Earl of Salisbury

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The Earl of Salisbury was a prominent English noble title historically associated with powerful medieval aristocratic families involved in the Wars of the Roses and high court politics.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English noble title ⓘ
associatedWith English peerage ⓘ
Salisbury ⓘ
associatedWithInstitution English Parliament ⓘ
associatedWithMonarch Edward IV of England ⓘ
Henry VI of England ⓘ
Henry VIII of England ⓘ
connectedToEvent English court politics ⓘ
Hundred Years' War ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
createdInPeriod Middle Ages ⓘ
etymology derived from the town of Salisbury ⓘ
governingJurisdiction County of Wiltshire ⓘ
linked to: Wiltshire
hasFemaleEquivalentTitle Countess of Salisbury ⓘ
heldByFamily Montagu family ⓘ
Neville family ⓘ
Plantagenet dynasty ⓘ
de Bohun family ⓘ
heldByPerson Margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury ⓘ
Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury ⓘ
William Longespée, 3rd Earl of Salisbury ⓘ
William Montagu, 1st Earl of Salisbury ⓘ
historicalImportance major magnate in late medieval England ⓘ
historicalStatus extinct title (in some creations) ⓘ
holderEntitledTo seat in the House of Lords ⓘ
involvedIn Wars of the Roses ⓘ
languageOfTitle English ⓘ
linkedToConflict late medieval baronial conflicts ⓘ
linkedToFaction House of Lancaster ⓘ
House of York ⓘ
linkedToRegion southern England ⓘ
locatedIn Wiltshire ⓘ
nobleRank Earl ⓘ
notableHolderExecuted Margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury ⓘ
notableHolderExecutedBy Henry VIII of England ⓘ
notableHolderRole military commander ⓘ
political leader ⓘ
powerful medieval magnate ⓘ
royal favourite ⓘ
partOf Peerage of England ⓘ
politicalAlignment Yorkist leadership ⓘ
linked to: Yorkist forces
precedenceWithin English nobility ⓘ
seatAssociatedWith Old Sarum ⓘ
Salisbury Castle ⓘ
styleOfAddress The Right Honourable ⓘ
successionLaw male-preference primogeniture ⓘ
titleOrigin place-based title ⓘ
titleType hereditary peerage title ⓘ

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Edward of Middleham → title → Earl of Salisbury ⓘ
George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence → nobleTitle → Earl of Salisbury (jure uxoris) ⓘ
linked to: Earl of Salisbury
Marquess of Salisbury → subsidiaryTitle → Earl of Salisbury ⓘ
subject linked to: The Marquess of Salisbury
Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster → nobleTitle → Earl of Salisbury ⓘ
Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster → heldOffice → Earl of Salisbury ⓘ
Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick → nobleTitle → Earl of Salisbury (jure uxoris, disputed) ⓘ
linked to: Earl of Salisbury
House of Neville → nobleTitleHeld → Earl of Salisbury ⓘ
Cecil family → associatedTitle → Earl of Salisbury ⓘ
George Plantagenet → nobleTitle → Earl of Salisbury ⓘ
Gascoyne-Cecil family → nobleTitleHeld → Earl of Salisbury ⓘ
Baron Cecil → linkedTitle → Earl of Salisbury ⓘ
Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick → hasTitle → Earl of Salisbury (jure uxoris, disputed) ⓘ
subject linked to: the Kingmaker
linked to: Earl of Salisbury
Neville family → nobleTitleHeld → Earl of Salisbury ⓘ