This page is about the European nobility; for the baseball term, see count (baseball).

A count is a nobleman in various European countries, equivalent in rank to a British earl. Originally the title denoted the rank of a high official in the late Roman Empire and later in many German kingdoms in the early Middle Ages, as well as the Holy Roman Empire in Central Europe. It was often conferred by the head of a country as an honorific title for special services rendered.

Contents

1 Title 2 List of counts 2.1 Territory of today's France 2.2 In other continental European countries 3 See also

Title

Language	Male Title	Female Title
English	Earl/Count	Countess
Latin	Comes	Comitessa
French	Comte	Comtesse
German	Graf	Gräfin
Italian	Conte	Contessa
Spanish	Conde	Condesa
Swedish	Greve	Grevinna
Portuguese	Conde	Condessa

In German kingdoms the title was combined with the word for the jurisdiction or domain the nobleman was responsible for, such as "Landgraf" - landgrave, "Burggraf" - burgrave (burg = castle).

List of counts

Territory of today's France

• 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 Poitiers
• Count of Provence
• Count of Savoy
• Count of Toulouse

In other continental European countries

• Count of Barcelona
• Count of Flanders
• Count of Holland
• Count of Toggenburg
• Count of Kyburg

See also

• County
• Count von Count
• Count Dracula

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