Earl of Salisbury

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The Earl of Salisbury was a prominent English noble title historically associated with powerful medieval aristocratic families involved in the Wars of the Roses and high court politics.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English noble title
associatedWith English peerage
Salisbury NERFINISHED
associatedWithInstitution English Parliament NERFINISHED
associatedWithMonarch Edward IV of England NERFINISHED
Henry VI of England NERFINISHED
Henry VIII of England NERFINISHED
connectedToEvent English court politics
Hundred Years' War NERFINISHED
country Kingdom of England
createdInPeriod Middle Ages NERFINISHED
etymology derived from the town of Salisbury
governingJurisdiction County of Wiltshire NERFINISHED
hasFemaleEquivalentTitle Countess of Salisbury NERFINISHED
heldByFamily Montagu family NERFINISHED
Neville family NERFINISHED
Plantagenet dynasty NERFINISHED
de Bohun family NERFINISHED
heldByPerson Margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury NERFINISHED
Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury NERFINISHED
William Longespée, 3rd Earl of Salisbury NERFINISHED
William Montagu, 1st Earl of Salisbury NERFINISHED
historicalImportance major magnate in late medieval England
historicalStatus extinct title (in some creations)
holderEntitledTo seat in the House of Lords
involvedIn Wars of the Roses NERFINISHED
languageOfTitle English
linkedToConflict late medieval baronial conflicts
linkedToFaction House of Lancaster NERFINISHED
House of York NERFINISHED
linkedToRegion southern England
locatedIn Wiltshire
nobleRank Earl
notableHolderExecuted Margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury NERFINISHED
notableHolderExecutedBy Henry VIII of England NERFINISHED
notableHolderRole military commander
political leader
powerful medieval magnate
royal favourite
partOf Peerage of England NERFINISHED
politicalAlignment Yorkist leadership NERFINISHED
precedenceWithin English nobility
seatAssociatedWith Old Sarum NERFINISHED
Salisbury Castle NERFINISHED
styleOfAddress The Right Honourable
successionLaw male-preference primogeniture
titleOrigin place-based title
titleType hereditary peerage title

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Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster heldOffice Earl of Salisbury
George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence nobleTitle Earl of Salisbury
this entity surface form: Earl of Salisbury (jure uxoris)
Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick nobleTitle Earl of Salisbury
this entity surface form: Earl of Salisbury (jure uxoris, disputed)
Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster nobleTitle Earl of Salisbury
The Marquess of Salisbury subsidiaryTitle Earl of Salisbury
subject surface form: Marquess of Salisbury
Edward of Middleham title Earl of Salisbury