Earl of Westmorland

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The Earl of Westmorland is a historic English peerage title long associated with prominent aristocratic families and political influence in Britain.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf peerage title
associatedWithEstate Brancepeth Castle NERFINISHED
Raby Castle NERFINISHED
associatedWithEvent Wars of the Roses NERFINISHED
associatedWithFamily Neville family NERFINISHED
associatedWithMonarch Richard II of England NERFINISHED
associatedWithRegion County of Westmorland NERFINISHED
Northern England NERFINISHED
category English earls
Fane family NERFINISHED
Neville family NERFINISHED
Noble titles created in 1397
country Kingdom of England
createdBy Richard II of England NERFINISHED
createdFor Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland NERFINISHED
creationDate 1397
genderRestriction male-preference succession (historically)
hasCoronet coronet of an earl
hasFeudalOrigin medieval English nobility
hasFirstHolder Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland NERFINISHED
hasHeraldicElement coat of arms of the Earls of Westmorland
hasNotableHolder Charles Fane, 3rd Earl of Westmorland NERFINISHED
John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmorland NERFINISHED
John Fane, 7th Earl of Westmorland NERFINISHED
Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland NERFINISHED
hasPoliticalInfluence influence in early modern British politics
influence in late medieval English politics
hasPoliticalRole membership in the English House of Lords
hasStyle The Right Honourable
heldBy Fane family NERFINISHED
Neville family NERFINISHED
historicalFunction landholding magnate in northern England
historicalStatus one of the older English earldoms
jurisdiction Kingdom of England NERFINISHED
languageOfTitle English
laterJurisdiction Kingdom of Great Britain NERFINISHED
United Kingdom NERFINISHED
namedAfter Westmorland NERFINISHED
nobilityType English aristocracy
nobleRank earl
partOf Peerage of England NERFINISHED
socialClass British peerage
successionType hereditary peerage
titleClass English earldom

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