Earl

E15423

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.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Earl canonical	55
earl	2

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 ⓘ surface form: 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 (57)

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

Earl of Southesk → subclassOf → Earl ⓘ

Earl of Southesk → rank → Earl ⓘ

Earl Monroe (honored) → givenName → Earl ⓘ

subject surface form: Earl Monroe

Earl Warren → givenName → Earl ⓘ

Warren E. Burger → middleName → Earl ⓘ

Earl Hines → givenName → Earl ⓘ

Earl Hamner Jr. → givenName → Earl ⓘ

Ben Nelson → givenName → Earl ⓘ

Earl Butz → givenName → Earl ⓘ

Earl Bakken → givenName → Earl ⓘ

Clarence Earl Gideon → middleName → Earl ⓘ

Earl Morrall → givenName → Earl ⓘ

Lords of Parliament → titleStyle → Earl ⓘ

Earl of Beaconsfield → rank → Earl ⓘ

this entity surface form: earl

Earl Lloyd → givenName → Earl ⓘ

Earl of Huntingdon → nobleRank → Earl ⓘ

Earl of Lincoln → hasTitleRank → Earl ⓘ

Earl Grey → nobleRank → Earl ⓘ

Earl of Merioneth → style → Earl ⓘ

Black Jesus → givenName → Earl ⓘ

subject surface form: Earl Monroe

Warren → givenName → Earl ⓘ

subject surface form: Earl Warren

Browder → givenName → Earl ⓘ

subject surface form: Earl Browder

Burger → middleName → Earl ⓘ

subject surface form: Warren E. Burger

Earl Little → givenName → Earl ⓘ

Cocktail Time → protagonistTitle → Earl ⓘ

Earl of Sussex → nobleRank → Earl ⓘ

Hamner → givenName → Earl ⓘ

subject surface form: Earl Hamner Jr.

Harley Earl → familyName → Earl ⓘ

Earl K. Long → givenName → Earl ⓘ

Earl Campbell → givenName → Earl ⓘ

Bud Powell → givenName → Earl ⓘ

Earl Winfield Spencer Jr. → givenName → Earl ⓘ

Earl of Ickenham → hasTitle → Earl ⓘ

Earl Van Dorn → givenName → Earl ⓘ

Earl of Atholl → nobleRank → Earl ⓘ

Earl of Powis → rank → Earl ⓘ

Curly Lambeau → givenName → Earl ⓘ

Earldom of Sandwich → rank → Earl ⓘ

Earl of Munster → nobleRank → Earl ⓘ

Earl of Munster → hasTitleStyle → Earl ⓘ

Earl of Clarendon → rank → Earl ⓘ

Earl Browder → givenName → Earl ⓘ

Earl of Shelburne → nobleRank → Earl ⓘ

this entity surface form: earl

Earl of Shelburne → titleStyle → Earl ⓘ

Earl of Kerry → nobleRank → Earl ⓘ

Lucas v. Earl → respondent → Earl ⓘ

Earl of Ellesmere → nobleRank → Earl ⓘ

Earl of Ellesmere → titleStyle → Earl ⓘ

5th Earl Russell → nobleRank → Earl ⓘ

Earl of Worcester → hasTitle → Earl ⓘ