William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke
William Herbert, after Daniel Mytens, oil on canvas, circa 1625 (National Portrait Gallery, London)
Born	8 April 1580
Died	10 April 1630
Spouse	Mary Talbot Herbert
Parents	Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke Mary Sidney

William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke, KG, PC (8 April 1580 – 10 April 1630) was the son of Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke and his third wife Mary Sidney. Chancellor of the University of Oxford, he founded Pembroke College, Oxford with James VI of Scotland and I of England. He was also a patron of William Shakespeare. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... James Hamilton in 1623, aged 17. ... April 8 is the 98th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (99th in leap years). ... Events March 1 - Michel de Montaigne signs the preface to his most significant work, Essays. ... April 10 is the 100th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (101st in leap years). ... Events February 22 - Native American Quadequine introduces Popcorn to English colonists. ... Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (1534-1601) was a statesman of the Elizabethan era. ... Portrait of Mary Herbert, by Nicholas Hilliard, c. ... William Herbert may refer to several people, including: William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke (1423-1469) William Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (1451-1491) William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke (1506-1570) William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke (1580-1630) William Herbert, 6th Earl of Pembroke (1642-1674) William Herbert... The insignia of a knight of the Order of the Garter. ... Her Majestys Most Honourable Privy Council is a body of advisors to the British Sovereign. ... April 8 is the 98th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (99th in leap years). ... Events March 1 - Michel de Montaigne signs the preface to his most significant work, Essays. ... April 10 is the 100th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (101st in leap years). ... Events February 22 - Native American Quadequine introduces Popcorn to English colonists. ... Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (1534-1601) was a statesman of the Elizabethan era. ... Portrait of Mary Herbert, by Nicholas Hilliard, c. ... The University of Oxford (usually abbreviated as Oxon. ... College name Pembroke College Collegium Pembrochianum Named after The Earl of Pembroke Established 1624 Sister College Queens College Master Giles Henderson JCR President Dawn Rennie Undergraduates 408 MCR President Ross Nicolson Graduates 119 College Homepage Boat Club The lodge and the entrance to Pembroke College in Pembroke Square. ... James VI and I King of England, Scotland and Ireland James VI of Scotland and I of England (Charles James) (19 June 1566–27 March 1625) was a King who ruled over England, Scotland and Ireland, and was the first Sovereign to reign in the three realms simultaneously. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...

Life and marriage

William was a bookish man, once tutored by the poet Samuel Daniel, and preferred to keep to his study with heavy pipe-smoking to keep his "migraines" at bay (which may have been head pains that accompany syphilitic infections). Samuel Daniel (1562 – October 14, 1619) was an English poet and historian. ...

His father negotiated a marriage between the young Herbert and Wiliam Cecil's daughter, Bridget Vere. Offered 3,000 pounds and an annuity to begin at Burghley's death, the prospective groom wanted immediate payment of the annuity. The negotiations failed, and he remained single. William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (13 September 1520 – 4 August 1598), was an English politician, the chief advisor of Queen Elizabeth I for most of her reign (17 November 1558–24 March 1603), and Lord High Treasurer from 1572. ...

At the age of twenty, he had an affair with Mary Fitton (who has been suggested as a possible model for the Dark Lady of the sonnets), whom he impregnated. Admitting paternity, he refused to marry her and was sent to Fleet prison where he wrote verse. In 1601, Mary gave birth to a boy who died immediately. He petitioned Sir Robert Cecil and was eventually released, though barred from court. Mary Fitton (c. ... The Dark Lady is a woman referred to by William Shakespeare in a number of his sonnets. ... Pray remember ye poor debtors: inmates of the Fleet Prison beg passers by for alms. ... ] The Right Honourable Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, KG, PC (1 June 1563–24 May 1612), son of William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley and half-brother of Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, statesman, spymaster and minister to Queen Elizabeth I and King James I. Lord Salisbury is the...

He married Mary Talbot, daughter of Gilbert Talbot, 7th Earl of Shrewsbury, on 4 November 1604 who was dwarfish and deformed. He died in 1630, aged 50 and childless, and his titles passed to his brother, Philip Herbert. Gilbert Talbot, 7th Earl of Shrewsbury and Waterford KG (November 20, 1552 – May 8, 1616), was the son of George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, by the latters first marriage to Gertrude Manners. ... November 4 is the 308th day of the year (309th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 57 days remaining. ... Events January 14 – Hampton Court conference with James I of England, the Anglican bishops and representatives of Puritans September 20 – Capture of Ostend by Spanish forces under Ambrosio Spinola after a three year siege. ... The Right Honourable Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke, 1st Earl of Montgomery KG (October 16, 1584–January 23, 1649) was the son of Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke. ...

Herbert and Shakespeare's Sonnets

Herbert is one of several aristocrats claimed to be the model for the character of the youthful "Fair Lord" in William Shakespeare's sonnets, whom the poet urges to marry. Since Herbert, some years Shakespeare's junior, was a patron of the playwright, and since his initials match with the dedication of the Sonnets to one "Mr. W.H.", "the only begetter of these ensuing sonnets", he is a popular candidate, although Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton has also been popular. E. K. Chambers, who had previously considered Southampton to be the Fair Lord changed his mind when he encountered evidence in letters that young Herbert had been urged to wed Elizabeth Carey around 1595.^[1] In her Arden Shakespeare edition of the Sonnets, Katherine Duncan-Jones argues that Herbert is by far the likeliest candidate.^[2] The Fair Lord is the unnamed young man to whom Shakespeares sonnets 1–126 are addressed. ... Francesco Petrarca, or Petrarch, one of the best-known early Italian sonnet writers. ... The only edition of William Shakespeares sonnets published in his lifetime, the 1609 Quarto, is dedicated to one Mr. ... Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, 1603, in the Tower, atrributed to John de Critz. ... Events January 30 - William Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet is performed for the first time. ...

Footnotes

References

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