Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke and 1st Earl of Montgomery, was an English courtier, nobleman, and politician active during the reigns of James I and Charles I. He married Susan de Vere, the youngest daughter of Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, the Oxfordians' William Shakespeare. Philip and his older brother William were the 'incomparable pair of brethren' to whom the First Folio of Shakespeare's collected works was dedicated in 1623.
Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke, in the robes of the Order of the Garter c. 1615. Unknown artist, National Portrait Gallery, London.
The Pembroke family – Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke, seated with his second wife Lady Anne Clifford (in black), surrounded by his family. He holds the white staff of his office of Lord Chamberlain and reaches forward to Lady Mary Villers (in white), the daughter of George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, gesturing towards the heart of the young woman who is about to marry his son, Charles Lord Herbert (in scarlet) aside Philip Herbert (in orange). At the left the three young Herbert boys, William,
A 1642 engraving of Pembroke by Wenceslas Hollar after a 1634 painting of Anthony van Dyck
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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. Due to the number of creations of the Earldom, the original seat of Pembroke Castle is no longer attached to the title.
Herbert Railton's illustration of the Earl of Pembroke's tomb