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The title Earl of Arundel is the oldest extant Earldom and perhaps the oldest extant title in the Peerage of England
Peerage of England

The Peerage of England comprises all peerages created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union 1707 in 1707. In that year, the Peerages of England and Peerage of Scotland were replaced by one Peerage of Great Britain....
. It is currently held by the Duke of Norfolk
Duke of Norfolk

The Duke of Norfolk is the Premier Duke in the peerage of England, and also, as Earl of Arundel, the Premier Earl. The Duke of Norfolk is, moreover, the Earl Marshal and Hereditary Marshal of England....
, and is used (along with the Earldom of Surrey
Earl of Surrey

The Earldom of Surrey was first created in 1088 for William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey. Perhaps because he held little property in Surrey, the earldom came to be more commonly called of Warenne....
) by his Heir Apparent
Heir apparent

An heir apparent is an heir who cannot be displaced from inheriting; the term is used in contrast to heir presumptive, the term for a conditional heir who is currently in line to inherit but could be displaced at any time in the future....
 as a courtesy title
Courtesy title

A courtesy title is a form of address in systems of nobility used by children, former wives and other close relatives of a peerage . These style are used 'by courtesy' in the sense that the users do not themselves hold substantive titles....
. It was created in 1138 for the Norman
Normans

The Normans were the people who gave their names to Normandy, a region in northern France. They descended from Viking conquerors of the territory and the native population of mostly Frankish and Gallo-Roman stock....
 baron
Baron

Baron is a specific title of nobility. The word baron comes from Old French baron, itself from Old High German and latin baro meaning " man, warrior"; it merged with cognate Old English language beorn meaning "nobleman."...
 Sir William d'Aubigny
William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel

William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel, also known as William d'Albini, was son of William d'Aubigny Pincerna of Buckenham Castle and Maud Bigod, daughter of Roger Bigod, 1st Earl of Norfolk....
. Until the mid-13th century, the Earls were also frequently known as Earl of Sussex, until this title fell into disuse. At about the same time, the Earldom fell to the originally Breton
Brittany

Brittany is a former independent Celtic nations monarchy and duchy, now incorporated into France. It is also, more generally, the name of the cultural area whose limits correspond to the historic province and independent duchy....
 FitzAlan family, a younger branch of which went on to become the Stuart
House of Stuart

The House of Stuart, also known as the House of Stewart is an important European royal house. Founded by Robert II of Scotland, the Stewarts first became monarchs of the Kingdom of Scotland during the late 14th century....
 family which later ruled Scotland
Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
.

A tradition arose that the holder of Arundel Castle
Arundel Castle

Arundel Castle in West Sussex, England is a restored medieval castle. The castle dates from the reign of Edward the Confessor and was completed by Roger de Montgomery, who became the first to hold the Earl of Arundel by the graces of William I of England....
 should automatically be Earl of Arundel, and this was formally confirmed by King Henry VI
Henry VI of England

Henry VI was Kingdom of England 1422?1461 and then 1470?1471, and King of France as the de jure monarch from 1422 to 1429....
.






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The title Earl of Arundel is the oldest extant Earldom and perhaps the oldest extant title in the Peerage of England
Peerage of England

The Peerage of England comprises all peerages created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union 1707 in 1707. In that year, the Peerages of England and Peerage of Scotland were replaced by one Peerage of Great Britain....
. It is currently held by the Duke of Norfolk
Duke of Norfolk

The Duke of Norfolk is the Premier Duke in the peerage of England, and also, as Earl of Arundel, the Premier Earl. The Duke of Norfolk is, moreover, the Earl Marshal and Hereditary Marshal of England....
, and is used (along with the Earldom of Surrey
Earl of Surrey

The Earldom of Surrey was first created in 1088 for William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey. Perhaps because he held little property in Surrey, the earldom came to be more commonly called of Warenne....
) by his Heir Apparent
Heir apparent

