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related English term "county" denoted the territories associated with some countships, but not all. The title of count is typically not used in England or English-speaking...

Holland is a geographical region and former province on the western coast of the Netherlands. From the 10th to the 16th century, Holland proper was a unified...

an attack on an English convoy, the county reverted to the crown. The countship was again temporarily alienated (1569–1584) as an appanage for Duke François...

The Countship of Larvik or Landgraviate of Larvik (also spelt Laurvig or Laurvigen) was created on 29 September 1671 when Brunla amt was made into the...

Ecclesiastical Duchy of Reims Ecclesiastical Duchy of Langres Ecclesiastical Countship of Châlons Ardennes (department) Marne (department) Aube Haute-Marne Aisne...

The Countship of Brahesminde (Danish: Grevskabet Brahesminde) was a Danish countship created 9 May 1798 for privy councilor and chamberlain Preben Bille-Brahe...

decided they could not rule, while Benedetto I Zaccario declined the countship. Thus, after negotiations, Lucie became Lucia, Countess of Tripoli in...

The County of Flanders was one of the most powerful political entities in the medieval Low Countries, located on the North Sea coast of modern-day Belgium...

Zutphen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈzʏtfə(n)] ; Dutch Low Saxon: Zutfent) is a city and municipality located in the province of Gelderland, Netherlands. It...

The double County of Jaffa and Ascalon was one of the four major seigneuries comprising the major Crusader state of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, according...

was a former countship that forms a part of today's Vestfold county in Norway. The name translates as "Earl's Hill". The former countships of Jarlsberg...

The County of Vaduz (German: Grafschaft Vaduz) was a historic state of the Holy Roman Empire, now located in the Principality of Liechtenstein. Its capital...

district under the Franks with the name first of pagus—then of comitatus or countship—of Anjou. At the beginning of the reign of Charles the Bald in 843 AD...

The County of Champagne (Latin: Comitatus Campaniensis; Old French: Conté de Champaigne) was a medieval territory and feudal principality in the Kingdom...

The County of Edessa (Latin: Comitatus Edessanus) was a 12th-century Crusader state in Upper Mesopotamia. Its seat was the city of Edessa (modern Şanlıurfa...

The County of Empúries (Catalan: Comtat d'Empúries, IPA: [kumˈtad dəmˈpuɾiəs]), also known as the County of Ampurias (Spanish: Condado de Ampurias), was...

The Countship of Schackenborg was a Danish and for a period German majorat in the southern part of Jutland, which existed from 1676 to 1924. The Countship...

Adalbert with the countships of Reggio nell'Emilia and Modena. According to the Chronicon Novaliciense, Adalbert was gifted the countship because he had...

The Comtat Venaissin (French pronunciation: [kɔ̃ta vənɛsɛ̃]; Occitan: lo Comtat Venaicin; 'County of Venaissin'), often called the Comtat for short, was...

Mons (French: [mɔ̃s] ; German and Dutch: Bergen, Dutch pronunciation: [ˈbɛrɣə(n)] ; Walloon and Picard: Mont) is a city and municipality of Wallonia, and...

Charles III of Alençon (1337 – 5 July 1375) was a French nobleman of the Capetian House of Valois. He was count of Alençon and Perche from 1346 until 1361...

Margaret I (c. 1145 – died 15 November 1194) was the countess of Flanders suo jure from 1191 to her death. Margaret was the daughter of Count Thierry of...

Salm is the name of several historic countships and principalities in present Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg and France. The County of Salm arose in the...

The County of Savoy was a feudal state of the Holy Roman Empire which emerged, along with the free communes of Switzerland, from the collapse of the Burgundian...

Megen or Meghem is a small city in the southern part of the Netherlands, in the province North Brabant, close to the river Maas. It is part of the Oss...

The County of Artois (French: comté d'Artois, Dutch: graafschap Artesië, Picard: Comté d'Artoé) was a historic province of the Kingdom of France, held...

This is a list of countships in Portugal (Portuguese: Condados; singular Condado; the title is Conde, for Count, and Condessa, for Countess): Portugal...

The March of Friuli was a Carolingian frontier march, centered in the historical region of Friuli (corresponding mainly to the modern province of Friuli-Venezia...

The County of Apulia and Calabria (Latin: Comitatus Apuliae et Calabriae), later the Duchy of Apulia and Calabria (Latin: Ducatus Apuliae et Calabriae)...

The Free County of Burgundy (Latin: Comitatus Burgundiae) was a medieval and early modern feudal polity ruled by a count from 982 to 1678. It became known...

partitioned in 1137 into Isenburg-Isenburg and Isenburg-Limburg-Covern. These countships were partitioned between themselves many times over the next 700 years...

is linked to a specific countship, whose unique title emerged during the course of its history. These unusually named countships were equivalent in rank...

The County of Guastalla (Italian: Contea di Guastalla) was an Italian state, centered on the city of Guastalla in Northern Italy, which existed from 1428...

Countship of Lemos Creation date 26 May 1456 Created by Henry IV Peerage Peerage of Spain First holder Pedro Álvarez Osorio, 1st Count of Lemos Present...

1663, as a reward for the Duke's service with the Portuguese Army. The countship of Mértola was created with remainder to females, and since 1903 has been...

Count of Vendôme and, later, Duke of Vendôme were titles of French nobility. The first-known holder of the comital title was Bouchard Ratepilate. The county...

The County of Foix (French: Comté de Foix, pronounced [fwa]; Occitan: Comtat de Fois, pronounced [fujs] locally [fujʃ]; Catalan: Comtat de Foix, pronounced...

Boso of Provence (French: Boson; c. 841 – 11 January 887) was the first non-Carolingian pretender to the royal throne of West Francia in 879, who failed...

argent (silver) fourth sixth: Countship of Sigmaringen (1535), on gules (red) a deer or (gold) fifth sixth: Countship of Veringen (1535), on or (gold)...

among other titles, the dukedoms of Alba de Tormes and Berwick, the Countship of Lemos, Lerín, Montijo and the Marquessate of Carpio. He was granted...

Count of Pozos Dulces is a Spanish title created on 24 June 1790, along with the viscountcy of la Albufera, by Charles IV of Spain for Melchor Jacot y...

Countess of Ofalia, who died in 2012. Victoria inherited her grandmother's countship in 2016, while her brother inherited the other title. Upon the death in...

Pedro de Alcántara Téllez-Girón y Beaufort Spontin, 11th Duke of Osuna, GE (10 September 1810 – 29 September 1844), was a Spanish peer, head of the House...

département of Puy-de-Dôme), located in historical Auvergne, became a countship in the 14th century. It changed hands from the House of Thiern, to the...

William Longsword (1140s – June 1177) was a member of the House of Montferrat from northern Italy who became the count of Jaffa and Ascalon in the Kingdom...

The Count of Flanders was the ruler or sub-ruler of the county of Flanders, beginning in the 9th century. Later, the title would be held for a time, by...

of Eu and Lord of Hastings, and Alice d'Aubigny. Henry inherited the countship of Eu and lordship of Hastings upon the death of his father (1170). Henry...

The 1814 Constitution forbade the creation of new nobility, including countships, baronies, family estates, and fee tails. The 1821 Nobility Law initiated...

of Soissons. Count of Soissons. It is unclear when Renaud assumed the countship of Soissons from his disgraced father. The latter was stripped of the...

The County of Barcelona (Latin: Comitatus Barcinonensis, Catalan: Comtat de Barcelona) was a polity in northeastern Iberian Peninsula, originally located...

the County of Artois from the 9th century until the abolition of the countship by the French revolutionaries in 1790. Odalric (c. 850s) Altmar (c. 890s)...

in 1712, when it purchased the countship of Vaduz. At this time, Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, combined the countship with the Lordship of Schellenberg...

In the 11th and 12th centuries the Countship of Penthièvre (Breton: Penteur) in Brittany (now in the department of Côtes-d'Armor) belonged to a branch...

mild Swiss-type cheese made from cow's milk. It originates in the former countship of Jarlsberg and is named after Jarlsberg Manor. Besides Norway, the cheese...

William I (c. 1167 – 4 February 1222) was count of Holland from 1203 to 1222. He was the younger son of Floris III and Ada of Huntingdon. William was born...

Amalric (French: Amaury; 1136 – 11 July 1174), formerly known in historiography as Amalric I, was the king of Jerusalem from 1163 until his death. His...

be accessed via: definition of terms. Unification of countship of Bergen, margraviate of Valenciennes and the southern countship of the Brabant shire...

Amadeus II (c. 1050 – 26 January 1080) was the count of Savoy from 1078 to 1080. His life is obscure, and few documents mention him. During his rule, he...

The counts of Toggenburg (Grafen von Toggenburg) ruled the Toggenburg region of today's canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland, and adjacent areas during the...

The Counts of Dreux were a noble family of France, who took their title from the chief stronghold of their domain, the château of Dreux, which lies near...

