Earls of Essex, First Creation (c. 1139)
- Geoffrey de Mandeville, 1st Earl of Essex (d. 1144)
- Geoffrey de Mandeville, 2nd Earl of Essex (d. 1166)
- William de Mandeville, 3rd Earl of Essex (d. 1189) (extinct)
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