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earl

vr.tr.earl · SOC.PER

Let an agent explain the rank of earl and its place in the peerage, identify specific earldoms with sources, describe styles and succession, and support genealogical and historical questions.

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Purpose and description

Let an agent explain the rank of earl and its place in the peerage, identify specific earldoms with sources, describe styles and succession, and support genealogical and historical questions.

A rank of the British peerage below marquess and above viscount, equivalent to count in continental Europe, held by hereditary or occasionally life peers with titles such as Earl of Aberdeen, Earl of Bute, Earl of Craven, Earl of Huntly, Earl of Norfolk and Earl of Wexford, and historically the highest rank of the Anglo-Saxon and early Norman nobility; earls are styled and addressed under peerage conventions, and their titles are recorded in peerage references.

What it is for: A British peerage rank equivalent to count.

It can be explain the rank; identify specific earldoms; describe styles and succession; support genealogy.

Distinguishing features

Peerage rank

Anglo-Saxon origin

Hereditary succession

Territorial titles

What it looks like

Not physical; a title, with a coronet in heraldry.

How it is recognised

Below marquess, above viscount

British equivalent of count

A countess is the wife of an earl or an earl in her own right

Related models

is a kind of - category

count

is a kind of - category

aristocrat

is related to - the rank below

viscount

is related to - arms of earls

coat of arms

In practice

Families and kinds

earldoms of England

earldoms of Scotland

earldoms of Ireland

earldoms of Great Britain and the United Kingdom

historical and extinct earldoms

Standards and regulation

Peerage law and letters patent

Forms of address conventions

House of Lords rules on hereditary peers

Failure modes and hazards

Confusing earl with count in other systems

Errors in succession and styles

Treating extinct titles as current

Also called

Earl of CravenEarl of ButeEarl of NorfolkEarl of WexfordEarl of AberdeenEarl of HuntlyEarl of NorthbrookEarl of DouglasEarl of ArlingtonEarl of HopetounEarl of HertfordEarl of ExeterEarl of ArgyllEarl of DalhousieEarl of WellingtonEarl of ManchesterEarl of SussexEarl of NorthumbriaEarl RussellEarl GreyEarl JellicoeEarl SpencerEarl of AthollEarl of BalfourEarl of AngusEarl of BessboroughEarl of CarnarvonEarl of BuchanEarl of ClarendonEarl of CrawfordEarl of ChesterEarl of CornwallEarl of DunbarEarl of DerbyEarl of DurhamEarl of EldonEarl of EssexEarl of HalifaxEarl of HarrowbyEarl of Hereford

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Also registered as vr.tr.earl

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Understand The rank.

Definitions.

Rank

Position and origin.

Rank

Rank.

  1. Where does earl sit in the peerage, and how did the rank develop from Anglo-Saxon ealdormen and jarls? provenance
  2. Which peerage is meant, England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain or the United Kingdom? boundary

Styles

Styles and family.

Styles

Styles.

  1. How are earls, countesses and their children styled and addressed? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance
Identify Specific earldoms.

Practice.

Specific

A specific earldom.

Specific

Specific earldom.

  1. What is the history and succession of this earldom, according to peerage references? provenance
  2. Which entry fits the title? action

Succession

Succession and creation.

Succession

Succession.

  1. How are earldoms created by letters patent, and how do they pass, become dormant or extinct? provenance
  2. Which entry fits peerage law? action
Law Earls and the state.

Law.

Lords

Parliament.

Lords

Parliament.

  1. How do earls relate to the House of Lords since the 1999 reform? provenance
  2. Which entry fits the House of Lords? action

Heraldry

Heraldry.

Heraldry

Heraldry.

  1. What coronet and heraldic marks denote earls? provenance
  2. Which entry fits heraldry? action
Learn History and teaching.

Education.

History

History.

History

History.

  1. How did earldoms shape medieval and early modern British history, according to historians? provenance
  2. Which entry fits the peerage generally? action

Teach

Teaching.

Teach

Teaching.

  1. How can peerage ranks be taught in social history? action
  2. Which misconceptions arise? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should each earldom be a separate entry?
  • How should peerage references be linked?
  • How should Scottish and Irish earldoms be documented?
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