Earl of Suffolk

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The Earl of Suffolk is a historic English peerage title long associated with the influential Howard family, prominent in politics and at the royal court from the late Middle Ages onward.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Earl of Suffolk canonical 13
12th Earl of Suffolk 1
1st Earl of Suffolk 1

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf earldom
peerage title
title in the Peerage of England
associatedWith English politics
English royal court
Howard family
country Kingdom of England
hasCreation Peerage of England
hasCreationDate 1603
hasFamilySeat Charlton Park, Wiltshire
hasGender hereditary title
hasHeraldicElement Howard arms
hasHolder Alexander Charles Michael Winston Robsahm Howard, 22nd Earl of Suffolk
Charles Howard, 11th Earl of Suffolk
Charles John Howard, 17th Earl of Suffolk
Henry Howard, 10th Earl of Suffolk
Henry Howard, 12th Earl of Suffolk
Henry Howard, 13th Earl of Suffolk
Michael John James George Robert Howard, 21st Earl of Suffolk
Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk
Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk
hasMonarchAtCreation James I of England
linked to: James VI and I
hasMotto Sola virtus invicta
hasNotableHolder Charles John Howard, 17th Earl of Suffolk
Michael John James George Robert Howard, 21st Earl of Suffolk
Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk
hasParliamentaryRole seat in the House of Lords (historically)
hasReligionTraditionally Church of England
hasStyle The Right Honourable
hasSubsidiaryTitle Baron Howard de Walden
Viscount Andover
hasTerritorialDesignation Suffolk
hasTypeOfSuccession male-preference primogeniture
heldBy members of the Howard family
isHereditary true
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Suffolk
namedAfter Suffolk
nobleFamily Howard family
nobleRank earl
partOf English peerage
predecessorTitle Baron Howard de Walden
region England
startTime late Middle Ages
traditionalHeirApparentCourtesyTitle Viscount Andover

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

House of Howard nobleTitleHeld Earl of Suffolk
Howard family nobleTitleHeld Earl of Suffolk
Lord Suffolk titleHeld Earl of Suffolk
Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk title 1st Earl of Suffolk
linked to: Earl of Suffolk
John de la Pole positionHeld Earl of Suffolk
Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk nobleTitle 2nd Earl of Suffolk
linked to: Earl of Suffolk
Henry Howard, 12th Earl of Suffolk ordinalInOffice 12th Earl of Suffolk
linked to: Earl of Suffolk
Pole associatedWithTitle Earl of Suffolk
de la Pole notableTitleHeld Earl of Suffolk