Earl of York
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This position was preceded by the Kings of Jorvik and followed by the Dukes of York. The title was merged with the title the Duke of York for Edmund of Langley, the fourth surviving son of King Edward III, in 1348.
[edit] First Creation (c. 960)
- Oslac of Mercia during the reign of King Edgar.
- Thored under King Edward the Martyr.
- Uhtred under King Ethelred II.
- Norwegian Eric of Hlathir/Eirik Håkonson under King Canute the Great.
- Sigurd the Dane (Siward, Earl of Northumbria) under King Harthacanute.
- Tostig Godwinson of Wessex under King Harold Godwinson.
- Morcar of Mercia under King Edgar Ætheling.
- William Malet and Robert Fitz Richard held Yorkshire under King William I.
- William le Gros, 1st Earl of Albemarle under King Stephen, was the last Earl of York — King Henry II abolished the earldom of York, as a result of The Anarchy
[edit] See also
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