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The title of Earl of Northumberland was created several times in the Peerages of England and Great Britain. Its most famous holders were the Percies, who were the most powerful noble family in Northern England for much of the Middle Ages. The heirs of the Percies were ultimately made Duke of Northumberland in 1766.

1 Earls of Northumberland, first Creation ( 1072)

2 Earls of Northumberland, second Creation ( 1076)

3 Earls of Northumberland, third Creation ( 1080)

4 Earls of Northumberland, fourth Creation ( 1086)

5 Earls of Northumberland, fifth Creation ( 1139)

6 Earls of Northumberland, sixth Creation ( 1189Events January 21 Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade September 3- Richard I of England is crowned as king of England. This year was fixed as the start of time immemorial in English law in 1276.)

7 Earls of Northumberland, seventh Creation ( 1377Events January 17 Gregory XI enters Rome. January 27 The Bad Parliament begins sitting. February 23 The Bad Parliament dissolved. May Continuous riots in Rome induce Gregory XI to remove temporarily to Anagui. May 22 Gregory XI issues five Bulls in which)



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