Earl

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hereditary title noble title peerage rank

An Earl is a noble rank in the British and some European peerage systems, historically positioned below a marquess and above a viscount.

Aliases (1)

earl ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	hereditary title → noble title → peerage rank →
associatedWithFeudalSystem	yes →
associatedWithTerritorialDesignation	yes →
canBe	hereditary peerage → life peerage (in modern usage often as equivalent rank) →
equivalentTo	Count (continental Europe) →
femaleStyleOfAddress	Lady →
hasCourtPrecedence	above baron → below duke →
hasFeminineEquivalentTitle	Countess →
hasLowerPrecedenceThan	Marquess →
hasNobleRankLevel	high nobility →
hasPluralForm	Earls →
hasPrecedenceOver	Viscount →
historicalFunction	high-ranking nobleman → military leader → regional governor →
historicallyAssociatedWith	Anglo-Saxon England →
isComparableRankTo	Comte (France) → Conde (Spain, Portugal) → Graf (German-speaking countries) →
isInheritedBy	heirs according to letters patent or custom →
isMemberOf	House of Lords (when a peer of the UK, subject to reforms) →
isRecordedIn	peerage rolls →
isSecularTitle	true →
isTitleOfNobilityIn	monarchies →
isTitleRecognizedBy	British Crown →
originLanguage	Old English →
partOf	British peerage system → English peerage system → Irish peerage system → Scottish peerage system → United Kingdom peerage system →
positionedAbove	Viscount →
positionedBelow	Marquess →
rankInBritishPeerage	third →
rankOrder	above viscount → below marquess →
replacedEarlierTitle	Ealdorman →
styleOfAddress	Lord → The Right Honourable →
usedAsTitleInFull	Earl of [place or family name] →
usedIn	Ireland → United Kingdom → historical European nobility →

Referenced by (19)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ben Nelson → Earl Bakken → Earl Butz → Earl Hamner Jr. → Earl Hines → Earl Lloyd → Earl Monroe → Earl Morrall → Earl Warren →	givenName
Clarence Earl Gideon → Warren E. Burger →	middleName
Earl Grey → Earl of Huntingdon →	nobleRank
Earl of Beaconsfield ("earl") → Earl of Southesk →	rank
Earl of Lincoln →	hasTitleRank
Earl of Merioneth →	style
Earl of Southesk →	subclassOf
Lords of Parliament →	titleStyle