Count

A count is a nobleman in most of European countries, equivalent in rank to a British earl, whose wife is also still a "countess" (for lack of an Anglo-Saxon term). The word count comes from French comte which in turn comes from the Latin comitas, "companion" (of the emperor). In feudalism the territory ruled by a count was a county.

A woman having this title or the wife of a count is called countess.

Count Media

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  Count Carl Gustaf Mannerheim (1797–1854), the governor of the Vyborg Province, entomologist and the grandfather of Baron C. G. E. Mannerheim

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  Comital ephemera: a Count's coronet and crest on a doily.

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  Coronet of a count (Spanish heraldry)

Other websites

• Heraldica.org - here the French peerage
• Italian Titles of Nobility Archived 2012-05-27 at the Wayback Machine
• Webster's 1828 Dictionary Archived 2006-02-14 at the Wayback Machine