An heir apparent is an heir who cannot be displaced from inheriting; the term is used in contrast to heir presumptive, the term for a conditional heir who is currently in line to inherit but could be displaced at any time in the future....
 as a courtesy title
Courtesy title

A courtesy title is a form of address in systems of nobility used by children, former wives and other close relatives of a peerage . These style are used 'by courtesy' in the sense that the users do not themselves hold substantive titles....
. It was created in 1138 for the Norman
Normans

The Normans were the people who gave their names to Normandy, a region in northern France. They descended from Viking conquerors of the territory and the native population of mostly Frankish and Gallo-Roman stock....
 baron
Baron

Baron is a specific title of nobility. The word baron comes from Old French baron, itself from Old High German and latin baro meaning " man, warrior"; it merged with cognate Old English language beorn meaning "nobleman."...
 Sir William d'Aubigny
William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel

William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel, also known as William d'Albini, was son of William d'Aubigny Pincerna of Buckenham Castle and Maud Bigod, daughter of Roger Bigod, 1st Earl of Norfolk....
. Until the mid-13th century, the Earls were also frequently known as Earl of Sussex, until this title fell into disuse. At about the same time, the Earldom fell to the originally Breton
Brittany

Brittany is a former independent Celtic nations monarchy and duchy, now incorporated into France. It is also, more generally, the name of the cultural area whose limits correspond to the historic province and independent duchy....
 FitzAlan family, a younger branch of which went on to become the Stuart
House of Stuart

The House of Stuart, also known as the House of Stewart is an important European royal house. Founded by Robert II of Scotland, the Stewarts first became monarchs of the Kingdom of Scotland during the late 14th century....
 family which later ruled Scotland
Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
.

A tradition arose that the holder of Arundel Castle
Arundel Castle

Arundel Castle in West Sussex, England is a restored medieval castle. The castle dates from the reign of Edward the Confessor and was completed by Roger de Montgomery, who became the first to hold the Earl of Arundel by the graces of William I of England....
 should automatically be Earl of Arundel, and this was formally confirmed by King Henry VI
Henry VI of England

Henry VI was Kingdom of England 1422?1461 and then 1470?1471, and King of France as the de jure monarch from 1422 to 1429....
. However, this was not always consistently followed. Some of the Lords of Arundel were never addressed as Earl during their lifetime, but nevertheless are counted and numbered as earls here. Other sources may not include some of the earls listed below, and may consider the earldom to have been created more than once.

The last FitzAlan holder of the Earldom, the 19th Earl
Henry FitzAlan, 19th Earl of Arundel

Henry FitzAlan, 19th Earl of Arundel was an English nobleman, who over his long life assumed a prominent place at the court of all the later Tudor sovereigns, probably the only person to do so....
, was implicated in the Ridolfi Plot
Ridolfi plot

The Ridolfi plot was a Roman Catholic plot in 1570 to assassinate Elizabeth I of England and replace her with Mary I of Scotland. The plot was hatched and planned by Roberto di Ridolfi, an international banker who was able to travel between Brussels, Rome and Madrid to gather support without attracting too much suspicion....
 to place Mary, Queen of Scots
Mary I of Scotland

Mary I was Queen of Scots from 14 December 1542 to 24 July 1567.She was the only surviving legitimate child of James V of Scotland. She was only six days old when her father died and left her Queen of Scots....
, of the House of Stewart, on the English Throne. This led to Lord Arundel being placed under house arrest for the remainder of his life. This same Earl received, after Queen Mary's execution, the rosary and prayer book which she carried to her execution. It is amongst the Arundel relics which the Dukes of Norfolk hold today.

In his 1834 book on the Earls of Arundel, M. A. Tierney (Chaplain to the Duke of Norfolk) maintains that the first incarnation of the Earldom was with the House of Montgomery. Roger of Montgomery, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury was one of William the Conqueror
William I of England

William I , better known as William the Conqueror , was Duke of Normandy from 1035 and English monarchy from later 1066 to his death. William is sometimes also referred to as "William II" in relation to his position as the second Duke of Normandy of that name....
's top generals, and William bestowed on him, amongst several hundred other manors, the property at Arundel, with the charge to fortify it with a castle. Montgomery is believed to have built the motte that survives to this day, and is thought to have built a wooden keep on it, overlooking the river Arun. Montgomery and two of his sons are counted by many as being the first incarnation of the Earldom, but are often not counted amongst the Earls.

