Earl of Rochester

E351356

English nobleman English poet courtier noble title

The Earl of Rochester was an English noble title most famously associated with John Wilmot, a 17th-century poet and courtier known for his sharp wit, libertine lifestyle, and satirical verse at the court of Charles II.

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Label	Occurrences
Earl of Rochester canonical	3

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	English nobleman ⓘ English poet ⓘ courtier ⓘ noble title ⓘ
associatedWith	Charles II of England ⓘ House of Stuart ⓘ John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester ⓘ
birthDate	1647-04-01 ⓘ
causeOfDeath	illness ⓘ
contemporaryOf	John Dryden ⓘ Samuel Pepys ⓘ
country	Kingdom of England ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of England ⓘ
court	Court of Charles II of England ⓘ
deathDate	1680-07-26 ⓘ
educatedAt	Wadham College, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ
era	Stuart period ⓘ surface form: Restoration England
father	Henry Wilmot, 1st Earl of Rochester ⓘ
floruit	1660s ⓘ 1670s ⓘ
genre	erotic poetry ⓘ satire ⓘ
influenced	English satirical poetry ⓘ
knownFor	libertine lifestyle ⓘ satirical poetry ⓘ witty verse ⓘ
languageOfTitle	English ⓘ
memberOf	Court of Charles II of England ⓘ surface form: court of Charles II of England
militaryService	Royal Navy ⓘ
movement	Restoration theatre ⓘ surface form: Restoration literature
namedAfter	Rochester, Kent, England ⓘ surface form: Rochester, Kent
nobleRank	Earl ⓘ
nobleTitle	Earl of Rochester self-linksurface differs ⓘ
notableHolder	John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester ⓘ
occupation	courtier ⓘ poet ⓘ satirist ⓘ
participatedIn	Second Anglo-Dutch War ⓘ
periodOfProminence	17th century ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Ditchley ⓘ surface form: Ditchley, Oxfordshire
placeOfDeath	Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England ⓘ surface form: Woodstock, Oxfordshire
religion	Anglicanism ⓘ
spouse	Elizabeth Malet ⓘ
titleType	peerage of England ⓘ
wroteInLanguage	English ⓘ

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

Hyde family → titleHeld → Earl of Rochester ⓘ

Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester → nobleTitle → Earl of Rochester ⓘ

Earl of Rochester → nobleTitle → Earl of Rochester self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester