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

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.

Alternate Titles

The SCA recognises the following alternate titles in other languages as the equivalent to Count:

Language Alternate Form
Albanian Kont
Arabic Qadi
Catalan Comte
Czech Hrab
Danish Greve/Jarl
Dutch Graaf
Estonian Krahv
Finnish Kreivi/Jaarli
French Comte
German Graf
Greek Komes
Hebrew Shilton
Hungarian Foispan/Grof
Icelandic Greifi
Irish Gaelic Cunta/Iarla
Italian Conte
Latin Comes
Middle Norwegian Greifi
Old English Eorl
Old Norse Jarl/Greifi
Polish Hrabia
Portuguese Conde
Romanian Conte
Russian Kniaz
Scots Gaelic Iarla
Spanish Conde
Swedish Greve
Turkish Kont/Beylerbey
Welsh Iarll/Gwledig