The title of Earl of Cornwall was created several times in the
Peerage of England
The Peerage of England comprises all peerages created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union in 1707. From that year, the Peerages of England and Scotland were closed to new creations, and new peers were created in a single Peerag ...
before 1337, when it was superseded by the title
Duke of Cornwall
Duke of Cornwall () is a title in the Peerage of England, traditionally held by the eldest son of the reigning Monarchy of the United Kingdom, British monarch, previously the English monarch. The Duchy of Cornwall was the first duchy created i ...
, which became attached to heirs-apparent to the throne.
Condor of Cornwall
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Condor of Cornwall
Condor (also Candorus, Cadoc and other variants) was a legendary Cornish nobleman. The first known mentions of Condor are from heralds and antiquarians in the late sixteenth century, who recorded claims that he had been earl of Cornwall at the ...
, probably legendary Earl of Cornwall before the Conquest, said to have paid homage to William for the Earldom
Earls of Cornwall, 1st creation (1068)
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Brian of Brittany
Brian of Brittany ( 1042 – 14 February, perhaps bef. 1086) was a Breton nobleman who fought in the service of William I of England. A powerful magnate in south-western England, he was the first post- Conquest earl of Cornwall.
Brian was bor ...
(–1084 or 85), resigned
Earls of Cornwall, 2nd creation (c. 1072)
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Robert, Count of Mortain (c. 1038–1095), half-brother of
William the Conqueror
William the Conqueror (Bates ''William the Conqueror'' p. 33– 9 September 1087), sometimes called William the Bastard, was the first Norman king of England (as William I), reigning from 1066 until his death. A descendant of Rollo, he was D ...
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William, Count of Mortain (1084–1140), peerage forfeit 1106
Cadoc II of Cornwall (c. 1106)
*Cadoc II (or Candor), son of
Cadoc of Cornwall
Earls of Cornwall, 1st creation (revived 1140)
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Alan
Alan may refer to:
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*Alan (surname), an English and Kurdish surname
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(died 1146), nephew of Brian, deprived 1141
Earls of Cornwall, 3rd creation (1141)
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Reginald de Dunstanville, Earl of Cornwall (died 1175), illegitimate son of King
Henry I of England
Henry I ( – 1 December 1135), also known as Henry Beauclerc, was King of England from 1100 to his death in 1135. He was the fourth son of William the Conqueror and was educated in Latin and the liberal arts. On William's death in 1087, Henr ...
Earls of Cornwall, 4th creation (1225)
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Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, King of the Romans (1209–1272), second son of
John, King of England
John (24 December 1166 – 19 October 1216) was King of England from 1199 until his death in 1216. He lost the Duchy of Normandy and most of his other French lands to King Philip II of France, resulting in the collapse of the Angevin Empi ...
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Edmund, 2nd Earl of Cornwall
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 made it to the Holy Land. He was the regent of the Kingdom of England from 1286 to 1289 ...
(1249–1300), son
Earls of Cornwall, 5th creation (1307)
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Piers Gaveston, Earl of Cornwall (1284–1312)
Earls of Cornwall, 6th creation (1330)
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John of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall
John is a common English name and surname:
* John (given name)
* John (surname)
John may also refer to:
New Testament
Works
* Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John
* First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John
* Second E ...
(1316–1336), second son of king
Edward II of England
Edward II (25 April 1284 – 21 September 1327), also known as Edward of Caernarfon or Caernarvon, was King of England from 1307 until he was deposed in January 1327. The fourth son of Edward I, Edward became the heir to the throne follo ...
and his queen
Isabella of France
Isabella of France ( – 22 August 1358), sometimes described as the She-Wolf of France (), was List of English royal consorts, Queen of England as the wife of Edward II of England, King Edward II, and ''de facto'' regent of England from 1327 ...
See also
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Constitutional status of Cornwall
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Antiqua maneria, the original 17 manors belonging to the Earldom of Cornwall
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Duchy of Cornwall
A duchy, also called a dukedom, is a country, territory, fief, or domain ruled by a duke or duchess, a ruler hierarchically second to the king or queen in Western European tradition.
There once existed an important difference between "sovereign ...
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Kingdom of Cornwall
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List of legendary rulers of Cornwall
"Duke of Cornwall" appears as a title in pseudo-historical authors such as Geoffrey of Monmouth. The list is patchy and not every succession was unbroken. Indeed, Geoffrey repeatedly introduces Dukes of Cornwall only to promote them to the Kingsh ...
References
Extinct earldoms in the Peerage of England
Medieval Cornwall
Earl
Earl () is a rank of the nobility in the United Kingdom. In modern Britain, an earl is a member of the Peerages in the United Kingdom, peerage, ranking below a marquess and above a viscount. A feminine form of ''earl'' never developed; instead, ...
Forfeited earldoms in the Peerage of England
Noble titles created in 1067
Noble titles created in 1141
Noble titles created in 1225
Noble titles created in 1307
Noble titles created in 1330
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