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Cian at 22:51, 20 November 2007

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	The [[title]] '''Count''' is awarded in the [[SCA]] to someone who has completed a [[reign]] over a [[kingdom]]. The [[honorific]] for a count is "Your Excellency". After a second reign, they are awarded the title [[Duke]].		The [[title]] '''Count''' is awarded in the [[SCA]] to someone who has completed a [[reign]] over a [[kingdom]]. The [[honorific]] for a count is "Your Excellency". After a second reign, they are awarded the title [[Duke]].

	A count is entitled to wear a county coronet, and to have such above their device on their [[heraldic achievement]]. The county coronet is ~~distuingishable~~ by its [[embattled]] form.		A count is entitled to wear a county [[coronet]], and to have such above their [[device]] on their [[heraldic achievement]]. The county coronet is distinguishable by its [[embattled]] form.

	===Alternate Titles===		===Alternate Titles===

Conrad Leviston: /* Counts in the SCA */

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Counts in the SCA

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	==Counts in the SCA==		==Counts in the SCA==
	The [[title]] '''Count''' is awarded in the [[SCA]] to someone who has completed a [[reign]] over a [[kingdom]]. The [[honorific]] for a count is "Your Excellency". After a second reign, they are awarded the title [[Duke]].		The [[title]] '''Count''' is awarded in the [[SCA]] to someone who has completed a [[reign]] over a [[kingdom]]. The [[honorific]] for a count is "Your Excellency". After a second reign, they are awarded the title [[Duke]].

			A count is entitled to wear a county coronet, and to have such above their device on their [[heraldic achievement]]. The county coronet is distuingishable by its [[embattled]] form.

	===Alternate Titles===		===Alternate Titles===
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	== See Also ==		== See Also ==

Simoncursitor: Add derivation

2007-09-11T07:01:38Z

Add derivation

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	A '''Count''' is the [[Norman]] [[title]] equivalent to an [[Anglo-Saxon]] Earl. As such, modern [[England]] only has Earls. The oldest title is that of Shrewsbury, created in 1442, but precedence is given to the Howard [[Duke]]s of Norfolk on account of their descent from an Earl of Surrey who had inherited the [[medieval]] earldom of Arundel, deemed to predate 1442. In [[Scotland]] the premier earldom is Mar (created 1404). In [[Ireland]] it is Leinster, which was created as an earldom in 1316, subsequently ([[out of period]]) raised to a [[marquisate]] and then a [[duchy]].		A '''Count''' is the [[Norman]] [[title]] equivalent to an [[Anglo-Saxon]] Earl. As such, modern [[England]] only has Earls. The oldest title is that of Shrewsbury, created in 1442, but precedence is given to the Howard [[Duke]]s of Norfolk on account of their descent from an Earl of Surrey who had inherited the [[medieval]] earldom of Arundel, deemed to predate 1442. In [[Scotland]] the premier earldom is Mar (created 1404). In [[Ireland]] it is Leinster, which was created as an earldom in 1316, subsequently ([[out of period]]) raised to a [[marquisate]] and then a [[duchy]].

			It originates from the [[Latin]] ''comes'', a title given to local army commanders in the later [[Roman Empire\|Imperial]] period.

	==Counts in the SCA==		==Counts in the SCA==

Cian: links, clean-up

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links, clean-up

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	A '''Count''' is the [[Norman]] [[title]] equivalent to an [[Anglo-Saxon]] Earl. As such, modern [[England]] only has Earls. The oldest title is that of Shrewsbury, created in 1442, but precedence is given to the Howard ~~Dukes~~ of Norfolk on account of their descent from an Earl of Surrey who had inherited the medieval earldom of Arundel, deemed to predate 1442. In [[Scotland]] the premier earldom is Mar (created 1404); in [[Ireland]] it is Leinster. created as an earldom in 1316, subsequently (out of [[period]]) raised to a marquisate and then a duchy)		A '''Count''' is the [[Norman]] [[title]] equivalent to an [[Anglo-Saxon]] Earl. As such, modern [[England]] only has Earls. The oldest title is that of Shrewsbury, created in 1442, but precedence is given to the Howard [[Duke]]s of Norfolk on account of their descent from an Earl of Surrey who had inherited the [[medieval]] earldom of Arundel, deemed to predate 1442. In [[Scotland]] the premier earldom is Mar (created 1404). In [[Ireland]] it is Leinster, which was created as an earldom in 1316, subsequently ([[out of period]]) raised to a [[marquisate]] and then a [[duchy]].

