Anne Devereux

Anne Devereux, Countess of Pembroke (c. 1430 – after 25 June 1486), was an English noblewoman, who was Countess of Pembroke during the 15th century by virtue of marriage to William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke.

She was born in Bodenham, the daughter of Sir Walter Devereux, the Lord Chancellor of Ireland, and his wife Elizabeth Merbury. Anne's grandfather, Walter, was the son of Agnes Crophull. By Crophull's second marriage to Sir John Parr, Anne was a cousin to the Parr family which included Sir Thomas Parr; father of King Henry VIII's last Queen Consort, Katherine Parr.

Marriage About 1445, Anne married William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke, in Herefordshire, England. He was the second son of Sir William ap Thomas of Raglan, a member of the Welsh Gentry Family, and his second wife Gwladys ferch Dafydd Gam.

Issue The Earl and Countess of Pembroke had three sons and seven daughters: Sir William Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, Earl of Huntingdon, married firstly to Mary Woodville; daughter of Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers and thus sister to King Edward IV's Queen Consort Elizabeth Woodville. He married secondly to Lady Katherine Plantagenet, the illegitimate daughter of King Richard III. Sir Walter Herbert, husband of Lady Anne Stafford Sir George Herbert Lady Maud Herbert, wife of Sir Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland, 7th Lord Percy. Lady Katherine Herbert, wife of Sir George Grey, 2nd Earl of Kent. Lady Anne Herbert, wife of Sir John Grey, 1st Baron Grey of Powis. Lady Margaret Herbert, wife of Sir Thomas Talbot, 2nd Viscount Lisle, and of Sir Henry Bodrugan. Lady Cecily Herbert, wife of John Greystoke. Lady Elizabeth Herbert, wife of Sir Thomas Cokesey. Lady Crisli Herbert, wife of Mr. Cornwall.

The Earl of Pembroke also fathered several children by various mistresses.