title of Earl of Cornwall was created several times in the Peerage of England before 1337, when it was superseded by the title Duke of Cornwall, which...
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Richard was nominal Count of Poitou from 1225 to 1243, and he also held the title Earl of Cornwall since 1225. He was one of the wealthiest men in Europe...
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Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall (c. 1284 – 19 June 1312) was an English nobleman of Gascon origin, and the favourite of Edward II of England. At a young...
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appointed their own men as earl of Cornwall, the first of whom was in fact a Breton of Cornouaille in Brittany. Edward of Woodstock (widely known as 'The...
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Edmund of Almain (26 December 1249 – 1300) was the second Earl of Cornwall of the fourth creation from 1272. He joined the Ninth Crusade in 1271, but never...
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illegitimate son of King Henry I (1100–1135). He became Earl of Cornwall and High Sheriff of Devon. Reginald was born in Dénestanville in the Duchy of Normandy...
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the estates of the late Earl of Cornwall and gave them to John. The following year, Henry disinherited the sisters of Isabella of Gloucester, contrary to...
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John of Eltham, 1st Earl of Cornwall (15 August 1316 – 13 September 1336) was the second son of Edward II of England and Isabella of France. He was heir...
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Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester, 1355–1397 Humphrey, 2nd Earl of Buckingham, 1381–1399 John of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall, 1316–1336 Thomas of Brotherton...
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Earl of St Germans, in the County of Cornwall, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom that is held by the Eliot family. The title takes its name...
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Henry of Almain (Anglo-Norman: Henri d'Almayne; 2 November 1235 – 13 March 1271), also called Henry of Cornwall, was the eldest son of Richard, Earl of Cornwall...
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Isabel Marshal (category Daughters of British earls)
was the wife of both Gilbert de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford and 5th Earl of Gloucester and Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall (son of King John of England). With...
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Count of Mortain, first Earl of Cornwall of 2nd creation (c. 1031–c. 1095) was a Norman nobleman and the half-brother (on their mother's side) of King...
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lost Notes Earl of Cornwall (1068) Robert, Count of Mortain 1068 1095 Died William Fitz-Robert, 2nd Earl of Cornwall 1095 1106 Earl of Dorset (1070)...
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Notes Earl of Cornwall (1068) William Fitz-Robert, 2nd Earl of Cornwall 1095 1106 Forfeit Earl of Chester (1071) Hugh d'Avranches, 1st Earl of Chester...
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(1067) Odo, Earl of Kent 1067 1088 Earl of Cornwall (1068) Robert, Count of Mortain 1068 1095 Earl of Dorset (1070) Osmund, Count of Seez 1070 1099...
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and King Cornwall". Earl of Cornwall Duke of Cornwall List of legendary kings of Britain List of kings of Dumnonia Dumnonia History of Cornwall Cornovii...
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The constitutional status of Cornwall has been a matter of debate and dispute. Cornwall is an administrative county of England. In ethnic and cultural...
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granduncle Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall. His death left Henry the eldest surviving child of Edward and second-in-line to the throne of England. Henry III...
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Fulcuich (redirect from Fulcois, the Count of Perche)
Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester, 1355–1397 Humphrey, 2nd Earl of Buckingham, 1381–1399 John of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall, 1316–1336 Thomas of Brotherton...
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of Baglan An early 17th century pedigree of a so-called 'Earl of Cornwall' in the Book of Baglan may possibly represent a list of rulers in Cornwall....
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Cornwall (/ˈkɔːrnwɔːl, -wəl/; Cornish: Kernow; Cornish pronunciation: [ˈkɛrnɔʊ]; or [ˈkɛrnɔ]) is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised...
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The history of Cornwall goes back to the Paleolithic, but in this period Cornwall only had sporadic visits by groups of humans. Continuous occupation...
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life of Gilbert's mother. Finally, Piers Gaveston was in 1307 given the earldom of Cornwall, left vacant by the death of Edmund, 2nd Earl of Cornwall in...
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between 1140 and 1149. Cokayne, George Edward, ed. (1887). Complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant,...
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from Earl of Huntingdon to Duke of Exeter Thomas Holland, the King's nephew, promoted from Earl of Kent to Duke of Surrey Edward of Norwich, Earl of Rutland...
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on the holdings of the previous earls, did not comprise the whole of the county, and much of it lay outside Cornwall. The extent of the estate has varied...
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Dunstanville was made earl of Cornwall. Baldwin de Redvers was made earl of Devon, and William de Mohun, lord of Dunster, was made earl of Somerset. Aubrey...
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the births of all four surviving offspring. Their children were: Edward III, born 1312; John of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall, born 1316; Eleanor of Woodstock...
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Date lost Notes Earl of Kent (1067) Odo of Bayeux 1067 1088 Forfeit Earl of Cornwall (1068) Robert, Count of Mortain 1068 1095 Earl of Dorset (1070) Osmund...
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