Count de Pembroke

The title of count de Pembroke , associated with the castle of Pembroke in the Wales, was created by the king Etienne of England probably in 1138. The title was recreated nine times then, always in the Pairie of England.

The current count holds the title of count de Montgomery created in 1605 to sir Philippe Herbert, the young person wire of the 2nd count, before it succeeds the 3rd count. The two titles were always since plain. He holds also the subsidiary titles of baron Herbert of Cardiff , of Cardiff in the county of Glomoran (1551), baron Herbert de Shurland , of Shurland in the island of Sheppey of the county of Kent (1605), and Baron Herbert of Lea, Lea in the county of Wilts (1861). All these titles are in the peerage of England, except the title baron Herbert of Lea who is in the Pairie of the United Kingdom.

The family seat of the counts is in Wilton House in the Wiltshire.

History of the title

The county of Pembroke was originally a palatine county.

September 1st 1533, the king Henri VIII created Anne Boleyn marchioness of Pembroke in its own right, an honor never considering up to that point, because its great-uncle Jasper Tudor had been count de Pembroke, and because the proper father of Henri, Henri VII, be born there.

The first creation (towards 1138)

• 1138 - 1147  : Gilbert de Clare (1100 - 1147)  ;

• 1147 - 1176  : Richard de Clare known as Strongbow (1130 - 1176), Count de Buckingham. Wire of the precedent  ;
• 1176 - 1185  : Gilbert de Striguil (1173 - 1185). Wire of the precedent.

The second creation (1189)

• 1189 - 1219  : Guillaume the Marshal (1146 - 1219), Lord Marshall. Son-in-law of Strongbow  ;

• 1219 - 1231  : Guillaume the Marshal (1190 - 1231), Lord Marshall. Wire of the precedent  ;
• 1231 - 1234  : Richard the Marshal (about 1191 - 1234), Lord Marshall. Brother of the precedent  ;
• 1234 - 1241  : Gilbert the Marshal († 1241). Brother of the precedent  ;
• 1241 - 1245  : Gauthier the Marshal (about 1199 - 1245). Brother of the precedent  ;
•         1245         : Anselm the Marshal († 1245). Brother of the precedent.

The third creation (1247)

• 1247 - 1296  : Guillaume de Valence (1225 - 1296), Count de Wexford, lord of Valence, Montignac, Bellac, Ransom and Champagnac  ;

• 1296 - 1324  : Aymar Ier de Valence (1270 - 1324), count de Wexford, lord of Valence, Ransom and Saint-Gem. Wire of the precedent.

The fourth creation (1339)

• 1339 - 1348  : Lawrence Hastings (1318 - 1348)  ;

• 1348 - 1375  : Jean de Hastings (1347 - 1375). Wire of the precedent  ;
• 1375 - 1389  : John Hastings (1372 - 1389), Baron Hastings and Manny. Wire of the precedent  ;

The fifth creation (1414)

• 1414 - 1447  : Humphrey of Lancaster (1390 - 1447), Duke of Gloucester.

The sixth creation (1447)

• 1447 - 1450  : William of the Pole (1396 - 1450), count, marquis then Duke of Suffolk, Lord Chamberlain of England.

The seventh creation (1452)

• 1452 - 1461 and 1485 - 1495  : To marble Tudor (about 1431 - 1495), Duke of Bedford. Uncle of Henri VII of England.

The eighth creation (1468)

• 1468 - 1469  : William Herbert (1423 - 1469)  ;

• 1469 - 1479  : William II Herbert (1451 - 1491), Baron Herbert, Count d' Huntingdon.

Title returned in 1479.

The ninth creation (1479)

• 1479 - 1483  : Edouard Plantagenet (1470 - 1483?), Count de March, Prince de Galles. Wire of Edouard IV. Edouard V in 1483.

Attached to the crown.

Marchioness of Pembroke (1533)

• 1533 - 1536  : Anne Boleyn (1507 - 1536). Queen consort of Henri VIII of England.

The tenth creation (1551)

• 1551 - 1570  : William Herbert (1506 - 1570)  ;

• 1570 - 1601  : Henry Herbert (1534 - 1601)  ;
• 1601 - 1630  : William Herbert (1580 - 1630)  ;

the following counts are also count de Montgomery .

• 1630 - 1649  : Philippe Herbert (1584 - 1649)  ;

• 1649 - 1669  : Philippe Herbert (1621 - 1669)  ;
• 1669 - 1674  : William Herbert (1642 - 1674)  ;
• 1674 - 1683  : Philip Herbert (about 1652 - 1683)  ;
• 1683 - 1732  : Thomas Herbert (1656 - about 1732)  ;
• 1732 - 1750  : Henry Herbert (1693 - 1750)  ;
• 1750 - 1794  : Henry Herbert (1734 - 1794)  ;
• 1794 - 1827  : George Augustus Herbert (1759 - 1827)  ;
• 1827 - 1862  : Robert Henry Herbert (1791 - 1862)  ;
• 1862 - 1895  : George Herbert (1850 - 1895)  ;
• 1895 - 1913  : Sidney Herbert (1853 - 1913)  ;
• 1913 - 1960  : Reginald Herbert (1880 - 1960)  ;
• 1960 - 1969  : Sidney Herbert (1906 - 1969)  ;
• 1969 - 2003  : Henry Herbert (1939 - 2003)  ;
• since 2003  : William Alexander Sidney Herbert (born in 1978)  ;

Heir apparents  : the Count de Carnarvon (born in 1958) and his son.

See too

• Counts and dukes of Europe
• Monarchs of Great Britain