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. Until the reign of Edward III in the 14th century, the peerage of England consisted exclusively of earls and barons.
It remains a matter of debate whether early Anglo-Norman counts/earls held their title by tenure (as barons did) or as a personal dignity conferred separately from the land grants. At least three types of early earldoms can be distinguished - (1) earls palatine (e.g. Chester, Pembroke, Durham) whose titles were connected to entire counties, with regal jurisdiction (jura regalia) and enjoying full privileges and fruits of royal seigniory, (2) earldoms created by the king and appointed to a county, but only enjoying right to a third of the profits of the pleas of the county court; (3) earldoms created by royal grants of large tracts of land to be held in feudal service (per servitum unius comitatus), erecting the tract to a county to support the earldom. Nonetheless, for the last few centuries of English history, earldoms have always been created by letters patent or charters, and the volume of earldoms has long exceeded the number of territorial counties, and, as a result, the names of many earldoms are associated with smaller units (estates, villages, families, etc.).
This page lists all earldoms, extant, extinct, dormant, abeyant, or forfeit, in the peerages of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland and the United...
determined by the Decreet of Ranking of 1606, and not by seniority. British nobility Listofearldoms "Earldomof Mar | Holders of the Earldom". www.earldomofmar...
and divided the rest of England into three earldoms. He gave the earldomof East Anglia to Thorkell the Tall and the earldomof Northumbria to Eric. Eadric...
see: Listof dukedoms in the peerages of Britain and Ireland Listof marquessates in the peerages of Britain and Ireland ListofearldomsListof viscountcies...
Britain and Ireland ListofearldomsListof viscounts in the peerages of Britain and Ireland Listof viscountcies in the peerages of Britain and Ireland...
baron (being a feudal baron of a higher degree), but below an earldom which is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. Feudal earldoms are very rare. As well,...
one of which was the earldomof Northumberland, with others like the earldomsof York and numerous autonomous liberties such as the County Palatine of Durham...
The seat of the Palmer family is Dorney Court, Dorney, Buckinghamshire. Roger Palmer, 1st Earl of Castlemaine (1634–1705) Listofearldoms Burke, Bernard...
The Earldomof Chester was one of the most powerful earldoms in medieval England, extending principally over the counties of Cheshire and Flintshire. Since...
power and regional jurisdiction of the earl passing to the newly formed earldomsof Chester and later Shrewsbury. Ælfhere (950s–983) Ælfric Cild (983–985)...
Norfolk, and it is used (along with the earldomof Surrey) by his heir apparent as a courtesy title. The earldom was created in 1138 or 1139 for the French...
Scottish earldom is extant in its own right, and it is held by James Charteris, 13th Earl of Wemyss and 9th Earl of March. The English earldom is today...
Edward Duke of York, was killed at Agincourt. Richard was allowed to inherit the title of Duke of York in 1426. In 1432 he acquired the earldomsof March and...
of these earldoms varied over the decades, while other, more transitory earldoms were created for particular individuals. The core of the earldomof East...
baronetcies are listed by date of extinction. An alphabetical list is to be found here[usurped], or via the category of extinct baronetcies. St Paul of Snarford...
This is a listof the 30 present dukes in the peerages of the Kingdom of England, Kingdom of Scotland, Kingdom of Great Britain, Kingdom of Ireland, United...
earldom of Arundel, thus re-uniting the two earldoms. William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey was granted the Manor of Wakefield by the crown and his descendants...
the baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Great Britain, Ireland and the United Kingdom. The holders of some of the baronetcies listed on the lists have...
throne. Condor of Cornwall, probably legendary Earl of Cornwall before the Conquest, said to have paid homage to William for the Earldom Brian of Brittany (c...
43 earldoms, 28 viscountcies, and 52 baronies. However, these titles have no official recognition in the Republic of Ireland, with Article 40.2 of the...
part of an earldom, crown dependencies from 1100s to 1266, ceded by the Treaty of Perth. Man, colonized from 850s to 1152, part of an earldom, crown...
is a non-exhaustive listof some American socialites, so called American dollar princesses, from before the Gilded Age to the end of the 20th century, who...
the realm and became its first supreme ruler. Many of the former kingdoms would later become earldoms under the Norwegian high king and some would try to...
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