Earl of Huntingdon

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The Earl of Huntingdon was a prominent medieval English noble title often associated with members of the Scottish royal family, notably serving as a key link between Scottish kings and the English nobility.


Statements (44)
Predicate Object
instanceOf earldom
noble title
associatedLegend Robin Hood
surface form: "Robin Hood (later traditions sometimes style him Earl of Huntingdon)"
associatedWith Huntingdonshire NERFINISHED
country Kingdom of England
currentStatus extant (as of early 21st century)
feudalJurisdictionOver Huntingdon
lands in Huntingdonshire
governingMonarchAtFirstCreation William II of England
surface form: "William II of England (approximate era)"
hasConnectionWith English nobility
Kings of Scotland
Scottish royal house of Bruce
surface form: "Scottish royal family"
hasCreation first creation in the 11th century
hasGenderedForm Countess of Huntingdon
hasHereditaryNature hereditary title
hasHistoricalPeriod Middle Ages
Stuart period
Tudor dynasty
surface form: "Tudor period"
hasMultipleCreations true
hasSuccessionLaw male-preference primogeniture
languageOfTitle Latin
Middle English
linkedToDynasty House of Dunkeld
House of Hastings
linkedToTitle Earl of Northampton
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity England
nobleRank Earl
notableHolder David of Scotland, 8th Earl of Huntingdon
surface form: "David of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon"

Ferdinando Hastings, 6th Earl of Huntingdon
Francis Hastings, 10th Earl of Huntingdon
Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon
Francis John Clarence Westenra Plantagenet Hastings, 16th Earl of Huntingdon
George Hastings, 1st Earl of Huntingdon (second creation)
Hans Francis Hastings, 12th Earl of Huntingdon
Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon
Henry of Scotland, Earl of Northumbria
surface form: "Henry of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon"

Simon de Senlis, Earl of Huntingdon-Northampton
surface form: "Simon II de Senlis, Earl of Huntingdon-Northampton"

Theophilus Hastings, 7th Earl of Huntingdon
Theophilus Hastings, 7th Earl of Huntingdon
surface form: "Theophilus Hastings, 9th Earl of Huntingdon"

William Edward Robin Hood Hastings-Bass, 17th Earl of Huntingdon
partOf Peerage of England
precedenceInPeerage among senior earldoms of the English peerage
seatTraditionallyAssociated Hastings family estates in Leicestershire
usedAs link between Scottish kings and English nobility

Referenced by (11)

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

David I of Scotland heldTitle Earl of Huntingdon
Earldom of Huntingdon heldTitle Earl of Huntingdon
subject surface form: "Hastings family"
William I of Scotland nobleTitle Earl of Huntingdon
Earldom of Huntingdon positionHeld Earl of Huntingdon
subject surface form: "David I of Scotland"
Earldom of Huntingdon positionHeld Earl of Huntingdon
subject surface form: "David of Scotland, 8th Earl of Huntingdon"
Earldom of Huntingdon positionHeld Earl of Huntingdon
subject surface form: "Henry of Scotland, Earl of Northumbria"
Earldom of Huntingdon positionHeld Earl of Huntingdon
subject surface form: "Malcolm IV of Scotland"
Earldom of Huntingdon positionHeld Earl of Huntingdon
subject surface form: "Waltheof, Earl of Northumbria"
Earldom of Huntingdon positionHeld Earl of Huntingdon
subject surface form: "William I of Scotland"
Henry of Scotland, Earl of Northumbria title Earl of Huntingdon
Malcolm IV of Scotland titleHeld Earl of Huntingdon

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