Who dated William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke?
Mary Fitton dated William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke from ? until ?. The age gap was 1 years, 10 months and 17 days.
Lady Mary Wroth dated William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke from ? until ?. The age gap was 7 years, 6 months and 0 days.
William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke
William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke (8 April 1580 – 10 April 1630) , of Wilton House in Wiltshire, was an English nobleman, politician and courtier. He served as Chancellor of the University of Oxford and together with King James I founded Pembroke College, Oxford. In 1608 he was appointed Warden of the Forest of Dean, Constable of St Briavels Castle, Gloucestershire, and in 1609 Governor of Portsmouth, all of which offices he retained until his death. He served as Lord Chamberlain from 1615 to 1625. In 1623 the First Folio of Shakespeare's plays was dedicated to him and his brother and successor Philip Herbert, 1st Earl of Montgomery.
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Mary Fitton (or Fytton or Phytton) (baptised 25 June 1578 – 19 December 1641) was an Elizabethan gentlewoman who became a maid of honour to Queen Elizabeth. She is noted for her scandalous affairs with William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke, Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Leveson, and others. She is considered by some to be the "Dark Lady" of Shakespeare's sonnets.
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Lady Mary Wroth
Lady Mary Wroth (née Sidney; 18 October 1587 – 1651/3) was an English noblewoman and a poet of the English Renaissance. A member of a distinguished literary family, Lady Wroth was among the first female English writers to have achieved an enduring reputation. Mary Wroth was niece to Mary Herbert née Sidney (Countess of Pembroke and one of the most distinguished women writers and patrons of the 16th century), and to Sir Philip Sidney, a famous Elizabethan poet-courtier.
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