The Earls of East Anglia were governors of East Anglia during the 11th century. The post was established by Cnut in 1017 and disappeared following Ralph...
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East Anglia is an area in the East of England. It comprises the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk and Cambridgeshire, with Essex also included in some definitions...
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He gained the additional title of Earl of East Anglia, but also was exiled for a time. Through the first marriage of his daughter he became father-in-law...
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queen consort of Edward the Confessor Tostig Godwinson, Earl of Northumbria (c. 1026 – 25 September 1066) Gyrth Godwinson, Earl of East Anglia (c. 1032 –...
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Gytha Thorkelsdóttir (category House of Godwin)
Godwinson, Earl of Northumbria (c. 1026 – September 25, 1066) Gyrth Godwinson, Earl of East Anglia (c. 1030 – October 14, 1066) Gunhilda of Wessex, a nun...
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Harold Godwinson (redirect from Harold, Earl of Wessex)
23 January 1045 and, around that time, Harold became Earl of East Anglia. Harold is called "earl" when he appears as a witness in a will that may date...
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when Earl Siward died in 1055. He ignored the claims of Siward's son, Waltheof, and appointed Tostig Godwinson as earl. The earldom of East Anglia appears...
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Ralph de Gael (redirect from Ralph de Gael, Earl of East Anglia)
the Earl of East Anglia (Norfolk and Suffolk) and Lord of Gaël and Montfort (Seigneur de Gaël et Montfort). He was the leading figure in the Revolt of the...
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consisting of Somerset, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire. Godwin's second son, Harold, was made earl of East Anglia the following...
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Kingdom of the East Angles (Old English: Ēastengla Rīċe; Latin: Regnum Orientalium Anglorum), informally known as the Kingdom of East Anglia, was a small...
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Earl of Wessex is a title that has been created twice in British history – once in the pre-Conquest Anglo-Saxon nobility of England, and once in the Peerage...
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Earl of Arundel is a title of nobility in England, and one of the oldest extant in the English peerage. It is currently held by the Duke of Norfolk, and...
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Amice, the daughter of the defender of Brémule, Raoul II de Gael, seigneur of Gael and Montfort, son of Ralph de Gael, Earl of East Anglia. The marriage never...
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Vikings: Valhalla (category Cultural depictions of Harald Hardrada)
2–3) Gavin O'Connor as Oswick, Earl of East Anglia (season 1; guest season 3) Martin Philips as Leofric, Earl of Northumbria (season 1) Asbjørn Krogh Nissen...
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Ralph the Timid (redirect from Ralph the Timid, Earl of Hereford)
Sweyn's earldom of Hereford, which included Oxfordshire. In 1055 Ælfgar, the earl of East Anglia, was exiled and allied himself with the ruler of Wales, Gruffydd...
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been earl of East Anglia a number of times in the 1050s and was appointed earl of Mercia in c. 1057, in succession of his father Earl Leofric. Ælfgar's...
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Gyrth Godwinson (category Earls of East Anglia)
Harold inherited the Earldom of Wessex and became second in power only to the king. Gyrth was made Earl of East Anglia, Cambridgeshire and Oxfordshire...
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(non-dynastic) Earls of the Mercians (descendants of Leofwine) The title Earl of March (etymologically identical to 'Earl of Mercia') was created in...
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between Emma (daughter of William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford and Adelissa de Tosny) and Ralph de Guader, Earl of East Anglia in 1075. They married...
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Thorkell the Tall (category Earls and ealdormen of East Anglia)
Richard (2004). "Thorkell the Tall [Þorkill inn Hávi], earl of East Anglia". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/27403...
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Henry Miles Fitzalan-Howard, Earl of Arundel (born 3 December 1987), styled as Lord Maltravers until 2002 and known professionally as Henry Arundel, is...
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descended from Edward I. The son of Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, was Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey; the earl was descended from Edward III. As...
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historical Edmund of East Anglia Played by Gaia Weiss (seasons 2–3) Bjorn's love interest and later first wife. Shortly after the birth of their daughter...
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Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk KG PC (1443 – 21 May 1524), styled Earl of Surrey from 1483 to 1485 and again from 1489 to 1514, was an English nobleman...
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of their new dignities, although Henry, ever cautious of rivals, scattered the grants across the realm to prevent a Howard landed base in East Anglia...
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Ralph the Staller (category Earls of East Anglia)
Continuum. Williams, Ann (2004). "Ralph the Staller, earl of East Anglia (d. 1068x70)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University...
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rank of earl. They include: Ralph the Timid, Earl of Hereford (d. 1057) Ralph de Gael, Earl of East Anglia (d. c. 1096) Ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford...
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(1069–1088) Earl of East Anglia Ralph the Staller (1067–1068) Ralph de Gael (1068–1075) Earl of Hereford William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford (1067–1071)...
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as "Earl of Norwich" (comes Nortguici), his official title was "Earl of East Anglia", his line being officially counted as the first creation of the Earls...
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William the Conqueror (redirect from William of Normandy)
Tostig, became Earl of Northumbria. Other sons were granted earldoms later: Gyrth as Earl of East Anglia in 1057 and Leofwine as Earl of Kent sometime...
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