Count de Surrey

The title of count de Surrey was created several times in the Pairie of England, and titrates it only once duke of Surrey .

Nowadays, the title is used like titrates courtesy for elder wire of the Duc of Norfolk associated with that of Count d' Arundel : count d' Arundel and Surrey .

The county of Surrey is in the south of the England, very near to London.

History of the title

The title was created the first time in 1088 for Guillaume de Warenne, by the king Guillaume II the Russet-red, for its assistance in the Rébellion of 1088. This one like its descendants, probably because they held few properties in Surrey (none in 1086), were always made call count de Warenne or count Warenne . Thereafter, the title was semi-officially named Warenne .

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The first creation (1088)

1088 : Guillaume Ier de Warenne († 1088), companion of William the Conqueror ;
1088 - 1101 and 1103 - 1138 : Guillaume II of Warenne († 1138). Wire of the precedent ;
1138 - 1148 : Guillaume III of Warenne (1119 - 1148). Wire of the precedent ;
1148 - 1153 and 1159 - 1168 : Isabelle de Warenne († 1199). Girl of the precedent ;
1153 - 1159 : Guillaume of Blois (1137 - 1159). Husband of Isabelle ;
1168 - 1202 : Hamelin de Warenne († 1202). Second husband of Isabelle ;
1202 - 1240 : Guillaume de Warenne († 1240). Wire of the precedent ;
1240 - 1304 : John de Warenne (v. 1231 - 1304). Wire of the precedent ;
1304 - 1347 : John II of Warenne (1286 - † 1347). Grandson of the precedent ;
1347 - 1376 : Richard FitzAlan († 1376), Count d' Arundel. Nephew of the precedent ;
1376 - 1397 : Richard FitzAlan (1346 - 1397), count d' Arundel. Carried out for treason. Wire of the precedent ;

for this period, the title is transformed into duchy and is given to Thomas Holland (see below).

1400 - 1415 : Thomas FitzAlan (1381 - 1415), count d' Arundel. Wire of the precedent ;

The title is extinct for lack of male descendant.

Dukes of Surrey (1397)

1397 - 1399 : Thomas Holland (1374 - 1400), Count de Kent. Cousin of the precedent.

The second creation (1451)

1451 - 1476 : John Mowbray (1444 - 1476), Duke of Norfolk (1461).

The third creation (1483)

In 1483, John Howard is created duke of Norfolk, and his son Thomas, count de Surrey.

1483 - 1485 and 1490 - 1514 : Thomas Howard († 1524), duke of Norfolk (1514) ;
1514 - 1554 : Thomas Howard (1473 - 1554), duke of Norfolk (1524) ;
1554 - 1572 : Thomas Howard (1536 - 1572) ;

For this period, his/her brother carries (apparently) the titer :

* 1524 - 1546 : Henry Howard, count de Surrey (1517 - 1546) ;

1604 - 1646 : Thomas Howard (1585 - 1646), 21e Count d' Arundel and 1st of Norfolk (1644) ;
1646 - 1652 : Henry Frederick Howard (1608 - 1652), count d' Arundel and of Norfolk ;
1652 - 1677 : Thomas Howard (1627 - 1677), duke of Norfolk (1660).

The title is then associated under duke of Norfolk. Nowadays, the title of courtesy for the elder one of wire of the dukes of Norfolk is count d' Arundel and Surrey .

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