Earl of Chester

E14343

earldom noble title

The Earl of Chester is a historic English noble title traditionally associated with the heir apparent to the British throne and closely linked to the governance of the County Palatine of Chester.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Earl of Chester canonical	23
Earls of Chester	3
Earldom of Chester	2

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	earldom ⓘ noble title ⓘ
associatedWith	Cheshire ⓘ
associatedWithCastle	Chester Castle ⓘ
associatedWithCathedral	Chester Cathedral ⓘ
associatedWithCity	City of Chester ⓘ
associatedWithMonarchy	British monarchy ⓘ Kingdom of England ⓘ surface form: English monarchy
associatedWithRegion	North West England ⓘ
borderRole	frontier with Wales ⓘ
ceremonialRole	part of titles of the heir apparent ⓘ
country	Kingdom of England ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
currentHolder	Prince William, Prince of Wales ⓘ surface form: William, Prince of Wales
currentHolderCountry	United Kingdom ⓘ
currentHolderTitle	Prince William, Prince of Wales ⓘ
governancePowers	quasi-regal authority in Cheshire ⓘ
grantedBy	British monarchy ⓘ surface form: British crown British Crown ⓘ surface form: English crown
grantedWith	title Prince of Wales ⓘ
hasHeirApparentFunction	true ⓘ
hasHereditaryNature	hereditary in the royal line ⓘ
hasPalatineStatus	true ⓘ
historicalEraOfOrigin	Middle Ages ⓘ
historicalFunction	administration of palatine county ⓘ military command on Welsh Marches ⓘ
historicalImportance	major marcher earldom on the Welsh border ⓘ
jurisdiction	Cheshire ⓘ parts of North Wales (historically) ⓘ
languageOfTitle	English ⓘ
linkedInstitution	County Palatine of Chester ⓘ Earl of Chester self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Earldom of Chester
linkedTo	governance of the County Palatine of Chester ⓘ
linkedToHouse	House of Windsor ⓘ
linkedToInstitution	British royal family ⓘ
linkedToLegalStatus	palatine jurisdiction ⓘ
linkedToTitle	Duke of Cornwall ⓘ Prince of Wales ⓘ surface form: Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester
locatedIn	County Palatine of Chester ⓘ
namedAfter	City of Chester ⓘ surface form: Chester
partOf	peerage of England ⓘ
seatHistorically	City of Chester ⓘ surface form: Chester Chester Castle ⓘ
styleUsedBy	current heir apparent to the British throne ⓘ
titleRank	earl ⓘ
titleType	royal earldom ⓘ
traditionallyHeldBy	Prince of Wales ⓘ heir apparent to the British throne ⓘ

Referenced by (28)

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

Edward VII → title → Earl of Chester ⓘ

Earl of Chester → linkedInstitution → Earl of Chester self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Earldom of Chester

Edward V of England → title → Earl of Chester ⓘ

Edward II of England → positionHeld → Earl of Chester ⓘ

Alphonso, Earl of Chester → positionHeld → Earl of Chester ⓘ

Alphonso, Earl of Chester → title → Earl of Chester ⓘ

Henry V of England → title → Earl of Chester ⓘ

County Palatine of Chester → hasRulerTitle → Earl of Chester ⓘ

County Palatine of Chester → associatedWithTitle → Earl of Chester ⓘ

Chester Castle → builtFor → Earl of Chester ⓘ

this entity surface form: Earls of Chester

Chester Castle → associatedWith → Earl of Chester ⓘ

this entity surface form: Earls of Chester

Edward I's son Edward of Caernarfon → title → Earl of Chester ⓘ

subject surface form: Edward of Caernarfon

Edward of Middleham → title → Earl of Chester ⓘ

Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales → title → Earl of Chester ⓘ

Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales → styledAs → Earl of Chester ⓘ

Countess of Chester → associatedWith → Earl of Chester ⓘ

this entity surface form: Earldom of Chester

Countess of Chester → linkedTitle → Earl of Chester ⓘ

1969 investiture of Charles as Prince of Wales → conferredTitle → Earl of Chester ⓘ

1969 investiture of Charles as Prince of Wales → CharlesTitleAfterEvent → Earl of Chester ⓘ

Arthur, Prince of Wales → nobleTitle → Earl of Chester ⓘ

Arthur, Prince of Wales → positionHeld → Earl of Chester ⓘ

King Henry V → positionHeld → Earl of Chester ⓘ

subject surface form: Henry V of England

Richard of Bordeaux → title → Earl of Chester ⓘ

Hugh d'Avranches → nobleTitle → Earl of Chester ⓘ

Hugh d'Avranches → positionHeld → Earl of Chester ⓘ

Ranulf le Meschin → positionHeld → Earl of Chester ⓘ

Ranulf le Meschin → nobleTitle → Earl of Chester ⓘ

Ranulf le Meschin → nobleFamily → Earl of Chester ⓘ

this entity surface form: Earls of Chester