earls
Counts' British counterparts
Earls is the plural of earl, a British title of nobility ranking below marquess and above viscount.
The title is ancient, predating the Norman Conquest, and remains in use today: The earls gathered for the ceremony.
An earl's wife is a countess, and his domain is an earldom.
Feminine noble rank
- viscountMid-ranking British noble
- dukeHighest-ranking nobleman
- marquessNobleman below duke
- baronLow-ranking peer
baronet · nobility · titles · hereditary · lineage · succession · primogeniture · coronet
Landed aristocratic residence
- estateProperty and grounds
- demesneLord's private estate
- vassalLand-holding sworn subordinate
- fiefdomFeudal territory under lord
liege · fealty · homage · overlord · steward · seneschal · bailiff · tithe
London's political center
- monarchyRule by crowned sovereign
- United KingdomAtlantic archipelago nation
- EnglandLargest British country
- ScotlandNorthern British nation
Wales · Great Britain · House of Lords · peerage · realm · crown · royal · sovereign
English place and surname
- EssexSoutheastern English county
- SandwichTown in southeastern England
- PembrokeWelsh coastal settlement
- LeicesterEast Midlands county seat
Gloucester · Norfolk · Suffolk · Shrewsbury · Northumberland · Cumberland · Chester · Lancaster
countess
Feminine noble rank
baron · baronet · nobility · titles · hereditary · lineage · succession · primogeniture · coronet · ermine
manor
Landed aristocratic residence
fiefdom · liege · fealty · homage · overlord · steward · seneschal · bailiff · tithe · levy
Westminster
London's political center
- monarchyRule by crowned sovereign
- United KingdomAtlantic archipelago nation
- EnglandLargest British country
Scotland · Wales · Great Britain · House of Lords · peerage · realm · crown · royal · sovereign · Domesday
Warwick
English place and surname
- EssexSoutheastern English county
- SandwichTown in southeastern England
- PembrokeWelsh coastal settlement
Leicester · Gloucester · Norfolk · Suffolk · Shrewsbury · Northumberland · Cumberland · Chester · Lancaster · Huntingdon
- authorityleaders, ruler, rulers, monarch, bosses
- Anglo-SaxonsBeowulf, Mercia, Wessex, Northumbria, East Anglia
- landownerslandlords, farmer, rancher, freeholders, homesteader
- medieval governancefeudal hierarchy, vassalage, lordship, commons, royal authority
- historical figureshistorical figures, leaders, Abraham Lincoln, Albert Einstein, Joan of Arc
- Medieval Europekings, queens, knights, castles, castle
- Earl GreyBergamot-flavored black tea
- James Earl Jones
- Earl Warren