Laurence Hastings, 1st Earl of Pembroke
Laurence de Hastings, 1st Earl of Pembroke was a Norman English nobleman and held the titles 1st Earl of Pembroke, Baron Abergavenny and Baron Hastings under Edward II of England and Edward III of England.Family
His father was John Hastings, 2nd Baron Hastings and his mother Juliana Leyburne. He was born at Allesley in Warwickshire and christened at Allesley on the same day. As a great-grandson of William de Valence, 1st Earl of Pembroke, and having inherited through the female line a portion of the estates of the Valence earls, he was created a new creation of the earl of Pembroke in October 1339.
He married Lady Agnes Mortimer, the daughter of Roger de Mortimer, 1st Earl of March with whom he had one son:
- John Hastings, 2nd Earl of Pembroke
Death
He died at Abergavenny Castle in 1348 and is buried in the Priory Church of St Mary, Abergavenny.
