Earl of Huntingdon

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The Earl of Huntingdon was a prominent medieval English noble title often associated with members of the Scottish royal family, notably serving as a key link between Scottish kings and the English nobility.

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Label Occurrences
Earl of Huntingdon canonical 29
Earl of Huntingdon-Northampton 1

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf earldom
noble title
associatedLegend Robin Hood (later traditions sometimes style him Earl of Huntingdon)
linked to: Robin Hood
associatedWith Huntingdonshire
country Kingdom of England
currentStatus extant (as of early 21st century)
feudalJurisdictionOver Huntingdon
lands in Huntingdonshire
governingMonarchAtFirstCreation William II of England (approximate era)
hasConnectionWith English nobility
Kings of Scotland
Scottish royal family
hasCreation first creation in the 11th century
hasGenderedForm Countess of Huntingdon
hasHereditaryNature hereditary title
hasHistoricalPeriod Middle Ages
Stuart period
Tudor period
linked to: Tudor dynasty
hasMultipleCreations true
hasSuccessionLaw male-preference primogeniture
languageOfTitle Latin
Middle English
linkedToDynasty House of Dunkeld
House of Hastings
linkedToTitle Earl of Northampton
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity England
nobleRank Earl
notableHolder David of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon
Ferdinando Hastings, 6th Earl of Huntingdon
Francis Hastings, 10th Earl of Huntingdon
Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon
Francis John Clarence Westenra Plantagenet Hastings, 16th Earl of Huntingdon
George Hastings, 1st Earl of Huntingdon (second creation)
Hans Francis Hastings, 12th Earl of Huntingdon
Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon
Henry of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon
Simon II de Senlis, Earl of Huntingdon-Northampton
Theophilus Hastings, 7th Earl of Huntingdon
Theophilus Hastings, 9th Earl of Huntingdon
William Edward Robin Hood Hastings-Bass, 17th Earl of Huntingdon
partOf Peerage of England
precedenceInPeerage among senior earldoms of the English peerage
seatTraditionallyAssociated Hastings family estates in Leicestershire
usedAs link between Scottish kings and English nobility

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

David I of Scotland heldTitle Earl of Huntingdon
William I of Scotland nobleTitle Earl of Huntingdon
Waltheof, Earl of Northumbria positionHeld Earl of Huntingdon
subject linked to: Earldom of Huntingdon
David I of Scotland positionHeld Earl of Huntingdon
subject linked to: Earldom of Huntingdon
Henry of Scotland, Earl of Northumbria positionHeld Earl of Huntingdon
subject linked to: Earldom of Huntingdon
Malcolm IV of Scotland positionHeld Earl of Huntingdon
subject linked to: Earldom of Huntingdon
William I of Scotland positionHeld Earl of Huntingdon
subject linked to: Earldom of Huntingdon
David of Scotland, 8th Earl of Huntingdon positionHeld Earl of Huntingdon
subject linked to: Earldom of Huntingdon
Hastings family heldTitle Earl of Huntingdon
subject linked to: Earldom of Huntingdon
Malcolm IV of Scotland titleHeld Earl of Huntingdon
Henry of Scotland, Earl of Northumbria title Earl of Huntingdon
Hastings family nobleTitleAssociatedWith Earl of Huntingdon
Simon de Senlis, Earl of Huntingdon-Northampton positionHeld Earl of Huntingdon-Northampton
linked to: Earl of Huntingdon
House of Hastings nobleTitleHeld Earl of Huntingdon
Countess of Huntingdon associatedTitle Earl of Huntingdon
Countess of Huntingdon equivalentMaleTitle Earl of Huntingdon