On the death of the 19th Earl in 1580, the title fell to Philip Howard
Philip Howard

Philip Howard may refer to:*Philip Howard, 20th Earl of Arundel, Saint Philip Howard, *Philip Howard , English army officer and Member of Parliament ...
, eldest son of the attainted 4th Duke of Norfolk
Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk

Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk was an England nobleman, also the 1st Earl of Southampton.Norfolk was the son of the poet Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey....
 by his wife, the only daughter of the last FitzAlan Earl. Like his father, the new Earl was soon attainted for plotting against Queen Elizabeth I
Elizabeth I of England

Elizabeth I was List of English monarchs and Queen of Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. Sometimes called The Virgin Queen, Gloriana, or Good Queen Bess, Elizabeth was the fifth and last monarch of the House of Tudor....
, and the title was only restored following the accession of King James I
James I of England

James VI and I was List of monarchs of Scotland as James VI, and List of English monarchs and King of Ireland as James I. He ruled in Kingdom of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567, when he was only one year old, succeeding his mother Mary I of Scotland....
. The 23rd Earl was restored to the Dukedom of Norfolk in 1660, and the title has descended with that Dukedom ever since.

Earls of Arundel

  • William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel
    William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel

    William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel, also known as William d'Albini, was son of William d'Aubigny Pincerna of Buckenham Castle and Maud Bigod, daughter of Roger Bigod, 1st Earl of Norfolk....
     (d. 1176)
  • William d'Aubigny, 2nd Earl of Arundel (d. 1193)
  • William d'Aubigny, 3rd Earl of Arundel
    William d'Aubigny, 3rd Earl of Arundel

    William d'Aubigny, 3rd Earl of Arundel was a son of William d'Aubigny, 2nd Earl of Arundel and Matilda St Hilary....
     (d. 1221)
  • William d'Aubigny, 4th Earl of Arundel (d. 1224)
  • Hugh d'Aubigny, 5th Earl of Arundel
    Hugh d'Aubigny, 5th Earl of Arundel

    Hugh d'Aubigny was the 5th Earl of Arundel and the last in the Aubigny male line to hold the Arundel Castle. He was the son of William d'Aubigny, 3rd Earl of Arundel....
     (1215–1243)
  • John FitzAlan, 6th Earl of Arundel
    John FitzAlan, 6th Earl of Arundel

    John FitzAlan , Lord of Oswestry and Clun, and de jure Earl of Arundel, was a Breton people-English nobleman and Marcher Lord with lands in the Welsh Marches....
     (d. 1267)
  • John FitzAlan, 7th Earl of Arundel
    John FitzAlan, 7th Earl of Arundel

    John FitzAlan, 7th Earl of Arundel was an England nobleman. He was also feudal Lord of Clun and Oswestry in the Welsh Marches....
     (1246–1272)
  • Richard FitzAlan, 8th Earl of Arundel
    Richard FitzAlan, 8th Earl of Arundel

    Richard FitzAlan, 8th Earl of Arundel was an England Normans medieval nobleman....
     (1267–1302)
  • Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel
    Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel

    Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel ....
     (1285–1326) (forfeit 1326)
  • Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel
    Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel

    Richard FitzAlan, "Copped Hat", 10th Earl of Arundel was an British peerage and medieval Military history of Britain....
     (1313–1376) (restored 1331)
  • Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel
    Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel

    Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel and 10th Earl of Surrey was an English medieval nobleman and military commander....
     (1346–1397) (forfeit 1397)
  • Thomas FitzAlan, 12th Earl of Arundel
    Thomas FitzAlan, 12th Earl of Arundel

