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ULSTER, EARLS OF

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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 568 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ULSTER, EARLS OF . The earldom of Ulster was the first See also:title of See also:honour in See also:Ireland of See also:English creation, and for more than a See also:century was the only one. By many authorities See also:John de See also:Courci (q.v.), the conqueror of Ulster, is held to have been the first See also:earl of Ulster; " it is, however, certain," says J.H. See also:Round, " that this title was the invention of a See also:late chronicler, and that it first appears in the See also:Book of See also:Howth, where we read of " See also:Sir John Courcey, earl and See also:president of Ulster." The confusion probably arose from the words of a See also:charter, dated the 29th of May 1205, by which See also:King John confirmed to See also:Hugh de See also:Lacy, whom he then created earl of Ulster, a See also:grant of Ulster " as John de Courci held it on the See also:day when Hugh conquered and took him prisoner in the See also:field "; these words referring not to the earldom but to the lands held by de Courci, and possibly also to the authority which he had exercised in the king's name. The earldom therefore See also:dates from this grant to de Lacy in 1205.

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