earls of England

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The earls of England were powerful hereditary nobles who held significant land, military, and political authority within the English feudal hierarchy.

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Label Occurrences
earls of England canonical 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf English nobility ⓘ
feudal rank ⓘ
hereditary noble title ⓘ
associatedWithInstitution English feudal army ⓘ
English monarchy ⓘ
linked to: English Crown

English royal court ⓘ
couldLoseTitleBy attainder ⓘ
treason conviction ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
equivalentRank continental count ⓘ
feudalObligation counsel to the king ⓘ
judicial responsibilities ⓘ
military service to the king ⓘ
governed earldoms ⓘ
shires ⓘ
grantedBy English monarch ⓘ
hadPrivilege membership in the House of Lords ⓘ
seat in the English Parliament ⓘ
hasGenderedTitle countess ⓘ
earl ⓘ
heldPowerType landed power ⓘ
military authority ⓘ
political authority ⓘ
historicalPeriod Anglo-Saxon England ⓘ
Norman England ⓘ
Plantagenet England ⓘ
Stuart England ⓘ
Tudor England ⓘ
later English monarchy ⓘ
languageOfTitle English ⓘ
legalStatus peers of the realm ⓘ
originatedFrom earl (eorl) in Anglo-Saxon England ⓘ
partOf English feudal system ⓘ
peerage of England ⓘ
positionInHierarchy above barons ⓘ
above knights ⓘ
below the king ⓘ
roleInGovernment military commanders ⓘ
regional governors ⓘ
royal councillors ⓘ
socialClass aristocracy ⓘ
landed gentry elite ⓘ
titleRank above viscount ⓘ
below marquess ⓘ
typicalInheritance hereditary succession ⓘ
primogeniture ⓘ
typicalResidence castles ⓘ
manor houses ⓘ
usedHonorific The Right Honourable ⓘ

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

Magnum Concilium → hasMember → earls of England ⓘ