"count" (Latin comitatus). It may refer to: Counts in Iberia List of countships in Portugal Conde, South Dakota, a city Condé-sur-l'Escaut (or simply...

children are recorded. Upon his death, his sister Adelaide assumed the countship of Soissons. Dormay, C., Histoire de la ville de Soissons et de ses rois...

through arranged marriages and by gaining political privileges, especially countship rights in Zürichgau, Aargau and Thurgau. In the 13th century, the house...

that, as the youngest son, John Casimir would receive as appanage the countship of Neukastell in the Palatinate. Upon their father's death in 1611, however...

The Imperial County of Ortenburg was a state of the Holy Roman Empire in present-day Lower Bavaria, Germany. It was located on the lands around Ortenburg...

The Countship of Miraflores de los Angeles ( Condado de Miraflores de los Ángeles) is a comital title granted by Charles II of Spain on 28 November 1689...

and the region preserved its old system of government, with many small countships and marquisates, each centred upon a fortified rocca. Over several campaigns...

the hands of the Franks under Charlemagne (773). The Contea di Torino (countship) was founded in the 940s and was held by the Arduinic dynasty until 1050...

author Zweyer von Evenbach, Barons in the Countship Hauenstein Zweyer von Unteralpfen, feudal Lords in the Countship Hauenstein General Zweyer of Uri, fictional...

Marchioness of Casa Valdés. On 5 November 1975, his father ceded him the Countship of Murillo. He married, on 1 September 1974, Esperanza Aguirre y Gil de...

Henry was Bavarian, whoever his grandfather. Henry held a succession of countships after his father's death in 980. He was appointed marchio, like his father...

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Margaret II, Countess of Flanders. They concerned the succession to the countship of two counties, one a fief of the King of France (Flanders) and one a...

Quercy, Bigorre, the countship of Gauré, Angoumois, Rouergue, Montreuil-sur-Mer, Ponthieu, Calais, Sangatte, Ham and the countship of Guînes. The king...

to 1699. In Norway, he established the Countship of Laurvig and succeeded Peter Griffenfeld to the Countship of Tønsberg (until then Griffenfeld and...

Mariano Téllez-Girón y Beaufort Spontin, 12th Duke of Osuna, GE, OM, LH, OAN, KA (19 July 1814 – 2 June 1882), was a Spanish peer, diplomat and army officer...

bought, sold or mortgaged. If erected by the crown into, e.g., a barony or countship, it became legally entailed for a specific family, which could use it...

vassals, Boson, who took the title of Count. In the 12th century, the countship passed to the House of Lusignan. They also were sometimes counts of Angoulême...

of Naples (René) (1417–1425) The House of Luxembourg had disputed the countship of Guise, and with the approval of John, Duke of Bedford, English Regent...

Countship of Gálvez Creation date 28 May 1783 Created by Charles III Peerage Peerage of Spain First holder Bernardo de Gálvez y Madrid, 1st Count of Gálvez...

had three children. His sons were Raymond II, whom he associated in the countship by giving him Rouergue (before 898), and Ermengol, who inherited that...

Doña Victoria Eugenia Fernández de Córdoba y Fernández de Henestrosa, 18th Duchess of Medinaceli, GE (pronounced [biɣˈtoɾja ewˈxenja feɾˈnandeθ ðe ˈkoɾðoβaj...

Charles the Good (1084 – 2 March 1127) was Count of Flanders from 1119 to 1127. His murder and its aftermath were chronicled by Galbert of Bruges. He was...

archives. Succession of the Countship of Lucena (5 January 1930). Retrieved 2010-03-07 BOE archives. Succession of the Countship of Lucena (9 July 1952)....

Co-founder (291) Principality of Leyen 12 Jul 1806 Co-founder; former countship or graviate (29) Principality of Liechtenstein 12 Jul 1806 Co-founder...

successor to the Carolingian count palatine. From his office grew the Countship Palatine of the Rhine, or simply the Palatinate, which became a great...

Countship of Bornos Creation date 10 August 1642 Created by Philip IV Peerage Peerage of Spain First holder Diego Ramírez de Haro y Gaitán de Ayala, 1st...

He started writing in 1290 in Middle Dutch a chronicle in rhyme on the countship of Holland. His most famous work was the Rijmkroniek, the chronicle in...

acquisition of the imperial city of Nijmegen in the 13th century, the countship was raised to a duchy in 1339 by the Holy Roman Emperor Louis IV. After...

Countship of Maceda Creation date 21 September 1654 Created by Philip IV Peerage Peerage of Spain First holder Alonso de Lanzós Novoa y Andrade, 1st Count...

between 1905 and 1908. He was one of Denmark's largest landowners. The Countship of Christiansholm comprised the estates Ålholm, Bramsløkke, Egholm and...

County of Nassau and their part of the subdivision of the lands, the Countship of Nassau-Dillenburg. This was divided and subdivided amongst the descendants...

Preceded by María Amparo Muñoz Count of Vista Alegre 1864–1876 Countship elevated into dukedom Countship elevated into dukedom Duke of Vista Alegre 1876 – 8 April...

of western Normandy, in exchange for £3,000. Henry's lands were a new countship created by a delegation of the ducal authority in the Cotentin, but it...

Alan the Great through his marriage to Hawise of Vannes. He obtained his countship at Alan's death circa 907. He is listed in several ecclesiastical records...

Olivares, GE, known as the Count-Duke of Olivares (taken by joining both his countship and subsequent dukedom) (6 January 1587 – 22 July 1645), was a Spanish...

sometime later and was buried at Hastings. William's son Henry inherited the countship of Eu and also became Lord of Hastings. William married twice: Firstly...

Countship...

viscountcy of Châteaudun and the lordship of Nogent-le-Rotrou in the countship of Perche and Montagne. Hervé I, 941- 955 Hervé II, 974–980, son of the...

person he wanted holding a countship in the center of Normandy. After complaining to Louis VI the French king granted the countship of Évreux to Amaury. For...

daughter of Gurvand, Duke of Brittany, by which relationship he attained the countship of Rennes. This would make him brother-in-law of Judicael, Duke of Brittany...

the Reichsstadt (Free Imperial City) of Wetzlar (with the rank of a Countship) and the Principality of Regensburg containing the Imperial City, the...

Luis Jesús Fernández de Córdoba y Salabert, 17th Duke of Medinaceli, GE (16 January 1880 – 13 July 1956), was a Spanish nobleman and trophy hunter. He...

House of the Counts of Nahegau in the year 1113. When the Nahegau (a countship named after the river Nahe) split into two parts in 1113, the counts of...

Garcés, son of his father's rival, Galindo was allowed to assume the countship of Aragón in exchange for recognition of the suzerainty of Pamplona over...

Hainaut. Although John was the first son of Godfrey, he did not inherit the countship of Looz, the title instead going to Arnold of Rumingy. John married first...

1799 Lieven received the title of Count, as his mother was granted a countship. He was somewhat overshadowed by his more illustrious wife, the famous...

Vicente Joaquín Osorio de Moscoso y Guzmán, 11th Count of Altamira, GE (10 January 1756 – 26 August 1816), was a Spanish peer, politician and diplomat...

Countship...

Theoderic (Dutch: Diederik, French: Thierry, German: Dietrich; c. 1099 – 17 January 1168), commonly known as Thierry of Alsace, was the fifteenth count...

incomplete in the tenth century and the chronology and dates of the various countships are often uncertain. They were only counts from about 1013, lords before...

patriarch which was adopted during this schism. The patriarchs gained the Countship of Friuli and the March of Carniola in 1077 and the March of Istria in...

Baldwin V, Count of Flanders, against Emperor Henry III. This won the countship of Valenciennes, completing the reconstruction of Hainaut. His wife, who...

Countship of Latores Coat of Arms as Grandee of Spain Creation date 30 April 1992 Created by Juan Carlos I of Spain Peerage Spanish nobility First holder...

of Nantes was given to Hoel, a disinherited son of a duke. He lost the countship due to a popular uprising. That uprising presented an opportunity for...

Zealand and County Governor of Copenhagen. He succeeded his father to the countship of Reventlow in Sønderjylland and the barony of Brahetrolleborg on Funen...

granted the countship on their father's death. When Wang Dong died, his mother Lady Zhao (趙) begged the emperor to extend the countship to Wang Dong's...

the Frankish Empire and, in the feudal period, it encompassed the six countships of Boulogne, Montreuil, Ponthieu, Amiénois, Vermandois and Laonnois. In...

Countship of Salvatierra Creation date 20 February 1613 Created by Philip III Peerage Peerage of Spain First holder Diego Sarmiento de Sotomayor y Mendoza...

Margaret of Savoy. She brought great estates as her dowry, including the countships of Saint-Pol and Soissons in Picardy, as well as the Château de Condé...

to be known as the princesse de Carignan. On her death, the Soissons countship passed first to her second son, Prince Joseph-Emmanuel of Savoy-Carignano...

nobility in the Peerage of Spain accompanied by the dignity of Grandee. The Countship of Fernán Núñez granted in 1639 to Alonso Gutiérrez de los Ríos was elevated...

during the French Wars of Religion. Anne brought her inheritance of the countship of Montafié in Piedmont as well as her mother's seigneuries of Bonnétable...

main building (palas) of the castle between 1220 and 1230. In 1255, the Countship of Nassau was divided between Henry II's sons, Walram II and Otto I, in...

title "primate of Gallia Belgica". In 1023, Archbishop Ebles acquired the Countship of Reims, becoming a prince-bishop. Between 1060 and 1170, it was elevated...

