Earls of Leicester, Second Creation (1265)
- Edmund, Earl of Leicester and Lancaster (1245–1296)
- Thomas, Earl of Leicester and Lancaster (c. 1280–1322, forfeit 1322)
- Henry Plantagenet, 3rd Earl of Leicester (c 1281–1345) (also Earl of Lancaster, restored 1327)
- Henry of Grosmont, Duke of Lancaster, Earl of Leicester (c 1310-1361)
- William V of Holland, 5th Earl of Leicester (1330–1389)
- John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, Earl of Leicester (1340–1399)
- Henry Bolingbroke, Duke of Lancaster, Earl of Leicester (1367–1413, became King in 1399)
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