Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke

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Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke
Born	1534
Died	January 19, 1601
Parents	William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke Anne Parr
Children	William Phillip

Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke KG (1534–January 19, 1601) was a statesman of the Elizabethan era. He was the son of William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke and Anne Parr. He was married to Catherine Grey on May 1553, in a political match arranged by their parents. The couple probably had their marriage annulled in 1554 when Queen Mary rose to the throne.

His second wife was Catherine Talbot, daughter of George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, and his wife Gertrude Manners, daughter of Thomas Manners, 1st Earl of Rutland.

His third wife was the former Mary Sidney. His children included William and Philip, who both were Earl of Pembroke after their father.

The armor of Henry Herbert is now on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the Arms and Armor galleries. It was made in 1580 at the Greenwich armoury, a royal workshop founded by Henry VIII to produce armour for the English nobility, chiefly Henry, without having to commission it from overseas.

During the 1590s he was patron of Pembroke's Men, a theatre company who were the first group to perform a number of plays including Henry VI, part 1 by William Shakespeare and The Isle of Dogs by Thomas Nashe and Ben Jonson.

Honorary Titles
Preceded by The Earl of Pembroke	Custos Rotulorum of Glamorgan 1570–1601	Succeeded by John Herbert
	Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire 1570–1601	Succeeded by The Earl of Hertford
Preceded by Sir John Thynne	Custos Rotulorum of Wiltshire bef. 1584–1601
Preceded by Unknown	Lord Lieutenant of Somerset 1585–1601
Preceded by Sir Henry Sidney	Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey, Brecknockshire, Carenarvonshire, Carmarthenshire, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Herefordshire, Merionethshire, Montgomeryshire, Pembrokeshire, Radnorshire, Shropshire and Worcestershire 1587–1601	Succeeded by The Lord Zouche
	Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan and Monmouthshire 1587–1601	Succeeded by The Earl of Worcester
Preceded by William Herbert	Custos Rotulorum of Monmouthshire bef. 1594–1601
Peerage of England
Preceded by William Herbert	Earl of Pembroke 1570–1601	Succeeded by William Herbert

Persondata
NAME	Herbert, Henry, 2nd Earl of Pembroke
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION
DATE OF BIRTH	1534
PLACE OF BIRTH
DATE OF DEATH	January 19, 1601
PLACE OF DEATH

[edit] References

• Haynes, Alan. Sex in Elizabethan England. Gloucestershire: Sutton Publishing Limited, 1997. ISBN 0-905-778-359