John Hastings, 2nd Earl of Pembroke

Sir John Hastings, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, KG

John Hastings, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, KG (29 August 1347 – 16 April 1375), was an English nobleman and soldier who also held the title Baron Abergavenny. He was born in Sutton Valence, the posthumous son of Laurence Hastings, 1st Earl of Pembroke, and Agnes Mortimer.

Marriage

He was married on 19 May 1359 in Reading to Margaret (d. 1361), daughter of Edward III of England. The couple had no children.

He afterwards married, in July 1368, Anne Manny (24 July 1355 – 3 April 1384), daughter of Sir Walter Manny. Anne gave birth to a son by Hastings.^[1]

Military career

In 1372, he was made Lieutenant of Aquitaine.^[1][2]

Pembroke fought in the Castilian campaign of his former brother-in-law, Edward the Black Prince, in 1367.

He was created a Knight of the Garter in 1369. He was almost captured on a raid into Poitou that year, having refused to share command with Sir John Chandos, but Chandos heard of his plight and rescued him.

In 1370, he fought with distinction at the sack of Limoges by the Black Prince.

He was surprised by a Castilian fleet and sharply defeated at the Battle of La Rochelle (22 June 1372), his fleet being sunk or captured. He was taken prisoner and carried to Santander, and died in captivity in Picardy.

He was buried in the choir of the Friars Preachers, in Hereford.^[1]

Succession

He was succeeded by his son, John Hastings, 3rd Earl of Pembroke, who had been born to Anne a few months after his capture.

Ancestors

Ancestors of John Hastings, 2nd Earl of Pembroke

16. Henry de Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings               8. John Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings                       17. Joanna de Cantelou               4. John Hastings, 2nd Baron Hastings                             18. William de Valence, 1st Earl of Pembroke               9. Isabel de Valence                       19. Joan de Munchensi               2. Laurence Hastings, 1st Earl of Pembroke                                   20. William de Leyburn, 1st Lord Leyburn               10. Sir Thomas de Leyburn                       5. Juliana Leyburne                             22. Ralph VII de Toeni               11. Alice de Toeni                       23. Mary de Toeni               1. John Hastings, 2nd Earl of Pembroke                                         24. Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Mortimer               12. Edmund Mortimer, 2nd Baron Mortimer                       25. Maud de Braose, Baroness Mortimer               6. Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March                             26. William II de Fiennes, Baron Tingry               13. Margaret de Fiennes                       27. Blanche de Brienne               3. Agnes Mortimer                                   28. Geoffrey de Geneville, 1st Baron Geneville               14. Piers de Geneville                       29. Maud de Lacy               7. Joan de Geneville, 2nd Baroness Geneville                             30. Hugh XII of Lusignan               15. Jeanne of Lusignan                       31. Jeanne de Fougères

References

1. Hasted, Edward (1798). "Parishes". The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent. Institute of Historical Research. 6: 80–98. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
2. TNA C 61/85, m. 4, entry 41 (20 April 1372)

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