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	===Alternate Titles===		===Alternate Titles===

	The SCA recognises the following [[alternate titles]] in other [[language]]s as the equivalent to Count:		The SCA recognises the following [[alternate titles]] in other [[language]]s as the equivalent to Count:

Simoncursitor at 19:50, 13 February 2006

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	A '''Count''' is the [[Norman]] [[title]] equivalent to an [[Anglo-Saxon]] Earl. As such, modern [[England]] only has Earls.		A '''Count''' is the [[Norman]] [[title]] equivalent to an [[Anglo-Saxon]] Earl. As such, modern [[England]] only has Earls. The oldest title is that of Shrewsbury, created in 1442, but precedence is given to the Howard Dukes of Norfolk on account of their descent from an Earl of Surrey who had inherited the medieval earldom of Arundel, deemed to predate 1442. In [[Scotland]] the premier earldom is Mar (created 1404); in [[Ireland]] it is Leinster. created as an earldom in 1316, subsequently (out of [[period]]) raised to a marquisate and then a duchy)

	==Counts in the SCA==		==Counts in the SCA==

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			== See Also ==
			[[Honorific]]
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Cian: historical data, category:title, links

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historical data, category:title, links

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			A '''Count''' is the [[Norman]] [[title]] equivalent to an [[Anglo-Saxon]] Earl. As such, modern [[England]] only has Earls.

	==Counts in the SCA==		==Counts in the SCA==
	The [[title]] '''Count''' is awarded to someone who has completed a [[reign]] over a [[kingdom]]. The honorific for a count is "Your Excellency". After a second		The [[title]] '''Count''' is awarded in the [[SCA]] to someone who has completed a [[reign]] over a [[kingdom]]. The [[honorific]] for a count is "Your Excellency". After a second reign, they are awarded the title [[Duke]].
	reign, they are awarded the title [[Duke]].

	===Alternate Titles===		===Alternate Titles===
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			[[category:title]]

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	The [[title]] '''Count''' is awarded to someone who has completed a [[reign]] over a [[kingdom]]. The honorific for a count is "Your Excellency". After a second		The [[title]] '''Count''' is awarded to someone who has completed a [[reign]] over a [[kingdom]]. The honorific for a count is "Your Excellency". After a second
	reign, they ~~may be~~ awarded the title [[Duke]].		reign, they are awarded the title [[Duke]].

	===Alternate Titles===		===Alternate Titles===

Cian at 23:21, 2 November 2004

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	<td>[[~~Scotts~~ Gaelic]]</td>		<td>[[Scots Gaelic]]</td>
	<td>Iarla</td>		<td>Iarla</td>
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Conrad Leviston: Alternate titles

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Alternate titles

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			==Counts in the SCA==


	===Counts in the SCA===
	The [[title]] '''Count''' is awarded to someone who has completed a [[reign]] over a [[kingdom]]. The honorific for a count is "Your Excellency". After a second		The [[title]] '''Count''' is awarded to someone who has completed a [[reign]] over a [[kingdom]]. The honorific for a count is "Your Excellency". After a second
	reign, they may be awarded the title [[Duke]].		reign, they may be awarded the title [[Duke]].

			===Alternate Titles===
	An alternate title used by some counts is the english Earl/Jarl.

			The SCA recognises the following [[alternate titles]] in other [[language]]s as the equivalent to Count:

			<table border cellpadding=10 cellspacing=0>
			<tr>
			<th>Language</th>
			<th>Alternate Form</th>
			</tr>
			<tr>
			<td>[[Albanian]]</td>
			<td>Kont</td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
			<td>[[Arabic]]</td>
			<td>Qadi</td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
			<td>[[Catalan]]</td>
			<td>Comte</td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
			<td>[[Czech]]</td>
			<td>Hrab</td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
			<td>[[Danish]]</td>
			<td>Greve/Jarl</td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
			<td>[[Dutch]]</td>
			<td>Graaf</td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
			<td>[[Estonian]]</td>
			<td>Krahv</td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
			<td>[[Finnish]]</td>
			<td>Kreivi/Jaarli</td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
			<td>[[French]]</td>
			<td>Comte</td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
			<td>[[German]]</td>
			<td>Graf</td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
			<td>[[Greek]]</td>
			<td>Komes</td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
			<td>[[Hebrew]]</td>
			<td>Shilton</td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
			<td>[[Hungarian]]</td>
			<td>Foispan/Grof</td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
			<td>[[Icelandic]]</td>
			<td>Greifi</td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
			<td>[[Irish Gaelic]]</td>
			<td>Cunta/Iarla</td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
			<td>[[Italian]]</td>
			<td>Conte</td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
			<td>[[Latin]]</td>
			<td>Comes</td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
			<td>[[Middle Norwegian]]</td>
			<td>Greifi</td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
			<td>[[Old English]]</td>
			<td>Eorl</td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
			<td>[[Old Norse]]</td>
			<td>Jarl/Greifi</td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
			<td>[[Polish]]</td>
			<td>Hrabia</td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
			<td>[[Portuguese]]</td>
			<td>Conde</td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
			<td>[[Romanian]]</td>
			<td>Conte</td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
			<td>[[Russian]]</td>
			<td>Kniaz</td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
			<td>[[Scotts Gaelic]]</td>
			<td>Iarla</td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
			<td>[[Spanish]]</td>
			<td>Conde</td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
			<td>[[Swedish]]</td>
			<td>Greve</td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
			<td>[[Turkish]]</td>
			<td>Kont/Beylerbey</td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
			<td>[[Welsh]]</td>
			<td>Iarll/Gwledig</td>
			</tr>
			</table>