count
Let an agent handle the title of count by country, rank, history, holders and current legal status, and separate other senses of count.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent handle the title of count by country, rank, history, holders and current legal status, and separate other senses of count.
A title of nobility in many European countries, ranking below a marquess or duke and above a viscount or baron, historically a ruler of a county; the female equivalent is countess, and the British equivalent is earl.
What it is for: A historical and ceremonial rank.
It can be explain the rank and equivalents; find historical holders from sources; check whether titles are legally recognised today; use correct forms of address.
Distinguishing features
Noble title
Varies by country
Often hereditary
Legal status differs today
What it looks like
Not physical; shown in titles, coats of arms and coronets of rank.
How it is recognised
Titles such as Graf, comte, conte, conde
Count coronet in heraldry
Counting and legal counts are other senses
Related models
is a kind of - category
is equivalent to - British rank
is related to - territory
is confused with - another sense
In practice
Families and kinds
counts of the Holy Roman Empire
French comtes
Italian conti
Spanish condes
papal counts
Standards and regulation
National nobility law where titles are recognised
Abolition laws in some republics
Failure modes and hazards
Treating unrecognised titles as legal
Confusing senses
Also called
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Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.count
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Title Rank.
Ranks differ by country.
Rank
Position.
Rank
Rank.
- Where does count rank in this country peerage? provenance
- What is the equivalent elsewhere? definition
Forms
Address.
Forms
Forms of address.
- What is the correct form of address? provenance
- What is the female form? definition
History Origins.
Counts once governed counties.
Origin
Comes.
Origin
Origin.
- How did the title originate? provenance
- What powers did counts hold? provenance
Holders
People.
Holders
Holders.
- Who held this particular countship? provenance
- Which genealogical source confirms it? provenance
Status Today.
Legal status varies.
Recognition
Legal status.
Recognition
Legal recognition.
- Is the title legally recognised in this country today? provenance
- Was nobility abolished? provenance
Heraldry
Coronet.
Heraldry
Heraldic insignia.
- Which coronet of rank is used? definition
- Which authority regulates it? provenance
Senses Disambiguation.
Count has many senses.
Counting
Number.
Counting
Counting sense.
- Is counting or a total meant? boundary
- Which entry fits? action
Legal
Charge.
Legal
Legal sense.
- Is a count in an indictment meant? boundary
- Which entry fits? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should counts by country be separate entries?
- How should holder lists be linked?
- How should other senses be split off?