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Earl is an English given name, predominantly popular in North America, meaning "warrior" or "nobleman" [1] and derived from the rank of nobility of the same name. Instances of its use as a given name date back to 12th-century England. [ 2 ]
This is a list of the 189 present earls in the Peerages of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland, and the United Kingdom.It does not include extant earldoms which have become merged (either through marriage or elevation) with marquessates or dukedoms and are today only seen as subsidiary titles.
This page lists all earldoms, extant, extinct, dormant, abeyant, or forfeit, in the peerages of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland and the United Kingdom.. The Norman conquest of England introduced the continental Frankish title of "count" (comes) into England, which soon became identified with the previous titles of Danish "jarl" and Anglo-Saxon "earl" in England.
Henry VI of England and Edward IV of England reigned during the turbulent period of English history in the fifteenth century known as the Wars of the Roses.The Wars of the Roses were a series of English civil wars for control of the throne of England fought between supporters of two rival branches of the royal House of Plantagenet.
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The Earl of Huntingdon: 1529 The Earl of Pembroke: 1551 Earl of Montgomery in Peerage of England The Earl of Devon: 1553 The Earl of Lincoln: 1572 The Earl of Suffolk: 1603 Earl of Berkshire in Peerage of England The Earl of Exeter: 1605 Marquess of Exeter in the Peerage of the United Kingdom: The Earl of Salisbury: 1605
Earl (/ ɜːr l, ɜːr əl /) [1] is a rank of the nobility in the United Kingdom. In modern Britain, an earl is a member of the peerage, ranking below a marquess and above a viscount. [2] A feminine form of earl never developed; [note 1] instead, countess is used. The title originates in the Old English word eorl, meaning "a man of noble birth ...
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