Liège, a suffragan of the Archbishop of Cologne. When he received the countship of Huy in 980, he simultaneously obtained secular power for the See and...

brother of Lando I. When his father died (843), Lando succeeded to the countship, but Pando and their younger brother Landulf were associated as co-rulers...

and, subsequently, by the Savoy counts of Soissons who inherited the countship from Charles's daughter, Marie, princesse de Carignan, even though they...

Jean V Count of Armagnac Countship Armagnac Predecessor John IV Successor Charles I Born 1420 (1420) Died 6 March 1473(1473-03-06) (aged 52–53) Wife (1)...

Juan Pablo de Aragón-Azlor y Zapata de Calatayud, 11th Duke of Villahermosa, 6th Duke of Palata, GE (24 January 1730 – 17 September 1790), was a Spanish...

The Countship of the Alcázar of Toledo (Spanish: Condado del Alcázar de Toledo) was a hereditary title in the Spanish nobility. The dukedom was bestowed...

with Camillo Pardo in 1553. He obtained the city of Manoppello, later a countship, and was gonfaloniere of the Papal States. Matteo Rosso, called the Great...

secular Count of Mâcon is not recorded until after 850; from 926 the countship became hereditary. The last Count of Mâcon and of Vienne died in 1224...

although allowed to bear the Savoy surname and to retain the Villafranca countship. The Sardinian king granted the couple an annual allowance of 24,000 livres...

Byzantine general Argyrus in 1052. Siponto was an archbishopric in the Norman countship of Apulia. Having become unhealthy owing to the stagnation of the water...

Bassewitz (1680–1749), who was awarded with a hereditary Holy Roman imperial countship (Reichsgraf) in 1726 by Emperor Karl VI for his diplomatic services. All...

Countship of Torre Díaz Creation date 14 April 1846 Created by Isabella II Peerage Peerage of Spain First holder Pedro Juan de Zulueta, 1st Count of Torre...

taken refuge in León. León and Navarre disputed the succession to the Countship of Castile thus left vacant. Sancho III of Pamplona was married to Muniadona...

Grandees of Spain (Spanish: Grandes de España) are the highest-ranking members of the Spanish nobility. They comprise nobles who hold the most important...

marriage, He was the older brother of Count Baldwin VI and claimed the countship after defeating his nephew Arnulf III and his allies, which included King...

the Good, who, when he became king in turn (22 August 1350), gave the countship to his second son Louis I, raising it to a duchy in the peerage of France...

(hou; 侯) and nine counts (bo; 伯). In addition, one dukedom and three countships were granted to dignitaries who had defected to his side before the fall...

Peter de Salis was Imperial Ambassador in England, and was given the Countship, presumably for his diplomatic services. His son was naturalized in England...

Duchess of Aumale expanded their land holdings in Normandy, buying the countship of Maulévrier, the barony of Bec-Crespin, and other estates. This made...

Under the Lombards, Novara became a duchy; under Charles the Fat, a countship. Novara came to enjoy the rights of a free imperial city. In 1110, it...

Dammartin, provides some insight into how Alberic III came to claim the countship. Further complicating the genealogy, Clémence, widowed, married Renaud...

required to provide documentation confirming their noble status. § 1. The countships and the barony in Norway shall, in regard to the administration of the...

substituting the non-dynastic title Comte de Mortain for his son's Clermont countship (the latter once held in appanage by a son of Louis IX of France, who...

and map, xviii; there were two brief interludes when it was declared a countship. Goyou 1913. DeSmet, W.M.A. (1981). Mammals in the Seas: General papers...

reins of government in so high a station." After a short time holding the countship, his cousin Elias convinced Hugh to sell him the county, which he did...

son and namesake became Count of Bar-sur-Aube upon his death, and the countship of Soissons reverted to his wife. His son Renaud would eventually become...

last male-line descendant of Count Robert the Frisian. His claim to the countship was supported by Baldwin's powerful mother, Clementia of Burgundy, and...

Burgundy. Henri died in 1713, five years before his father and thus the countship of Armagnac was given to his youngest brother, Charles. Henri died at...

Countship of la Mejorada Creation date 27 May 1617 Created by Philip III Peerage Peerage of Spain First holder Antonio de Padilla y Mendoza, 1st Count...

801, Borrell, already Count of Cerdanya and Urgell, received Osona as a countship from his liege lord, King Louis. On Borrell's death, Osona was granted...

In the 10th century its bishops were Counts of Savona, but later the countship passed to the Marquesses of Montferrat (981) and afterwards to the Marquesses...

exiled Castilian noblemen, the brothers Rodrigo Vela and Íñigo Vela. The countship was assigned to his nephew Ferdinand, younger son of his sister Muniadona...

familiar with the law, and owning property in the—then still administrative—countship (Grafschaft). The churches, monasteries and canonries, as such, received...

signs of rot and decay. In 1671, the church building was purchased by the Countship of Larvik, but the building was not improved. Around 1700, it was decided...

Anne's wedding. In this marriage, Anne brought her inheritance of the countship of Montafié in Piedmont as well as her mother's seigneuries of Bonnétable...

and forced it to surrender; the count continued to hold the city and countship as a vassal of the victors. The city rebelled more than once against the...

sometimes this was aggravated when there were two candidates for the countship and both sought support among the nobles. Meanwhile, among the Frisians...

predominant member of the States of Zeeland. It was a smaller version of the countship of Zeeland (and Holland) promised to William, and was a potent political...

slightly by the appointment of Dela and Sunyer II, sons of Sunyer I, to the countship of Empúries in 862. Later, at an assembly at Attigny in June 870, Charles...

Republic Countship of Flanders Duchy of Gelre (roughly Guelders), another claimant to archducal rank Countship of Holland Duchy of Bouillon Countship of Namur...

excused and nominated as Háromszék royal judge. In 1713, he was granted the countship (as hereditary count, part of the aristocracy, only title). He fled from...

carried by the head of the House of Cabra. Prior to the concession of the countship of Cabra to Diego Fernández de Córdoba and Montemayor, Henry II of Castile...

Countship of Montijo Creation date 13 December 1599 Created by Philip III Peerage Peerage of Spain First holder Juan Portocarrero y Manuel de Villena...

Guaimar IV.[citation needed] In 1073, the republic fell to the Norman countship of Apulia, but was granted many rights. A prey to the Normans who encamped...

Lombards and North African Muslims. The town was the site of a Norman countship in the Hauteville Kingdom of Sicily and in the later Kingdom of Naples...

Lungholm in 1823. In 1729, he had accumulated enough land to establish the countship of Christiansborg (later Christianssæde). Lungholm remained in the Reventlow...

the city's population by Russian troops. He was granted a hereditary countship by the King of Prussia, a title subsequently also conferred on him in...

In 926, on the death of Count Roger I of Laon. Herbert demanded this countship for Eudes, his eldest son. He took the town in defiance of King Rudolph...

Walram became known as the Walram Line, which became important in the Countship of Nassau and Luxembourg. The descendants of Otto became known as the...

in Livonia. After moving to Sweden, some of its members were awarded Countships for gallant military acts. This line is best known through its line of...

of the Counts of Geneva. He was succeeded by his brother Otto in the countship. F. Cognasso, "Amedeo I, conte di Savoia", Dizionario biografico degli...

position and defeat Ferdinand at Saros-Patak. He was rewarded with the countship of Zips and the governor-generalship of Transylvania. In the 1530s Laski...

Countship of Lerín Creation date 25 August 1424 Created by Charles III Peerage Peerage of Spain First holder Luis de Beaumont, 1st Count of Lerín Present...

Bishop of Coimbra is by virtue of office (ex officio) entitled to the Countship of Arganil, a title they have never renounced after Portugal became a...

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Pigna to protect the town from Saracen raids. At first subjected to the countship of Ventimiglia, the community later passed under the dominion of the Genoese...

father from a brain aneurysm on Sergyar, Miles, at age 39, succeeds to the Countship of the Vorkosigan District. At that time, he has a stepson (Nikolai [approximately...

The Countship of Isenburg-Limburg was a state of the Holy Roman Empire in the 13th and 14th centuries, based around the city of Limburg an der Lahn in...

1607, although it was not until the next year that it obtained fully the Countship of Sayn. The succession was never clear, leading to the annexation of...

Countship of Revilla Gigedo Coat of Arms as Grandee of Spain Creation date 11 September 1749 Created by King Ferdinand VI of Spain First holder Juan Francisco...

other Hessian princes by conferring upon her, along with the Battenberg countship, the style of Erlaucht (Illustrious Highness), usually reserved in Germany...

Escalona and Uceda, the Marquisates of Villena and Berlanga, and the Countships of Alba de Liste, Oropesa and Peñaranda de Bracamonte. Son of the Afrancesado...

