Rhaglan Castle, Rhaglan, Monmouthshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christening Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Knighted 1449 
    Knighted by Henry VI 25 Dec 1449; Knight of the Garter (KG) 1461/2 
    Possessions 3 Feb 1462  Pembrokeshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Jul 1469  Tintern Abbey, Tintern, Monmouthshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Military From 26 Jul 1469 to 27 Jul 1469 
    • and was captured after the Battle of Edgcote Moor (Northamptonshire) by the Lancastrians in the War of the Roses and beheaded the next day by the Earl of Warwick.
    _AMTID 192683800359:1030:204653251 
    _COLOR 7 
    _FSFTID 9H86-NF9 
    _UID 0437A739A2B34EC1B6681A1CF3BE4DB788A5 
    Death 27 Jul 1469  Banbury, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I147468  World of Hyde
    Last Modified 29 Mar 2025 

    Father Sir William Ap Thomas Herbert,   b. 1401, Raglan, Monmouthshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jul 1446, London, Middlesex, Englalnd Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 45 years) 
    Mother Countess Gwaladus Verch Dafydd,   b. Abt 1396, Bredwardine, Herefordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1454, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 58 years) 
    Marriage 1421  Herefordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F49993  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Maud Ap Howell Graunt,   b. Abt 1430, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1460, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 30 years) 
    Family ID F49970  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 5 Sep 2025 

    Family 2 Anne Devereux,   b. 1425, Bodenham, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Jun 1486, Bodenham, Herefordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years) 
    Children 
     1. William Herbert,   b. 5 Mar 1451, Raglan Castle, Monmouthshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Jul 1491, Tintern Abbey, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 40 years)
     2. Catherine Herbert, Countess Of Kent,   b. Abt 1464, Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 May 1504, Old Warden, Bedfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 40 years)
     3. Sir Richard Herbert, Of Ewyas,   b. 1457, Raglan, Monmouthshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Sep 1510, Hereford, Herefordshire, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years)
    Family ID F82623  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 5 Sep 2025 

    Family 3 Maud Ap Howell Graunt,   b. Abt 1430, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1460, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 30 years) 
    Family ID F82624  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 5 Sep 2025 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsChristening - - Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsPossessions - 3 Feb 1462 - Pembrokeshire, Wales Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 27 Jul 1469 - Banbury, Oxfordshire, England Link to Google Earth
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