He succeeded his father as an infant in 1375, and also received lands from the
death of William de Cantilupe the same year. He married
Elizabeth of Lancaster the daughter of
John of Gaunt, in 1380, but the marriage was
unconsummated (he was 8 and she 17 at the time of the marriage) and was
annulled after she became pregnant by
John Holland, whom she subsequently married. He subsequently married
Philippa Mortimer, daughter of
Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March, but would have no children.
Richard II held his Christmas court at
Woodstock Palace in 1389, and the seventeen-year-old Pembroke took part in the Christmas sports, including
jousting. While running a course against Sir John Des, he was struck in the groin by his opponent's lance and subsequently died of his injuries. Upon his death, the
Earldom of Pembroke and the
Barony of Manny became extinct, while the
Barony of Hastings passed to his cousin, John Hastings, 6th Baron Hastings. Also the manor of
Tunstall, Kent passed to his cousin
Reginald Grey, 3rd Baron Grey de Ruthyn. His cousins litigated for years regarding property rights, but resolution was delayed during the minority of Edward Hastings, 7th Baron Hastings, brother of the 6th Baron Hastings. Pembroke was described by the chronicler as being mourned by the common people as well as the nobility, by reason of his kind and generous nature. ==See also==