William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke (1468 creation)

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William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke (c. 1423–1469), known as "Black William", was the grandson of Dafydd Gam, an adherent of King Henry V of England.

Herbert supported the Yorkist faction during the Wars of the Roses, as had his father, William ap Thomas. Herbert was rewarded by King Edward IV with the title Lord Herbert of Raglan in 1461, having assumed an English-style surname in place of the Welsh patronymic. In 1468 he was promoted to Earl of Pembroke. He obtained custody of the young Henry, Earl of Richmond, whom he planned to marry to his own daughter. However, he soon fell out with his great rival, Warwick "the Kingmaker", who turned against the king. Herbert was executed by the Lancastrians, now led by Warwick, after the Battle of Edgecote Moor, near Banbury.

Herbert was succeeded by his legitimate son, William, but the earldom was surrendered in 1479. It was later revived for a grandson, another William Herbert, the son of Black William's illegitimate son Richard.

Peerage of England
Preceded by New Creation	Earl of Pembroke 1468–1469	Succeeded by William Herbert