Earldom of Leicester

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The Earldom of Leicester was a prominent medieval English noble title and associated territorial lordship centered on the town of Leicester, historically held by influential aristocratic families.

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Label Occurrences
Earldom of Leicester canonical 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf English earldom ⓘ
medieval noble title ⓘ
associatedEvent Second Barons' War ⓘ
associatedPerson Robert Dudley ⓘ
Simon de Montfort ⓘ
associatedWithInstitution Leicester Castle ⓘ
Leicester honour ⓘ
associatedWithMonarch Edward I of England ⓘ
Elizabeth I of England ⓘ
Henry I of England ⓘ
Henry II of England ⓘ
associatedWithTown Leicester ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
createdFor Robert de Beaumont ⓘ
firstHolder Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester ⓘ
governingSystem feudalism ⓘ
grantedBy English crown ⓘ
hasFeudalLordshipOver honour of Leicester ⓘ
hasMultipleCreations true ⓘ
hasTerritorialDesignation Leicester ⓘ
heldByFamily Beaumont family ⓘ
Coke family ⓘ
House of Lancaster ⓘ
House of Tudor ⓘ
linked to: Tudor dynasty

Plantagenet dynasty ⓘ
Sidney family ⓘ
Townshend family ⓘ
de Montfort family ⓘ
linked to: Montfort family
historicalRegion East Midlands ⓘ
languageOfTitle Anglo-Norman French ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
Middle English ⓘ
locatedIn Leicester ⓘ
Leicestershire ⓘ
nobleRank Earl ⓘ
notableHolder George Townshend, 2nd Marquess Townshend ⓘ
John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster ⓘ
linked to: John of Gaunt

Philip Sidney, 3rd Earl of Leicester ⓘ
Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester ⓘ
Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester ⓘ
Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester ⓘ
Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester ⓘ
Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester (Coke creation) ⓘ
peerage Peerage of England ⓘ
periodOfProminence Middle Ages ⓘ
politicalSignificance major baronial power in medieval England ⓘ
titleStatus extinct in several creations ⓘ
titleType hereditary peerage title ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

House of Beaumont → governedTerritory → Earldom of Leicester ⓘ