Earl of Gloucester
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The title of Earl of Gloucester was created several times in the Peerage of England. A fictional earl is also a character in William Shakespeare's play King Lear. See also Duke of Gloucester.
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[edit] Earls of Gloucester, 1st Creation (1121)
- Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester (1100–1147)
- William Fitz Robert, 2nd Earl of Gloucester (1121–1183)
- Isabel, 3rd Countess of Gloucester (d. 1217) held by husband after 1189, again by her in her own right from 1316 onward.
- John of England (1166–1216), on becoming king in 1199 he granted the Earldom to Isabel's nephew
- Amaury VI of Montfort-Évreux, (d. 1213), Earl of Gloucester
- Geoffrey FitzGeoffrey de Mandeville, 2nd Earl of Essex, Earl of Gloucester, (d. 1216), married Isabel in 1214
- Gilbert de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford, 5th Earl of Gloucester (1180–1230), Isabel's nephew
- Richard de Clare, 5th Earl of Hertford, 6th Earl of Gloucester (1222–1262)
- Gilbert de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, 7th Earl of Gloucester (1243–1295)
- Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Hertford, 8th Earl of Gloucester (1291–1314)
[edit] Earls of Gloucester, 2nd Creation (1299)
- Ralph de Monthermer, 1st Baron Monthermer (d. 1325) (acquired Earldoms through marriage to Joan of Acre, the widow of the 7th Earl, and lost them on her death in 1307).
[edit] Earls of Gloucester, 3rd Creation (1337)
- Hugh de Audley, 1st Earl of Gloucester (d. 1347)
[edit] Earls of Gloucester, 4th Creation (1397)
- Thomas le Despencer, 1st Earl of Gloucester (1373–1400), degraded 1399
