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related English term "county"
denoted the
territories ****ociated with some
countships, but not all. The
title of
count is
typically not used in
England or English-speaking...
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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...
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decided they
could not rule,
while Benedetto I
Zaccario declined the
countship. Thus,
after negotiations,
Lucie became Lucia,
Countess of
Tripoli in...
- The
Countship of
Brahesminde (Danish:
Grevskabet Brahesminde) was a
Danish countship created 9 May 1798 for
privy councilor and
chamberlain Preben Bille-Brahe...
- The
Countship of
Larvik aka
Landgraviate of
Larvik (also
spelt Laurvig or Laurvigen) was
created on 29
September 1671 when
Brunla amt was made into the...
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Jarlsberg was a
former countship that
forms a part of today's
Vestfold county in Norway. The
former countships of
Jarlsberg and
Larvik were
merged into...
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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
Flanders was one of the most
powerful political entities in the
medieval Low Countries,
located on the
North Sea
coast of modern-day Belgium...
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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, the integrity...