July 1856) was a Danish aristocrat. He was the seventh holder of the Countship of Schackenborg from 1814 to 1856 with the title of enfeoffed count (Danish:...

in Portugal. They are as follows: Royal Dukedoms Dukedoms Marquisates Countships Viscountcies with honours of Grandeza Viscountcies Baronies Lordships...

After Herbert's death in 1080, his son-in-law Hugh Magnus inherited the countships of Vermandois and Valois, strengthening Capetian influence in the region...

granted before to Fradique of Castille, bastard son of Henry II. Since the Countship of Benavente was not revoked after the concession of the dukedom, the...

1809) was a Danish aristocrat and officer. He was the fifth holder of the Countship of Schackenborg from 1796 to 1809 with the title of enfeoffed count (Danish:...

the bishopric of Castres. In 1356, the town of Castres was raised to a countship by King John II of France. However, the town greatly suffered from the...

Vassal, Countess of Favria. After the death of his father he inherited the countships of Revello and de Broglie, the marquisate of Senonches and also received...

and entrenched as time went on, William the Silent had been offered the countship of Holland and Zealand, and only his assassination prevented his accession...

Countship of Altamira Creation date 13 March 1455 Created by Henry IV Peerage Peerage of Spain First holder Lope Sánchez de Ulloa y Moscoso, 1st Count...

Burgundy. A line of the von Wetterau (Conradines) intermittently held the countship of Aargau from 750 until about 1030, when they lost it (having in the...

governor and bailli of Blois, the estate of Saint-Aignan was created a countship in 1537. Later, there were two ducs de Beauvilliers: François de Beauvilliers...

Speyer and Worms, the latter two being the administrative centres of countships within the hands of the Salian descendants of Conrad the Red. These counts...

part of Duchy, held by her husband, obtaining in exchange the German countships of Oldenburg and Delmenhorst, elevated in 1776 into the duchy of Oldenburg...

from the church, by the abbot of S. Alessio. At some point during his countship, he must have associated his younger brother Raino with him, for Raino...

have been sovereign principalities with many styles of rulers, such as Countship, Margraviate, and even Lordship, especially within the Holy Roman Empire...

Countship...

Lenoncourt. The efforts of Charles to enforce his family's pretensions to the Countship of Provence, and his temporary assumption, with this object, of the title...

Marquess of Villanueva del Fresno 18th Marquess of Villanueva del Río Countships 23rd Count of Lemos, Grandee of Spain 21st Count of Lerín, Grandee of...

Vicente Pío Osorio de Moscoso y Ponce de León, 13th Count of Altamira, GE, OM, LH (22 July 1801 – 22 February 1864), was a Spanish peer and head of the...

these by his brother. In 1672, Louis XIV added the Duchy of Nemours, the countships of Dourdan and Romorantin, and the marquisates of Coucy and Folembray...

automatically attached to a grandeeship, yet only a few marquessates, countships, viscountcies, baronies and lordships have the distinction. A single person...

Johann von Sporck. The purchase also included admission to the Bohemian countship (in modern-day Czech Republic). This chateau, later rebuilt in the Empire...

Fulk, but nonetheless left the countship to Geoffrey. Geoffrey III would serve as Count of Anjou until the Countship was taken from him by his brother...

Templar Philip, Count of Flanders Philip of Artois (1269–1298), heir to the countship Philip of Artois, Count of Eu Philip I, Prince of Taranto Philip II, Prince...

illegitimate half-brother to the dignity of a count when she gave him the Countship of Nystad in 1647. He and his family were registered to the Swedish House...

charter of Abbot Richard demonstrates that Frederick must have resigned the countship soon after, as it refers to temporis dominus Fredericus qui comes Virdunensis...

appointed new counts and barons and granted large estates in land, called countships and baronies. These were to be inherited by the nearest male heir. During...

Carnic Alps. Once an undeveloped and poor district, the former contado (countship) of Cadore now has a thriving economy based on tourism and a small manufacturing...

Estado: no. 132, p. 47104, 31 May 2010. (in Spanish) Although with the Countship of Niebla not a Grandeeship of Spain is attached, the Duke was styled...

Chimay. Count of Soissons and Seigneur of Chimay. John inherited the countship of Soissons upon his father’s death in 1272. John married Marguerite de...

son of a burgess, was its most determined enemy. The new baronies and countships, owing their existence entirely to the crown, introduced a strong solvent...

Portuguese monarchy in 1910, his descendants held no less than 2 marquisate, 5 countships and a lordship, becoming one of the most important noble families of the...

Don Carlos Fitz-James Stuart, 21st Count of Osorno (born 1948) -Ceded countship to his son Don Carlos Don Carlos Fitz-James Stuart, 22nd Count of Osorno...

Monarch: Christian V 29 September - King Christian V established the Countship of Larvik. Agdesiden amt was divided into Lister og Mandals amt and Nedenæs...

and Barcelos, which, along with the previous title, were the only three countships existing at the time and which had been taken from nobles who had taken...

Title was elevated to duchy in 1565 Preceded by Title was elevated from countship Duchess of Rethel 1565–1601 Succeeded by Charles I, Duke of Mantua...

an honorific title for the capture of the Fort, Alorna never became a countship. In the Code of Communidades of 1961 in independent India Alorna had a...

distinct from Aquitaine. Guyenne then comprised the Bordelais (the old countship of Bordeaux), the Bazadais, part of Périgord, Limousin, Quercy and Rouergue...

reinstated the Dukedom of Fernandina, the Marquessate of Murillo, and the Countship of Torre Alegre; and has merged to the Crown the title of Duchess of Palma...

to supporters, including the hereditary quasi-fiefs known as conteas ("countships")—coupled with the economic upturn, brought about the emergence, for the...

Counf of Tournois. However, in 933 Adeloft died, and Arnulf took the countship of Boulogne for himself. Arnulf titled himself count by the Grace of God...

active in promoting the Union of Utrecht (1579) and the offer of the countship of Holland and Zeeland to William the Silent (prevented by William’s death...

had travelled to Turin with his uncle obtain the confirmation of his countship in Provence from the Emperor Frederick I, for Provence was legally a fief...

to a secret clause that promised the restoration of Silesia and of the countship of Glatz (now Kłodzko, Poland) to Austria in the event of hostilities...

in 1135, the County of Stade reverted to the House of Udonids, and the countship was assumed by Udo V. Frederick was buried in Harsefeld monastery next...

the major feudal lords of the Kingdom of Naples. In 1539 he bought the countship of Guastalla, on the left bank of the Po for 22,280 golden scudi from...

purchase of the minuscule Herrschaft ("Lordship") of Schellenberg and the countship of Vaduz (in 1699 and 1712, respectively) from the Hohenems. Tiny Schellenberg...

to an earlier period under duke Richard II when Robert I was given the countship of Hiémois. See David Douglas, The Earliest Norman Counts, EHR, 61-240...

Guy of Lusignan (c. 1150 – 1194) was king of Jerusalem, first as the husband and co-ruler of Queen Sibylla from 1186 to 1190, then as disputed ruler from...

the countship of Reventlow in Southern Jutland and the barony of Brahetrolleborg on Funen from 1722. In 1729, he was able to establish the countship of...

as Bo Qin of Lu, later, its usage changed to titles for hegemony and countship), Zhong (仲; such as Guo Zhong [zh], younger brother of King Wen of Zhou)...

time shared ownership with Tryggevælde. Both estates belonged to the Countship of Bregentved from 1751 to 1922 under grevskabet Bregentved, der blev...

Theoderich or Theoderic), Count of Autun. In the late 9th century, the countship was vacant after the death of Robert the Strong, but was returned to Bernard...

Argonne, several principalities including those of Arches and Sedan, countships (such as Rethel), and different areas returned to France (from the former...

Guiscard was a major castle-builder after his accession to the Apulian countship, building a castle at Gargano with pentagonal towers known as the Towers...

decree of Afonso V, dated 22 May 1469, it was raised to the status of Countship, under the seigneurial title bestowed to Afonso, Count of Faro. But, this...

part of the province of Rhaetia. The Province later became a county (countship) under Charlemagne. The county was repeatedly divided among heirs. The...

Countship of Villacieros Creation date 9 February 1980 Created by Juan Carlos I Peerage Peerage of Spain First holder Antonio Villacieros y Benito, 1st...

century on were increasingly created for non-royals. After 1569 no more countships were made into peers, and peerage was exclusively given to duchies (duc...

Crusade with Godfrey of Bouillon. Thierry appears to have given up the countship of Montaigu although his great-grandson Thierry IV appears to have claimed...

retained this status until the French Revolution of 1789. Arles joined the countship of Provence in 1239, but, once more, its prominence was eclipsed by Marseilles...

respective dynasties of each of the three main divisions of Auvergne, the countship, the dukedom and the dauphinate. His paternal grandmother Marie of Berry...

