Earl Of Warwick

Definition: Earl Of Warwick

Earl Of Warwick

Noun

1. English statesman; during the War of the Roses he fought first for the house of York and secured the throne for Edward IV and then changed sides to fight for the house of Lancaster and secured the throne for Henry VI (1428-1471).

Synonym: Earl Of Warwick

Synonym: the Kingmaker (n). (additional references)

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Specialty Definition: Earl of Warwick

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

The Earl of Warwick is one of the oldest English earldoms.

The Medieval Earldom

The medieval earldom was held to be inheritable through a female line of descent, and thus was held by several families.

Henry de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Warwick (~1048 - 1119)
Roger de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Warwick (~1102 - 1153)
William de Beaumont, 3rd Earl of Warwick (d. 1184)
Waleran de Beaumont, 4th Earl of Warwick (d. 1203?)
Henry de Beaumont, 5th Earl of Warwick (~1195 - 1229)
Thomas de Beaumont, 6th Earl of Warwick (d. 1242)
John du Plessis, 7th Earl of Warwick (d. 1262/3)
William Maudit, 8th Earl of Warwick (~1220 - 1267/8)
William de Beauchamp, 9th Earl of Warwick (~1240 - 1298)
Guy de Beauchamp, 10th Earl of Warwick (d. 1315)
Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick (d. 1369)
Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick (~1339 - 1401)
Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick (1381/2 - 1439)
Henry de Beauchamp, 14th Earl of Warwick, Duke of Warwick (1424/5 - 1464)
Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick
George, Duke of Clarence
Edward, Earl of Warwick

The Dudley Family

The Dudley family rose to power during the reign of Henry VIII when Edmund Dudley became one of the king's ministers. He married Elizabeth Talbot, Baroness Lisle, who was a great-granddaughter of the 13th Earl.

John Dudley, 1st Earl of Warwick
John Dudley, 2nd Earl of Warwick
Ambrose Dudley, 1st Earl of Warwick

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Crosswords: Earl Of Warwick

Specialty definitions using "Earl of Warwick": Dun Cow ♦ Guy, Earl of Warwick ♦ Phelis, Public-house Signs. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Earl Of Warwick

Domain	Title
Books	The bear's whelp : the autobiography of Robert Dudley, Duke of Northumberland, Earl of Warwick and Earl of Leicester in the Holy Roman Empire (reference) Voyage of Robert Dudley: Afterwards Styled Earl of Warwick and Leicester (Hakluyt Society Works Ser .: No 2 Vol 3) (reference) (more book examples)
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Modern Translations: Earl Of Warwick

Language		Translations for "earl of warwick"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Pig Latin		earlay ofay arwickway.(various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Earl Of Warwick

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-f-i-k-l-o-r-r-w-w"
	-5 letters: carriole, crawlier, croakier, firelock, firework, flockier, lacework, lifework, wirework, workfare.
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