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NORFOLK, EARLS AND DUKES OF

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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 742 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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NORFOLK, EARLS AND See also:DUKES OF . The 1st See also:earl of Norfolk was See also:RALPH DE GUADER, a follower of See also:William the Conqueror, who forfeited the earldom when he revolted against William in 1o75; the and was See also:HUGH See also:BIGOD (d. 1177), one of See also:Stephen's supporters, to whom the earldom was granted by this See also:king before 1141. Hugh's See also:grandson, HUGH (d. 1225), the 3rd earl of this See also:line, married See also:Matilda, daughter of William See also:Marshal, earl of See also:Pembroke, and from the Marshals their son See also:ROGER (d. 1270), the 4th earl, inherited the See also:office of marshal of See also:England. This powerful See also:family of Bigod retained theearldom until ROGER, the 5th earl, died childless in See also:December 1306. The next earl of Norfolk was See also:THOMAS of BROTHERTON (1300-1338), a younger son of See also:Edward I., to whom the earldom was granted in 1312 by his See also:half-See also:brother, Edward II. In addition to the estates which had formerly belonged to the Bigods Thomas received the office of marshal. He joined See also:Queen See also:Isabella when she landed in England in 1326, and was one of the See also:group of nobles who brought about the deposition of Edward II. He died in See also:August 1338, leaving no son. The survivor of his two daughters, See also:Margaret (c.

1320-1400), who was countess of Norfolk in her own right, married See also:

John de See also:Segrave, 3rd See also:Lord Segrave (d. 1353), and their only See also:child See also:Elizabeth (d. c. 1375) became the wife of John de See also:Mowbray, 4th Lord Mowbray (d. 1368), and the See also:mother of two sons John and Thomas. In 1397 the countess Margaret was created duchess of Norfolk, and at the same See also:time her grandson Thomas Mowbray was made See also:duke of Norfolk.

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