Countship of Teba Creation date 1522 Created by Charles I Peerage Peerage of Spain First holder Diego Ramírez de Guzmán, 1st Count of Teba Present holder...

explained as being an ancient branch of the house of Normandy via the Countship of Évreux, France. It has also been linked to the name Abraham (Portuguese...

Bohemond IV, second son of Bohemond III of Antioch, succeeded to the Countship upon Raymond's death. After Bohemond III died in 1201, the county was...

charitable donations. In 1773 he offered to sell the dukedom of Aumale, countship of Eu and the estate of Anet to Louis XV for 12 million livres. Louis...

established three Familienfideikommissen during its history: the Württemberg Countship Trust for the Counts of Württemberg, the Urach Ducal Trust for the Dukes...

golden hilt. The crown with nine pearls is run into that hilt, a symbol of countship. Above the shield in the coat of arms there are a few other crowns with...

Napoleon I. After the death of his elder brother, Eugenio, he inherited the countship of Montijo and the lordship (señorío) of Moguer. He befriended the famous...

Count of Santiago of Beduído. List of marquisates in Portugal List of countships in Portugal Marquis of Pombal Square, Lisbon Genealogy of the Counts of...

notability in the 9th century, when it became the seat of a powerful countship known as Blesum castrum by the counts of Blois. The Robertians were at...

near-contemporaneously in Naples. Disputes over the bishopric and the countship befell Capua on Landulf's death and a civil war enveloped the principality...

translation of the word for those counties was komitat (from Latin comitatus, "countship") during the Middle Ages, but later it was gespanschaft (picking up the...

Agustina also inherited the Marquisate of Salar, Countship of Clavijo, Countship of Belmonte de Tajo, and Countship of Maseguilla from her Aunt, María Teresa...

member of the Obertenghi family.[page needed] Oberto I inherited the countship of Milan in 951 from his father Adalberto the Margrave.[page needed] Soon...

that there had been a plague in Provence. Nicetius was replaced in the countship of Clermont by one Eulalius. Gregory of Tours. The History of the Franks...

Eichstätt, the Margravate of Burgau, the Lordship of Vorarlberg, the countships of Hohenems and Königsegg-Rothenfels, the lordships of Argen and Tettnang...

concentrated in his person (thirteen dukedoms, twelve marquessates, thirteen countships and one viscountcy) among his relatives, "forgetting" to grant the Dukedom...

him the additional ancient arms and name of Almeida and stipulated the countship of Penaguião devolve upon the Marquis' heir apparent de jure. João Rodrigues...

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destroyed during the Punic Wars. After the Byzantine period, it became a countship (later a duchy). It later became a flourishing commercial centre, that...

9 February 1716. Næsbyholm and Bavelse reverted to the crown when the countship was dissolved. The couple settled in Hamburg with a modest pension from...

picture of the splendor that once was characteristic of Sweden's largest countship, Visingsborg. In 2024, a church construction project led to the discovery...

Countship of la Maza Creation date 27 January 1910 Created by Alfonso XIII Peerage Peerage of Spain First holder Leopoldo Sainz de la Maza y Gutiérrez-Solana...

charter. After the death of the last count of Ziegenhain, the complete countship entered into possession of the Landgraviate of Hesse. In August 1945,...

substituting the non-dynastic title Comte de Mortain for his son's Clermont countship (the latter once held in appanage by a son of Louis IX of France, who...

hand, after the death of Adolphus IV in 1261, was split up into several countships by his sons and again by his grandsons (1290): the lines of Holstein-Kiel...

borrowing their formula. This would be an important piece of evidence that countship in Pallars still reflected the Carolingian model of public office rather...

Countship of Torre Arias Creation date 25 May 1761 Created by Charles III Peerage Peerage of Spain First holder María Francisca Colón de Larreátegui y...

Marquis of Távora. Executed. List of marquisates in Portugal List of countships in Portugal Count of Alvor Távora affair Genealogy of the Counts of São...

Bramslykke (1732) on Lolland. In her testament, 1734, she established the countship of Christiansholm for their grandson Christian Taben. She had also acquired...

Prior to her death, by testament in 1734, she was able to establish the countship of Christiansholm for her grandson, Christian Raben (1724-1750). Christian...

of the lord of the villages. In 1749, both manors were unified in the Countship of Tirimont. Sint-Martinus Church: late-gothic church Huisje Mostinckx...

together with his other estates. it was used for the establishment of the Countship of Holsteinborg. Over the next years, Fuirendal was either used as a dower...

and a Spanish prince after disputes between French heirs to the Urgel countship and the Spanish bishops of Urgell. For more than 700 years Andorra was...

of Braganza Duke of Braganza List of marquisates in Portugal List of countships in Portugal Sotto Mayor Pizarro 1987, pp. 278, 308. Carvalho Correia 2008...

About 999, the last king of Upper Burgundy, Rudolph IV, granted the Countship of Valais to Bishop Hugo (998-1017); this union of the spiritual and secular...

enfeoffed count (Danish: lensgreve). He was the fourth holder of the Countship of Schackenborg from 1741 to 1796. Hans Schack was born on 14 January...

count of Talou, but, according to William of Jumièges, he was to hold his countship as a benefice in return for his faithful service to the young Duke William...

Margaret. Henry and his family would later become dispossessed of the Countship of Penthièvre by Alix's husband, Peter I, Duke of Brittany, who would...

1161, he travelled to Turin with his uncle to obtain confirmation of his countship in Provence from the Emperor Frederick I, for Provence was legally a fief...

In Pallars and Ribagorza, one Raymond I succeeded in separating those countships from the rest and inaugurating a new and de facto independent dynastic...

triumphal entrance into Lyon on 23 June and received from Louis XII the countship of Lomello. The Cardinal returned to Italy at the beginning of 1501 for...

Three Henries. Upon receiving the ducal title, however, Otto lost his countship at Worms, which was given to Bishop Hildebald [de], emperor Otto II's...

The Count of Bracial is a noble title, created by decree on 21 December 1882, by King Luís I of Portugal, in favor of Jacinto Pais de Matos Falcão. Jacinto...

son of Cipriano Muñoz y Ostaled, first Conde de La Viñaza, a Spanish countship awarded on 27 November 1871 by the brief-reigning King Amadeo I of Spain...

Principality 895 – 1000 AD Europe: Balkans Narentines Tribal chiefdom/countship/dukedom 6th – 10th centuries AD Europe: Balkans Principality of Serbia...

Lippspringe, he divided the land into missionary districts and Frankish countships. Charlemagne assisted in several mass baptisms in 780. He then returned...

lands/territories of the County of Portugal, bringing unrest once more. During Countship of Portugal, Viseu had served as the seat of the Court for Henry, Count...

her son Arthur entered Angers to be recognized as count of the three countships of Anjou, Maine and Touraine. He was an Occitan noble, a member of the...

dispossessed the heir of the Penthièvre Dynasty in order to give the countship of Penthièvre to his second child, Yolande. Beginning in the 13th century...

turned into a royal fief. In 1703, Frederick converted Antvorskov into a countship for his mistress, Elisabeth Helene von Vieregg. When she shortly thereafter...

Count of Paris (French: Comte de Paris) was a title for the local magnate of the district around Paris in Carolingian times. After Hugh Capet was elected...

some 250 feet (76 m) above the town. This had long given its name to the countship of Bitsch, which was originally in the possession of the dukes of Lorraine...

Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor decreed the lordship of Schellenberg and the countship of Vaduz united and raised to the dignity of a principality. Liechtenstein...

the House of Blankenheim. The lords of Blankenheim were elevated to the countship in 1380. The counts were related to the counts of Manderscheid and, from...

papacy to issue an annulment in 1124. In 1127, Louis raised Clito to the countship after Charles the Good, Count of Flanders, was murdered. Despite early...

Countship Resende Creation date 9 June 1754 Created by José I of Portugal First holder Dom António José de Castro Last holder Dom António de Castro Pamplona...

992–1008 Geoffrey I, also Duke 1008–1040 Alan I, also Duke; granted the Countship of Penthievre to his brother Eudes, thereby founding the Cadet Branch...

vassals named Boso, who took the title of count. In the 12th century, the countship passed to the family of Lusignan. They also were sometimes counts of Angoulême...

Montdidier was Hilduin III, grandson of Hilduin I. The apparent gap in the countship is unexplained. A common mistake is to assume the Hugh I, Count of Ponthieu...

sessions, promulgated decrees, interfered in the government of the papal countship of Venaissin, treated with the Hussites, and, as representatives of the...

Germany, who settled with four of his brothers in the settlement of Countship Michigan (which is now part of the city of Holland, Michigan) in approximately...

Knayth and 9th Baroness Conyers in her own right, and to the Portuguese countship of Mértola. Her right to the baronies of Darcy de Knayth and Conyers was...

Sirmium Kingdom 454 – 567 AD Europe: Balkans Narentines Tribal chiefdom/countship/dukedom 6th – 10th centuries AD Europe: Balkans Early Slavic polities...

Raetia, was incorporated into the Carolingian Empire, and divided into countships, which became subdivided over the generations. Because the Duchy of Swabia...

