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especially during the
constitutional monarchy many
other countships were created. In Spain, no
countships of
wider importance exist,
except in the
former Spanish...
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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...
- 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...
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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...
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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
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...
- The
Comtat Venaissin (French pronunciation: [kɔ̃ta vənɛsɛ̃]; Occitan: lo
Comtat Venaicin; 'County of Venaissin'),
often called the
Comtat for short, was...
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Joscelin I (died 1131) was a
Frankish nobleman of the
House of
Courtenay who
ruled as the lord of Turbessel,
prince of
Galilee (1112–1119) and
count of...
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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...