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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)
- Walcher, Bishop of Durham (d. 1080)
3 Earls of Northumberland, third Creation ( 1080)
- Aubrey, 1st Earl of Northumberland (surrendered 1086)
4 Earls of Northumberland, fourth Creation ( 1086)
- Robert de Mowbray, 1st Earl of Northumberland (forfeit 1095)
5 Earls of Northumberland, fifth Creation ( 1139)
- Henry of Scotland, 1st Earl of Northumberland ( 1114- 1152)
- William of Scotland, 2nd Earl of Northumberland ( 1143Events Celestine II is elected pope. October 5 Portugal is recognized by the Kingdom of Leon as an independent kingdom Robert of Ketton makes the first European translation of the Qur'an, into Latin The exploration of the uncharted eastern parts of German- 1214Events Simon Apulia becomes Bishop of Exeter. July 27 Battle of Bouvines: In France, Philip II of France defeats John of England. Foundation of the German city of Bielefeld Births Deaths October 5 Alfonso VIII of Castile December 4 William I of Scotland,) (surrendered 1157)
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.)
- Hugh du Puiset, Bishop of Durham (d. 1195Events Priory of St Mary's, Bushmead, founded. Births Emperor Tsuchimikado of Japan Deaths Heads of states England Richard I King of England (reigned from 1189 to 1199) France Philippe II, Auguste King of France (reigned from 1180 to 1223) 1195.)
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)
- Henry Percy, 1st Earl of NorthumberlandHenry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland ( November 10, 1342 February 20, 1408), was the son of Henry, 3rd baron Percy, and the father of Henry "Harry Hotspur" Percy. His mother was Mary of Lancaster, daughter of Henry Plantagenet, 3rd Earl of Leicester, s ( 1341Events Petrarch becomes famous Beginning of the Breton War of Succession over the control of the Duchy of Brittany Births 5 June Edmund of Langley (son of King Edward III of England) Deaths Leo V, king of Armenia (murdered) April 30 John III of Dreux, Duk- 1408) (forfeit 1405)
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