Danneskiold-Laurvigen line was extinguished in 1783, and the Laurvig countship was inherited through an heiress by the noble Danish line of Ahlefeldt...

War (1297–1305). The seigneurie (lordship) of Nesle was elevated to a countship for Charles de Sainte-Maure in 1467 and into a marquisate for Louis de...

Orsucci Noble family Coat of arms (Lucca branch) by Jacopo di Domenico Country Italy Founded XIV Century Titles Countship...

later bought and restored a property owned by the Villar de la Fuente countship located in Piedra St. which later served as the headquarters of the Board...

Komarr), he cannot defend himself. On the eve of the voting for both countships, Richars sends his henchmen to castrate his rival, but the attempt is...

County of Avellino. Ranulf demanded the restitution of both wife and countship. Both were denied, and Ranulf left Rome against orders, with Robert following...

Gertrud, but this is unlikely as her husband and their sons inherited the countship of Duras. Upon his death, Giselbert was succeeded as Count of Duras by...

Petronilla 1194–1251 Comminges line Daughter of the predecessors, in her long countship she married various nobles: 1196–1214 Gaston VI, Viscount of Béarn 1215–1216...

The counts of Gravina, later the dukes of Gravina, were medieval rulers of Gravina in Puglia, in the old Kingdom of Sicily and the Kingdom of Naples. The...

rulership was highly fragmented as their authority was challenged by minor countships and castellanies. The princelings of West Francia elected Robert I's grandson...

established in 1436 by the people of ten bailiwicks in the former Toggenburg countship, as the dynasty of Toggenburg had become extinct. The league was called...

A few details (in Spanish) Earthquake and tsunami (in Spanish) Foundation of the countship (in Spanish) Santa Rosa de Lima[permanent dead link] v t e...

daughter of L Chiappini and his wife. The discovery that Joinville was a countship of the Orléans family, and a real or fancied resemblance of Louis Philippe...

This page is a list of counts van Bergh: c. 1100-c. 1140: Constantinus de Monte c. 1140-c. 1190: Rabodo I c. 1190-c. 1220: Rabodo II c. 1220- 1260: Hendrik...

finally sealed: Gerlach won the dominion of Limburg and Henry II the Countship of Isenburg-Grenzau as their sole possessions. From a trip to Italy in...

line. In 1406, this line of Blankenheims, which had been elevated to the countship, died out with Count Gerhard VII. The castle then passed by marriage to...

bishop Saint Nicholas. Around 1650, the city was incorporated into the countship of Jakob De la Gardie. However, in 1655 the crown decided to regain administration...

(Count of Tui) in contemporary documents of Alfonso VII, although his countship was jurisdictional only. It is not clear how long it lasted. A document...

Antarctica Lerwick (historically called Larvik), the main town on Shetland Countship of Larvik, a historic title of nobility based Larvik, Norway Larvik prosti...

Countship of Baños Creation date 22 December 1621 Created by Philip IV Peerage Peerage of Spain First holder Sancho Martínez de Leyva y Suárez de Mendoza...

seal. In 1690 Itterbeek, Dilbeek and Sint-Martens-Bodegem were made a countship, Tirimont, by Charles II of Spain, and awarded to Louis-Alexander Scockart...

excommunication, Duke Robert restored the archbishop to his see, to his countship of Evereux, and returned all his properties. To further illustrate his...

Portugal (Grande do Reino) when King Carlos I elevated his title to a Countship (Earl in Britain). His only son Henrique was, like his father, a distinguished...

of Arundel and the Earldom of Shrewsbury. Robert had also acquired the countship of Ponthieu jure uxoris and the honor of Tickhill; all of which combined...

The Count of Sabugosa (Portuguese: Conde de Sabugosa), was a title created by letter on 19 September 1729 by King John V of Portugal for Vasco Fernandes...

Danube area of Europe. In 1091, following the passage of the Pustrissa countship from Henry IV to the Bishop of Brixen Altvino, the episcopal administration...

was succeeded as Count of Durbuy by his son Henry. When Henry died, the countship of Durbuy transferred to his cousin, Henry the Blind, and subsequently...

Urgell (modern Spain) from the Moors. The Franks divide Catalonia into 14 countships. Charlemagne suppresses a rebellion by count Hardrad of Thuringia. Prince...

Chester, possibly by accident. As a result of the battle Robert claimed the countship of Flanders. Richilde and her son Baldwin returned to Hainaut but continued...

Counts/Marquesses see Duke of Lafões) List of marquisates in Portugal List of countships in Portugal Duke of Lafões Duke of Miranda do Corvo "Diego Lopez de Sousa...

Beltrán Alfonso Osorio y Díez de Rivera, 18th Duke of Alburquerque, GE, OSL (15 December 1918 – 7 February 1994), also known as the 'Iron Duke' of Alburquerque...

he held the title of Duc de Boufflers ("Duke of Boufflers"), when his countship of Comte de Cagny ("Count of Cagny") was raised to a dukedom. In January...

maternal grandfather was the 16th Duke of Infantado. Morenés inherited the Countship of Villada the day he was born. He succeeded in his parents' titles when...

In 1714, Adam Christopher Knuth was able to merge his estate into a countship under the name Knuthenborg. Im 1743, Knuth and his second wife, Ida Margrethe...

Countship...

de Zumalacárregui, captain general of the Carlist army, along with the Countship of Zumalacárregui. The title makes reference to the military victories...

Marchioness of Villanueva del Fresno 17th Marchioness of Villanueva del Río Countships 27th Countess of Aranda, Grandee of Spain -Ceded to her son Don Alfonso...

and Otto of Freising, the emperor-elect Conrad III bestowed on him the countship of Pisa, making him the chief secular as well as ecclesiastical authority...

arranged by Reinhard, who must remain on Odin to prepare to receive the countship of Lohengramm. While checking into his hotel, Kircheis saves an elderly...

which were baronies by writ inherited from his father, and the Portuguese countship of Mértola, inherited from his mother. In those peerages, he was succeeded...

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Little Easton church in Essex. Without male issue, his earldom and his countship became extinct. His barony was inherited by his daughter Anne, who had...

predominant member of the States of Zeeland. It was a smaller version of the countship of Zeeland (& Holland) promised to William, and was a potent political...

brought before the Riksdag, and a resolution of the Diet directed that all countships, baronies, domains, manors and other estates producing an annual rent...

bitter enemy of Henry the Blind. With some caveats discussed below, the countship progressed as follows: Henry the Blind, also Count of Namur (as Henry...

Holland and West-Frisia were the sovereign of the county (although the countship was offered to William the Silent in 1584, shortly before his death)....

recognition by Wenceslaus of Luxembourg as Duke of Milan, followed by the countships of Pavia and Angera. Over the following years, the pro-war faction led...

Marquessate of Coquilla in 1693 and posteriorly acquired by marriage the Countship of Montalvo and many other possessions. Herrera, Federico Mata (Académico...

and Iceland), the Duchy of Schleswig, the Duchy of Holstein, and the Countship of Oldenburg. Census in Germany Dyrvik 2011: 105. Dyrvik, Ståle: Norsk...

The title of Count of Zutphen historically belonged to the ruler of the Dutch province of Gelderland (Zutphen being one of the major cities in the province...

Countship Anadia Creation date 17 December 1808 Created by Maria I of Portugal First holder Dom João Rodrigues de Sá e Mello de Menezes e Sottomayor Last...

of Soissons, and his wife, Marguerite of Rumigny. John inherited the countship of Soissons from his father in 1302. Nothing is known about his brief...

the hands of the Moltke family to the present day. It was part of the Countship of Bregentved from 1756 to 1920 and still shares its ownership with the...

1840 he inherited an estate of over £100,000, together with the Austrian countship and the baronetcy. He owned property at Ellowes Hall near Dudley and Ewart...

are: Abp. (Archbishopric) Bp. (Bishopric) Co. (County) (sometimes called countship) D. (Duchy) (sometimes called dukedom) Ldg. (Landgraviate) Mrg. (Margraviate)...

Castrum Brittinori during the reign of Otto III, becoming seat of the countship. The rocca (castle), built around the year 1000. It is now home to the...

count of Isenburg-Wächtersbach in the central Holy Roman Empire. His countship lasted from 1805 to 1806, and ended when it was mediated to Isenberg....

and entrenched as time went on, William the Silent had been offered the countship of Holland and Zeeland, and only his assassination prevented his accession...

Succeeded by title was elevated to peerage-duchy Preceded by title was elevated from countship Duke of Vendôme 1514–1537 Succeeded by Antoine de Bourbon...

Countship of Dehesa de Velayos Creation date 22 August 1709 Created by Philip V Peerage Peerage of Spain First holder Fernando de Torres y Messía, 1st...

the House of Isenburg; married Hildegard (died 1419) of Saarwerden (a countship centered at present-day Sarre-Union, France). Otto; knight of the Teutonic...

Countship of Consuegra Creation date 10 October 1905 Created by Alfonso XIII First holder Ventura García-Sancho Ibarrondo Present holder Jaime Travesedo...

which the counts are known and are not necessarily the start and end of a countship. Such exact dates are often unknown. The numbering of counts often reflects...

