Count - Definition

A count is a nobleman in most European countries, equivalent in rank to a British earl, whose wife is still a "countess" (for lack of an Anglo-Saxon term). The word count comes from French comte, itself from Latin comes— in its accusative comitem— meaning "companion, bound (by oath)", and later "bound to the emperor, delegate of the emperor". Count - Definition. Main article: Comes. In the late Roman Empire. the Latin title comes meaning (imp ...

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• Count - Definition
• Count - Comital Titles in different European languages
• Count - Etymological derivations from the Latin Comes
• Count - Etymological parallels of the German Graf some unclear
• Count - Related titles
• Count - Lists of counts
• Count - Territory of today's France - A - West- Francia proper
• Count - Territory of today's France - B - long within the German kingdoms of the Holy Roman Empire
• Count - In Germany
• Count - In Italy
• Count - In Austria
• Count - In the Low Countries
• Count - In Switzerland
• Count - In Iberia
• Count - In other continental European countries
• Count - Crusader states
• Count - Equivalents

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In the late Roman Empire. the Latin title comes meaning (imperial) 'companion' denoted the high rank of various courtiers and provincial officials, either military or administrative: before Anthemius was made emperor in the West in 467, he was military comes charged with strengthening defenses on the Danube frontier [1]. Military counts in the Late Empire and the Germanic successor kingdoms were often appointed by a dux and later by a king. From the start the count was in military charge, not of a roving warband, but settled in a locality, a cou ...

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Count, Count - Definition, Count - Comital Titles in different European languages, Count - Etymological derivations from the Latin Comes, Count - Etymological parallels of the German Graf some unclear, Count - Related titles, Count - Lists of counts, Count - Territory of today's France - A - West- Francia proper, Count - Territory of today's France - B - long within the German kingdoms of the Holy Roman Empire, Count - In Germany, Count - In Italy, Count - In Austria, Count - In the Low Countries, Count - In Switzerland, Count - In Iberia, Count - In other continental European countries, Count - Crusader states, Count - Equivalents

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Count - Territory of today's France - A - West- Francia proper. Count of Angouleme Count of Auvergne Count of Bar Count of Blois Count of Boulogne Count of Champagne Count of Foix Count of Montpensier Count of Toulouse Count of Poitiers Count - Territory of today's France - B - long within the German kingdoms of the Holy Roman Empire. Freigraf ('free count') of Burgundy - See County of Burgundy / Franche-Comté Count of Provence Count of Savoy ...

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Count, Count - Definition, Count - Comital Titles in different European languages, Count - Etymological derivations from the Latin Comes, Count - Etymological parallels of the German Graf some unclear, Count - Related titles, Count - Lists of counts, Count - Territory of today's France - A - West- Francia proper, Count - Territory of today's France - B - long within the German kingdoms of the Holy Roman Empire, Count - In Germany, Count - In Italy, Count - In Austria, Count - In the Low Countries, Count - In Switzerland, Count - In Iberia, Count - In other continental European countries, Count - Crusader states, Count - Equivalents

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The following lists are originally based on a Glossary on Heraldica.org by Alexander Krischnig. The male form is followed by the female, and sometimes, after a second slash, by the territorial circonscription Count - Etymological derivations from the Latin Comes. Count - Etymological parallels of the German Graf some unclear. ...

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Count, Count - Definition, Count - Comital Titles in different European languages, Count - Etymological derivations from the Latin Comes, Count - Etymological parallels of the German Graf some unclear, Count - Related titles, Count - Lists of counts, Count - Territory of today's France - A - West- Francia proper, Count - Territory of today's France - B - long within the German kingdoms of the Holy Roman Empire, Count - In Germany, Count - In Italy, Count - In Austria, Count - In the Low Countries, Count - In Switzerland, Count - In Iberia, Count - In other continental European countries, Count - Crusader states, Count - Equivalents

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