    Thomas Fitzalan, 12th Earl of Arundel Knight of the Garter was an English nobleman, one of the principals of the deposition of Richard II of England, and a major figure during the reign of Henry IV of England....
     (1381–1415) (restored 1400)
  • John FitzAlan, 13th Earl of Arundel
    John FitzAlan, 13th Earl of Arundel

    John FitzAlan, 13th Earl of Arundel was an England nobleman.He was the son of John FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel, and Elizabeth le Despenser, and became Baron Arundel on his father's death in 1390 and Baron Maltravers on his grandmother's death in 1405....
     (1385–1421)
  • John FitzAlan, 14th Earl of Arundel
    John FitzAlan, 14th Earl of Arundel

    John FitzAlan, 14th Earl of Arundel was an English nobleman and military commander during the Hundred Years' War.He was the son of John FitzAlan, 13th Earl of Arundel....
     (1408–1435)
  • Humphrey FitzAlan, 15th Earl of Arundel
    Humphrey FitzAlan, 15th Earl of Arundel

    Humphrey FitzAlan, 15th Earl of Arundel . This Earl of Arundel was short lived.He was a son of John FitzAlan, 14th Earl of Arundel and Maud Lovell....
     (1429–1438)
  • William FitzAlan, 16th Earl of Arundel
    William FitzAlan, 16th Earl of Arundel

    William FitzAlan, 16th Earl of Arundel .He was a son of John FitzAlan, 13th Earl of Arundel and Eleanor Berkeley. His mother was a daughter of John Berkeley and Elizabeth Betteshorne, granddaughter of Thomas de Berkeley, 3rd Baron Berkeley and his second wife Catherine Clivedon....
     (1417–1487)
  • Thomas FitzAlan, 17th Earl of Arundel
    Thomas FitzAlan, 17th Earl of Arundel

    Thomas FitzAlan, 17th Earl of Arundel, died in 1524. He was the son of William FitzAlan, 16th Earl of Arundel and Joan Neville, daughter of Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury and the Countess Alice Montagu....
     (1450–1524)
  • William FitzAlan, 18th Earl of Arundel
    William FitzAlan, 18th Earl of Arundel

    William FitzAlan, 18th Earl of Arundel was an England peerage, styled as Lord Maltravers from 1487 to 1524.FitzAlan was the son of Thomas FitzAlan, 17th Earl of Arundel and on 15 February 1510, he married Anne Percy, a daughter of the Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland....
     (1476–1544)
  • Henry FitzAlan, 19th Earl of Arundel
    Henry FitzAlan, 19th Earl of Arundel

    Henry FitzAlan, 19th Earl of Arundel was an English nobleman, who over his long life assumed a prominent place at the court of all the later Tudor sovereigns, probably the only person to do so....
     (1512–1580)
  • Philip Howard, 20th Earl of Arundel
    Philip Howard, 20th Earl of Arundel

    Saint Philip Howard, 20th Earl of Arundel was an England nobleman. He was canonization by Pope Paul VI in 1970, as one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales....
     (1557–1595) (forfeit 1589)
  • Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel
    Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel

    Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel, 4th Earl of Surrey and 1st Earl of Norfolk was a prominent England courtier during the reigns of James I of England and Charles I of England, but he made his name as a Grand Tourist and art collector rather than as a politician....
     (1585–1646) (restored 1604)
  • Henry Howard, 22nd Earl of Arundel
    Henry Howard, 22nd Earl of Arundel

    Henry Frederick Howard, 22nd Earl of Arundel, Privy Council of Ireland was an English noble and the second son of Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel and Lady Alethea Talbot, later Baron Furnivall....
     (1608–1652)
  • Thomas Howard, 23rd Earl of Arundel
    Thomas Howard, 5th Duke of Norfolk

    Thomas Howard, 5th Duke of Norfolk was an England Nobility.He was born to Henry Frederick Howard, 22nd Earl of Arundel and Elizabeth Stuart, Countess of Arundel....
     (1628–1677) (restored as 5th Duke of Norfolk in 1660)


Thereafter the Earldom of Arundel has been held by the Dukes of Norfolk. The 18th Duke of Norfolk
Edward Fitzalan-Howard, 18th Duke of Norfolk

Edward William Fitzalan-Howard, 18th Duke of Norfolk Deputy Lieutenant is the son of Miles Stapleton-Fitzalan-Howard, 17th Duke of Norfolk and his wife Anne Fitzalan-Howard, Duchess of Norfolk....
 is the 36th Earl of Arundel (16th of the 3rd creation).

  • Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk
    Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk

    Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk was the second son of Henry Howard, 22nd Earl of Arundel and Lady Elizabeth Stuart. He succeeded his brother Thomas Howard, 5th Duke of Norfolk after his death in 1677....
     (1628-1684)
  • Henry Howard, 7th Duke of Norfolk
    Henry Howard, 7th Duke of Norfolk

    Henry Howard, 7th Duke of Norfolk, Order of the Garter, Privy Council of England , was a politician and soldier. He was the son of Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk and Lady Anne Somerset, daughter of Edward Somerset, 2nd Marquess of Worcester and Elizabeth Dormer....
     (1655-1701)
  • Thomas Howard, 8th Duke of Norfolk
    Thomas Howard, 8th Duke of Norfolk

    Thomas Howard, 8th Duke of Norfolk was the son of Lord Thomas Howard and Mary Elizabeth Savile. Upon his uncle's death, he gained the title of 17th Baron Furnivall and 8th Duke of Norfolk....
     (1683-1732)
  • Edward Howard, 9th Duke of Norfolk
    Edward Howard, 9th Duke of Norfolk

    Edward Howard, 9th Duke of Norfolk was born 5 June 1685/6 the son of Lord Thomas Howard and Mary Elizabeth Savile. He succeeded to the title of 18th Baron Furnivall and of 9th Duke of Norfolk in 1732, after the death of his brother, Thomas Howard, 8th Duke of Norfolk....
     (1685-1777)
  • Charles Howard, 10th Duke of Norfolk
    Charles Howard, 10th Duke of Norfolk

    Charles Howard, 10th Duke of Norfolk was born 1 December 1720, the son of Henry Charles Howard and Mary Aylward . He married Catherine Brockholes , daughter of John Brockholes, on 8 November 1739....
     (1720-1786)
  • Charles Howard, 11th Duke of Norfolk
    Charles Howard, 11th Duke of Norfolk

    Charles Howard, 11th Duke of Norfolk was born on 15 March 1746, the son of Charles Howard, 10th Duke of Norfolk and Catherine Brockholes. From 1777 until 1786 he was styled Earl of Surrey....
     (1746-1815)
  • Bernard Edward Howard, 12th Duke of Norfolk (1765-1842)
  • Henry Charles Howard, 13th Duke of Norfolk (1791-1856)
  • Henry Granville Fitzalan-Howard, 14th Duke of Norfolk (1815-1860)
  • Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk
    Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk

    Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk Order of the Garter Royal Victorian Order Volunteer Decoration Privy Council of the United Kingdom was the son of Henry Granville Fitzalan-Howard, 14th Duke of Norfolk and Augusta Mary Minna Catherine Lyons....
     (1847-1917)
  • Bernard Marmaduke Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk (1908-1975)
  • Miles Francis Stapleton-Fitzalan-Howard, 17th Duke of Norfolk (1915-2002)
  • Edward William Fitzalan-Howard, 18th Duke of Norfolk
    Edward Fitzalan-Howard, 18th Duke of Norfolk

    Edward William Fitzalan-Howard, 18th Duke of Norfolk Deputy Lieutenant is the son of Miles Stapleton-Fitzalan-Howard, 17th Duke of Norfolk and his wife Anne Fitzalan-Howard, Duchess of Norfolk....
     (b. 1956)


The heir apparent is Henry Fitzalan-Howard, Earl of Arundel (b. 1987).