In 1708, he established the Countship of Holsteinsborg from Snedinge and the farms Fyrendal and Trolholm. The Countship of Holsteinsborg existed until...

Conrad as count and granted him the Rocca as his seat of power. During his countship, Saint Francis was born at Assisi. In 1183, Frederick appointed him duke...

Genoa and Pisa contributed to the siege. Berenguer Ramon resigned the countship in 1097. After that his life became more obscure. Still living under the...

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of Orsay), in the valley of Chevreuse, which his son had made into a countship on his majority, becoming Comte d'Orsay. He built a chateau in what is...

with these titles was Menezes. List of marquisates in Portugal List of countships in Portugal ”Nobreza de Portugal e do Brasil" – Vol. II, pages 281/284;...

Christina, he was only the third son of Duke Charles III, destined for the countship of Vaudémont as appanage rather than for the sovereignty of Lorraine....

Principality/client 839 – 875 AD Europe: Balkans Narentines Tribal chiefdom/countship/dukedom 6th – 10th centuries AD Europe: Balkans Principality of Serbia...

Alfonso V of Aragon, who had served as Regent, died in 1458. In 1469 his countship of Segorbe was elevated to a dukedom. Known as Infante Fortuna due to...

half-brother of Anna Sophie Reventlow, Frederick IV's second wife. A countship was created for the Reventlow family in 1729, known as Christianssæde...

taken over the government of Maine and before returning Herbert to his countship, he seized the southwestern territories of Maine including several fortresses...

Count of Arganil is a Portuguese noble title associated with the ecclesiastical position of Bishop of Coimbra. For this reason, its holders have always...

Saint-Nizier in Lyon and obtained confirmation from Philip the Fair of the countship of Lyon to the archbishops and the cathedral chapter. He was the subject...

landowners on Lolland. His widow Søster Lerhce was able to establish the countship of Knuthenborg for their son Adam Christopher Knuth. On New Year's Day...

Crown. Later, to his already rich holdings Philippe wanted to add the countship of Blois, with its Château de Chambord, and the governorship of Languedoc...

Countship of Villada Creation date 29 May 1625 Created by Philip IV Peerage Peerage of Spain First holder Enrique Pimentel y Enríquez, 1st Count of Villada...

Margaret II, Countess of Flanders. They concerned the succession to the countship of two counties, one a fief of the King of France (Flanders) and one a...

time Charles refuses to allow Louis to nominate his candidates to the countships left vacant in the emperor's absence. The capitulary thus served as a...

subsequently, by the Savoy-Carignano counts of Soissons, who inherited the countship from Charles's daughter, Marie, princesse de Carignano, even though they...

Habsburgs and are not valid in Portugal). Dukedoms in Portugal List of countships in Portugal Genealogy of the Counts of Linhares (first creation), in Portuguese...

passed to the Chauvigny from 1207 to 1473. It was raised to the rank of countship in 1497 for Jean V d'Aumont. In 1616, when it was held by Henry II, Prince...

using them. [citation needed] List of marquisates in Portugal List of countships in Portugal Beresford Gate Beresford Square Heathcote (2010), p. 12. Heathcote...

George, the Baronies of Conyers and Darcy de Knayth and the Portuguese countship of Mértola were passed to his cousin Sackville Lane-Fox. Lane-Fox was...

hereditary membership in the House of Lords. These were: Sixty-four other countships: Schlick, Lodron, Hardegg, Montecuccoli, Thurn und Valsassina, Buquoy...

1367) and Frederick, count who acceded in 1509, no other Frederick held a countship in the family. However, the count Frederick who ruled 1509-59 is sometimes...

of Substantion and Melgueil, became a vassal of the Holy See for this countship, and relinquished the right of nomination to the diocese of Maguelone...

they were granted the Bohemian Inkolat. Confirmation of their Bohemian Countship followed on 14 January 1654, and the unification of the coats of arms...

inherited the baronies of Conyers and Fauconberg and the Portuguese countship of Mértola. He later inherited the earldom of Yarborough from his father...

other dioceses. After the Lombard invasions, Isernia was the seat of a countship, founded by the Duke of Benevento. It was destroyed by the Saracens in...

crowned Louis the Debonnaire in 816. King Louis IV gave the city and countship of Reims to the archbishop Artaldus in 940. King Louis VII (reigned 1137–1180)...

4 April 1814) was a Danish aristocrat. He was the sixth holder of the Countship of Schackenborg from 1809 to 1814 with the title of enfeoffed count (Danish:...

Arnold. After Arnold died in 1577, Salentin left the church to take the countship. Upon his departure from the office of Prince-elector and archbishop of...

The most important accession was in 1252, when the see purchased the Countship of Vechta. The country between these new districts was acquired later:...

Conyers went to his nephew, Sackville Lane-Fox, along with the Portuguese countship of Mértola. The Duke was a greater lover of outdoor pursuits. During the...

issue. Eventually, a settlement was reached whereby Aymon obtained the Countship in return for providing a monetary payment to Joan. He spent much of his...

family were also distinguished soldiers, and the seigniory was raised to a countship and marquisate in reward for their services. At the outbreak of the Revolution...

one of the last records of Pedro (1125) and the only one that names his countship as Trastámara, that is, the lands beyond (tras) the Tambre (Támara)....

although this was not made hereditary for Edward's descendants as his countship had been. On 2 July 1910, Gleichen married Sylvia Gay Edwardes (a niece...

mother, the heiress of Aumale. It was settled on Adelaide of Normandy as a countship by her brother William the Conqueror, but at what exact time is not known...

Speyer and Worms, the latter two being the administrative centres of countships within the hands of the Salian descendants of Conrad the Red. These counts...

(do Alentejo) Count of Viana (da Foz do Lima) Count of Marialva List of countships in Portugal Genealogy of the Counts of Loulé, in Portuguese "Nobreza de...

(daughter of William V, Lord of Montpellier). Bernard IV inherited the countship from his father Raymond II, representing a lineage of Counts of Melgueil...

was appointed chamberlain in 1710. His mother converted Årsmarke into a countship for her eldest son when, in 1714, Adam Christoffer von Knuth was elevated...

Nisa and 10th Countess of Unhão. List of marquisates in Portugal List of countships in Portugal Vasco Da Gama, Ernest George Ravenstein, "A journal of the...

of Cadaval, Rodrigo's heirs. Count of Olivença Duke of Cadaval List of countships in Portugal Genealogy of Rodrigo Afonso de Melo, in Portuguese ”Nobreza...

Confederation/kingdom 2879–258 BC Western Guo Yongdi, Shangyang, Xiayang Countship/dukedom 1046–687 BC Wey Shangqiu Dukedom and vassal 1046–687 BC Wu Gusu...

the Count of Álava and probably also of Biscay. The exact dates of his countship are unknown. Only one document, dated 18 May 919 in the cartularies of...

Jurisdiction), with its main town of Marienfels. This had been part of the former Countship of Arnstein. The last Count of Arnstein, Louis III, had no heir and had...

passed all his counties on to Oliba, who gave Besalú as a subordinate countship to Miro, but when Miro became Bishop of Girona in 971, Besalú was reattached...

started to belong to the Pustrissa countship, firstly mentioned in 974 as Pustrissa and Pustrussa; in 1091 the countship was ceded by the Emperor Henry IV...

and feudal count (Danish: lensgreve). He was the first holder of the Countship of Schackenborg from 1676 to 1683. Otto Didrik Schack was born on 21 September...

Count of Barcelos (in Portuguese Conde de Barcelos) is a title of nobility, the first to be granted in Portugal. It was created in 1298 by king Denis I...

the Lauwers and in East Frisia from the Lauwers to the Weser, later the Countship of Ostfriesland. The Italians probably became aware of the Frisian Potestaat...

Peter de Salis was Imperial Ambassador in England, and was given the Countship, presumably for his diplomatic services. His son was naturalized in England...

Paderborn as well as Cologne, but he was opposed by all classes. The countships of Lippe, Waldeck, and Pyrmont, the part of the diocese in the County...

of Arundel and the Earldom of Shrewsbury. Robert had also acquired the countship of Ponthieu jure uxoris and the honour of Tickhill; all of which combined...

Yarborough. On the death of her father in 1948, she inherited the Portuguese countship of Mértola, while she and her sister, Lady Wendy Lycett became co-heirs...

19th Count of Penaguião. Marquis of Abrantes Count of Penaguião List of countships in Portugal Genealogy of the Counts of Vila Nova de Portimão, in Portuguese...

success in strengthening the Bishopric of Le Mans served to downgrade the countship of Maine, which led to the county being absorbed into the domains of Anjou...

vicomte de Thouars. The marriage not only brought the La Trémoïlles the countship of Laval and the Neapolitan claim in 1521, but also the rank of princes...

1302, he lost Gravina. On 13 December 1304, he was invested with the Countship of Piedmont. Piedmont appears as his brother's in 1307, so his possession...

eagle has featured the royal crown in or on the neck. Having acquired the Countship title, the lineage of the Liesbsteinskýs added a second tail to the eagle...

