Earl of Cornwall

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The Earl of Cornwall was a prominent English noble title historically associated with great wealth, political influence, and often held by close relatives of the reigning monarch.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Earl of Cornwall canonical 23
2nd Earl of Cornwall 1
Ealdorman of Cornwall 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ducal title ⓘ
earldom ⓘ
noble title ⓘ
nobleman ⓘ
nobleman ⓘ
nobleman ⓘ
nobleman ⓘ
nobleman ⓘ
nobleman ⓘ
prince of England ⓘ
allegiance William I of England ⓘ
associatedWith Cornwall ⓘ
Duchy of Cornwall ⓘ
brother Henry III of England ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
father Edward II of England ⓘ
Henry I of England ⓘ
John, King of England ⓘ
Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall ⓘ
favouriteOf Edward II of England ⓘ
firstHolder Brian of Brittany ⓘ
historicalPeriod Middle Ages ⓘ
Norman England ⓘ
Plantagenet England ⓘ
languageOfName English ⓘ
notableFor great wealth ⓘ
political influence ⓘ
notableHolder Edmund, 2nd Earl of Cornwall ⓘ
John Holland, 1st Earl of Huntingdon ⓘ
John of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall ⓘ
Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall ⓘ
linked to: Piers Gaveston

Reginald de Dunstanville, 1st Earl of Cornwall ⓘ
Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall ⓘ
Robert of Mortain ⓘ
positionHeld King of the Romans ⓘ
predecessor Ealdorman of Cornwall ⓘ
linked to: Earl of Cornwall
relative Richard II of England ⓘ
William I of England ⓘ
subclassOf Earl in the Peerage of England ⓘ
supersededBy Duke of Cornwall ⓘ
title Earl of Cornwall ⓘ
Earl of Cornwall ⓘ
Earl of Cornwall ⓘ
Earl of Cornwall ⓘ
Earl of Cornwall ⓘ
Earl of Cornwall ⓘ
Earl of Cornwall ⓘ
Earl of Cornwall ⓘ
traditionallyHeldBy heir apparent to the English throne ⓘ
typicallyHeldBy close relatives of the reigning monarch ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (26)

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

Piers Gaveston → positionHeld → Earl of Cornwall ⓘ
Piers Gaveston → title → Earl of Cornwall ⓘ
Hailes Abbey → founderTitle → Earl of Cornwall ⓘ
Edmund, 2nd Earl of Cornwall → nobleTitle → Earl of Cornwall ⓘ
Edmund, 2nd Earl of Cornwall → ordinal → 2nd Earl of Cornwall ⓘ
linked to: Earl of Cornwall
Earl of Cornwall → predecessor → Ealdorman of Cornwall ⓘ
linked to: Earl of Cornwall
Brian of Brittany → title → Earl of Cornwall ⓘ
subject linked to: Earl of Cornwall
Robert of Mortain → title → Earl of Cornwall ⓘ
subject linked to: Earl of Cornwall
Reginald de Dunstanville, 1st Earl of Cornwall → title → Earl of Cornwall ⓘ
subject linked to: Earl of Cornwall
Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall → title → Earl of Cornwall ⓘ
subject linked to: Earl of Cornwall
Edmund, 2nd Earl of Cornwall → title → Earl of Cornwall ⓘ
subject linked to: Earl of Cornwall
Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall → title → Earl of Cornwall ⓘ
subject linked to: Earl of Cornwall
John of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall → title → Earl of Cornwall ⓘ
subject linked to: Earl of Cornwall
John Holland, 1st Earl of Huntingdon → title → Earl of Cornwall ⓘ
subject linked to: Earl of Cornwall
Beatrice of Falkenburg → spouseNobleTitle → Earl of Cornwall ⓘ
Robert, Count of Mortain → title → Earl of Cornwall ⓘ
Robert, Count of Mortain → heldTitle → Earl of Cornwall in England ⓘ
linked to: Earl of Cornwall
John of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall → positionHeld → Earl of Cornwall ⓘ
subject linked to: John
John of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall → nobleTitle → Earl of Cornwall ⓘ
subject linked to: John
Brian of Brittany → title → Earl of Cornwall ⓘ
Countess of Cornwall → associatedWithTitle → Earl of Cornwall ⓘ
Countess of Cornwall → relatedTitle → Earl of Cornwall ⓘ