Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke
The Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery | |
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Portrait by Anthony van Dyck | |
| Born | 10 October 1584 Wilton House, Wiltshire, England |
| Died | 23 January 1650 (aged 65) Palace of Whitehall, London, England |
| Buried | Salisbury Cathedral |
| Noble family | Herbert |
| Spouse(s) | Susan de Vere Lady Anne Clifford |
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| Father | Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke |
| Mother | Mary Sidney |
Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke and 1st Earl of Montgomery, KG, KB, PC (10 October 1584 – 23 January 1650) 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.