His daughter Emma married Ralph de Gael, 1st Earl of Norfolk.

He was a younger son of Hugh Bigod, 3rd Earl of Norfolk.

Their eldest son Roger, subsequently became Earl of Norfolk.

When she died the next year he also became 3rd Earl of Norfolk.

Thomas de Mowbray; later 4th Earl of Norfolk.

Once the crisis was over, the office reverted to the Earl of Norfolk.

This was built by Roger Bigod, Earl of Norfolk around 1303 but was abandoned a few years later.

He held great power in East Anglia, and five of his descendants were Earl of Norfolk.

For this reason he is sometimes counted as Earl of Norfolk, but he probably was never actually created earl.

Earl of Norfolk is a title which has been created several times in the Peerage of England.