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.[1] 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, Catherine Parr.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ Douglas Richardson. Plantagenet Ancestry, 2nd Edition, 2011. pg 249.
  2. ^ Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, pg 2.
  3. ^ Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, pp 297–298.
  4. ^ Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, pg 248.