Count of Lavradio is a Portuguese title of nobility created twice. The first creation was by King Pedro II of Portugal, by Letters Patent of 16 March 1670...

sources as a Count of Stade and, if so, then the two brothers shared the countship for a period of time. Warner 2001, p. xv. Warner 2001, p. 50. Warner,...

named- of the Meierij van 's-Hertogenbosch of the Duchy of Brabant : the Countship of Megen and the Land of Ravenstein. It was suppressed on 1853.03.04,...

The Count of Verampio is a title in the Peerage of Italy. The last remaining heirs related to the title are the Castellini Baldissera family. The title...

The Grafelijke Korenmolen van Zeddam (Countships grainmill of Zeddam) is a tower mill in Zeddam, the Netherlands, which has been restored to working order...

capital of the province of Flanders. In 1046, Aalst was transferred to the Countship of Imperial Flanders, and absorbed a portion of Brabant, and in 1173 it...

the death of the countess' father in 1719, she inherited his Portuguese countship of Mértola as his eldest surviving child. Her husband died in 1721 and...

Steinfurt, Tecklenburg and Münster. The swan in the middle comes from the countship of Steinfurt, the centre of the district. The red bar around the swan...

of King Henry II of Castile). List of marquisates in Portugal List of countships in Portugal Count of Peniche Genealogy of the Counts of Vila Verde, in...

mention of a Conradine count was in 966. The Niederlahngau went over to the Countship of Diez. The extensive Conradine allodial lands in the Niederlahngau came...

of Forez were also counts of Lyon in the Empire until 1173, when the countship of Lyon passed to the Archbishop of Lyon. Artaud I (II) (died before 1010)...

Brahesborg on the island of Funen. In 1835, he also acquired the former countship of Laurvig in Norway with Fritzøe Ironworks. He modernized the management...

countess of Tentúgal (as heir of the Duke of Cadaval). Count of Faro List of countships in Portugal Genealogy of the Counts of Odemira, in Portuguese "Nobreza...

Isenburg-Wächtersbach, and the son of Ferdinand Casimir I of Isenburg-Wächtersbach. His countship lasted from 1778 until 1780, and the county itself lasted from 1673 to...

February 1716. Næstbyholm and Bavelse reverted to the crown when the countship was dissolved. In 1720, Næsbyholm and Bavelse were sold to Peder Thott...

Robert's son William the Bastard. Ralph's older brother Richard received the countship of Évreux, Ralph was given the lordship of Gacé in Lower Normandy. He...

Hettergau. Rutger or one of his close descendants was already elevated to countship in second half of the 11th century. Despite that, 1092 is still the most...

married to the Pope's sister, Clara de Medici) received the Imperial Countship of von Hohenems in 1560. One of the Pope's nephews, Cardinal Mark Sittich...

Count of Idanha-a-Nova was a Portuguese title of nobility created on two occasions. The first creation, on 1 November 1582, by Philip I of Portugal. Title...

royal decree of Luis I of Portugal dated from October 3, 1862. List of countships in Portugal List of marquisates in Portugal Dukedoms in Portugal Genealogy...

Urgell (modern Spain) from the Moors. The Franks divide Catalonia into 14 countships. Charlemagne suppresses a rebellion by count Hardrad of Thuringia. Prince...

Golden Age (Siglo de Oro) of literature and the arts. He was awarded the countship by King Philip III in 1611. Andrés de Claramonte, one of the many major...

(conde) of Tyrone; the King of Portugal offered to grant him a Portuguese countship of that style, and he declined. His title was recognized by the Pope and...

roots. Lindenholzhausen was one of the seats of a Grafschaftsgerichts ("countship justice court") of the Counts of Diez. It is mentioned in the sources...

her daughter, married twice but had no issue. Count of Odemira List of countships in Portugal Genealogy of the Counts of Faro, in Portuguese "Nobreza de...

House, the Marquesses of Angeja. List of marquisates in Portugal List of countships in Portugal Marquis of Angeja Count of Vila Verde Genealogy of the Counts...

convent, that was destined as space to house the pantheon of the Linhares countship. This project was terminated in 1622. Through the donations of D. Joana...

Portuguese), Lisbon, Portugal, pp. 198–205{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) Portuguese nobility List of countships in Portugal...

Count of Almedina is a Portuguese title of nobility created on 13 April 1882 by Luís I of Portugal. Delfim Deodato Guedes, 1st Count of Almedina Luísa...

Yeomanry on 19 May 1863. In 1859, Lane-Fox had inherited the Portuguese countship of Mértola and the baronies of Darcy de Knayth and Conyers from his maternal...

predominant member of the States of Zeeland. It was a smaller version of the countship of Zeeland (& Holland) promised to William, and was a potent political...

Christian Raben, died in 1750. The countship was then passed on to his younger brother Otto Ludvig Raben. The countship of Christiansholm was owned by his...

and William I of Sicily. Concordato de Benevento. Austria, independent countship. 1157: Assembly of Besançon. Rupture between emperor and the Pope. 1158:...

Countship of Guadalupe del Peñasco Creation date 1768 Created by King Charles III of Spain Peerage Spanish First holder Don Francisco de Mora y Luna Present...

Landgraviate of Hesse when Landgrave Henry I acquired parts of the former Countship of Gleiberg along with Gießen from the Counts Palatine of Tübingen. In...

of France on the Second Crusade in 1148. On his return, he claimed the countship of Carcassonne, in succession to his deceased elder brother. Though the...

basilica in 1899. In 1093, Stephen I, Count of Penthièvre, inherited the countship of Penthièvre following the death of his elder brother, Count Geoffrey...

Count of La Conquista (Spanish: Conde de la Conquista) is an 18th-century Spanish hereditary title, famously held by Mateo de Toro Zambrano y Ureta, who...

réflexion sur les partages de l'ancien comté de Provence au XIIe siècle" [Countship and territory: reflection on the division of the former county of Provence...

Countship of San Esteban de Cañongo Creation date 7 July 1816 Created by Ferdinand VII Peerage Peerage of Spain First holder Agustín José Ramón Valdés...

given to Bernard of Gothia. At this time, the County of Autun, whose countship had been vacant since the death of Robert the Strong, was returned to...

and benefices. Charles also refused to allow Louis to nominate to the countships that were left vacant in the emperor's absence. In principle, the honores...

The Count of Valadares (Portuguese: Conde de Valadares) is a noble title created by King Pedro II of Portugal, by royal letter on 20 June 1702, in favour...

rulers of Mâcon; the city had no counts until after 850. From 926 the countship became hereditary. The Mâconnais was sold to king St. Louis in 1239 by...

Cadaval Dukedoms in Portugal List of marquisates in Portugal List of countships in Portugal Genealogy of the Counts of Tentúgal, in Portuguese Genealogy...

control of the monastery passed to the bishops, who also controlled the countship, and later in the century to the Robertian dynasty. To historians of this...

reputation at risk. Haro inherited the Marquessate of Carpio and the Countship of Morente from his father in 1648, and the Marquessate of Eliche from...

Camarines) (1872) was created for Manuel Alvarez de Estrada by Amadeo I. The Countship of the Conquest of the Batanes Islands (Condado de la Conquista de las...

Lando was compensated with Caiazzo, but desired to restore himself to the countship. He married a niece of Athanasius of Naples, but with this ally, he never...

Haute-Savoie department Leesville, Texas, its land majorly granted to the late Countship of La Baume "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr,...

of Charles the Good, Count of Flanders 30 March William Clito claims countship of Flanders 1128 1 January Albero I of Louvain, prince-bishop of Liège...

enfeoffed count (Danish: lensgreve). He was the second holder of the Countship of Schackenborg from 1683 to 1719. Hans Schack was born on 4 March 1676...

over a century. In 1342 the Palatine Counts of Württemberg purchased the countship of Tübingen. After this year the Lescher family of Kilchberg is then found...

Braganza Dukedoms in Portugal List of marquisates in Portugal List of countships in Portugal Genealogy of the Marquesses of Vila Viçosa, in Portuguese...

Historians have given a variety of dates for Wulgrin's ascension to the countship; Watson (453) gives it as 1179, backed up by charter evidence (353–62)...

states that Lambert II succeeded directly after his brother Henry I. His countship is disputed by some sources which identify Lambert II as count at this...

his successors became prince-bishops, civil rulers of the city and the countship. Many struggles followed, in particular after Margrave Arduin of Ivrea...

according to legend a captive from the East. The Morosini had been raised to countship in the late 10th century CE after they, with the support of Holy Roman...

half-brother Gustav of Vasaborg to the dignity of a count when she gave him the Countship of Nystad in 1647, which led to the county town sometimes being called...

Count of Juncal (Portuguese: Conde do Juncal) is a Portuguese title of nobility. It was created on April 17, 1890, by Carlos I, king of Portugal, for Carlos...

Franche-Comté, the countships of Neuchâtel and Valangin, the greater part of the Canton of Vaud, the Canton of Fribourg, the countship of Gruyère and most...