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5 days ago · Answer: Marquess of Pembroke This title made Anne a peer of the realm and worthy to marry a king. She received 13 manors with the title. Also, any children born to her, legitimate or not, could inherit the title and lands.
2 days ago · The next year he was made Earl and in 1618 promoted Marquess of Buckingham, then finally in 1623 Duke of Buckingham. Villiers' new rank allowed him to dance side by side with the royal heir Charles I, with whom his friendship developed through his tutoring of the prince in dance.
3 days ago · Pembroke College, founded in 1624, was the direct descendant of Broadgates, one of the most important of the medieval halls. Its site is bounded by St. Ebbe's St. on the west, Brewer's St. on the south, St. Aldate's on the east, and Beef Lane on the north.
4 days ago · United Kingdom - Henry III, 1216-72, Monarchy: The years until his death in 1219 were dominated by William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke. As regent in all but name he achieved success in the civil war and, assisted by the papal legate Guala, did much to restore royal government in its aftermath.
4 days ago · James Butler, 12th earl and 1st duke of Ormonde (born October 19, 1610, London, England—died July 21, 1688, Kingston Lacy, Dorset) was an Anglo-Irish Protestant who was the leading agent of English royal authority in Ireland during much of the period from the beginning of the English Civil Wars (1642–51) to the Glorious ...
2 days ago · The Queen's father passed away when she was a young teenager. He was en route to the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Spain when he fell ill and suddenly died. Eleanor and her younger sister, Petronilla, were left under the protection of the Archbishop of Bordeaux while their father made the pilgrimage.
3 days ago · The Hall of Valence Marie or Pembroke Hall, now Pembroke College, was founded by Mary de St. Pol, Countess of Pembroke, Baroness of Wexford in Ireland, and of Montignac, Bellac and Rançon in France, daughter of Guy, Count of St. Pol, and widow of Aymer de Valence, Earl of Pembroke.
