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A count is a nobleman in various European countries, of the equivalent rank of a British earl.
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 Count - the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Fromthe start the count was in military charge of a locality, a county, his main rival forpower being the bishop, whose diocese wasoften coterminous.
A count or earl is oftena courtesy title for the eldest son of a duke.
In Italy, all the sonsof a count are counts (contini); in the United Kingdom stringentrules apply.
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 Count - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Military counts in the Late Empire and the Germanic successor kingdoms were often appointed by a dux and later by a king.
From the start the count was in military charge of a locality, a county, his main rival for power being the bishop, whose diocese was often coterminous.
In Italy, all the sons of a count are counts (contini); in the United Kingdom stringent rules apply, often a future heir has a lower ranking courtesy title.
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 Count - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
From the start the count was in military charge, not of a roving warband, but settled in a locality, a county, his main rival for power being the bishop, whose diocese was often coterminous.
In many Germanic and Frankish kingdoms in the early Middle Ages, the count might also be a count palatine, whose authority derived directly from the royal household, the "palace" in its original sense of the seat of power and administration.
In the UK a count or earl is often a courtesy title for the eldest son of a duke.
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 Count -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
A count is a (A titled peer of the realm) nobleman in most European countries, equivalent in rank to a (The people of Great Britain) British (A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount) earl, whose wife is still a "countess".
Military counts in the Late Empire and the Germanic successor kingdoms were often appointed by a (additional info and facts about dux) dux and later by a king.
A count or earl is often a (additional info and facts about courtesy title) courtesy title for the eldest son of a duke.
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 Charles III, Duke of Bourbon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Charles III of Bourbon-Montpensier, Eighth Duke of Bourbon (February 17, 1490 – 1527 in Rome) was Count of Montpensier and Dauphin of Auvergne.
In 1505 he married Suzanne, Duchess of Bourbon, the heir-general of the House of Bourbon (to which he was the heir-male), and became Duke of Bourbon in her right.
By Suzanne, Charles was the father of a pair of twins and Francis of Bourbon, Count of Clermont.
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 Count Online Research :: Information about Count   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
A count is a Nobleman in most European countries, equivalent in rank to a United Kingdom Earl, whose wife is still a "countess" (for lack of an Anglo-Saxon term).
The word count comes from French language comte, itself from Latin Comes in its Accusative case comitem meaning "companion, bound (by oath)", and later "bound to the emperor, delegate of the emperor".
Military counts in the Late Empire and the Germanic successor kingdoms were often appointed by a Duke and later by a king.
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 DAUPHIN - LoveToKnow Article on DAUPHIN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The canting arms of a dolphin, which they quartered with the royal fleurs de lys, were originally assumed by Dauphin, count of Clermont, instead of the arms of Auvergne (the earliest extant example is appended to a deed of 1199), and from him they were borrowed by the counts of the Viennois.
It was also assumed by Guigue V., count of Forez (1203I 241), a descendant of Guigue Raymond of the Viennois, count of Forez, in right of his wife Ida Raymonde.
The eldest son of the French king was sometimes called the king dauphin (le roy daulphin), to distinguish him from the dauphin of Auvergne,who was known,since Auvergne became an appanage of the royal house, as the prince dauphin.
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COUNT ON US Edition: First Section: Competitions/Offers Mrs E Blea CV6 2EX If this is your name and postcode and we deliver the...
Khan said the new count of deaths in Pakistan was given to top Pakistani officials...
Buyers failing to count cost of a new car ; MOTORS Edition: Supplement Section: Features A LACK of basic maths skills could be costing many car buyers...
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 Corvey CW3 | Contribution Page
The novel concerns rivalry between the households of Gaston Phoebus Count de Foix, lord of the provinces of de Foix and Bearn, and John, Lord of Armagnac, as outlined in Froissart's CHRONICLES.
Sir Equitan is actually the Count de Montpensier, son of de Foix's bitter rival, the Duke de Berry, in disguise.
Eustace was brought to the castle fifteen years ago by the Count's estranged wife, who pleaded with de Foix to raise the orphaned two-year old as his own son as a favor to her.
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 Montpensier - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Confiscated by King Francis I, the countship was restored in 1538 to Louise de Bourbon, sister of the constable, and widow of the prince de La Roche-sur-Yon, and to her son Louis (1513–1582), and was erected into a duchy in the peerage of France (duché-pairie) in 1539.
Mademoiselle de Montpensier was a title conferred upon some women of the royal family, namely during the years previous to the French Revolution.
He was initially Count of Montpensier and Dauphin d'Auvergne before he became Duke of Bourbon by marriage.
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 physics - Count
Originally the title comes denoted the rank of a high official in the late Roman Empire: before Anthemius was made emperor in the West in 467, he was military comes strengthening defenses on the Danube frontier [1].
A count or earl is often a courtesy title for the eldest son of a duke.
In Italy, all the sons of a count are counts (contini); in the United Kingdom stringent rules apply.
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blood count blood count, method for determining the number of red (erythrocytes) and white (leukocytes) blood cells in a certain volume of blood.
Andr?y, Julius, Count Andrássy, Julius, Count, 1860-1929, Hungarian politician; son of the elder Count Andrássy.
Bethlen, Count Stephen Bethlen, Count Stephen, 1874-1947?, Hungarian premier (1921-31).
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 John, Duke of Berry - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
John of Valois, the Magnificent, (November 30 1340 — March 15 1416) was Duke of Berry and Auvergne and Count of Poitiers and Montpensier.
Bonne of Berry (1365-1435), married Amadeus VII of Savoy and Bernard VII, Count of Armagnac
Mary of Berry, Duchess of Auvergne (1367-1434), married: 1) Louis III of Chatillon, Count of Dunois; 2) Philip of Artois, Count d'Eu; 3) John I, Duke of Bourbon
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 louis de bourbon comte de montpensier
Louis de BOURBON († 1486), Count of Montpensier, Dauphin of Auvergne, Lord of Mercœur and Combrailles, then Count of Clermont and Sancerre.
Brother of the previous, he was the second son of Jean Ier, duke of Bourbon, and of Marie de Berry.
His son, Gilbert († 1496), Count of Montpensier, was the father of Charles III de Bourbon († 1527), Constable of France, who betrayed King François Ier and fought against the French army at Pavie.
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 Paradox Interactive Forums - Royal Court of Lotharingia (Burgundy)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Louis de Montpensier, King of Lotharingia, is representing the duchy in the Directoire.
The death of the Count of Bern in the fields of Champagne in 1436 would see the transfer of the House of Hohenstaufen in Bern, and the final appointment of the House of Chalon in the Franche-Comté.
The Count Maximilien of Artois was the general in charged of the Royal Armies of Lotharingia and his son was in charge of the expeditionary forces that attacked Grenoble a few years earlier.
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John of Berry, Count of Montpensier (1363–1402), married princess Catherine of France
Bonne of Berry (1365–1435), married Amadeus VII of Savoy and Bernard VII, Count of Armagnac
Marie of Berry, Duchess of Auvergne (1367–1434), married: 1) Louis III of Chatillon, Count of Dunois; 2) Philip of Artois, Count of Eu; 3) John I, Duke of Bourbon
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European countries, equivalent in rank to a British earl, whose wife is still a "countess" (for lack of an Anglo-Saxon term).
This other kind of count had antecedents in Late Antiquity too: the father of Cassiodorus held positions of trust with Theodoric, as comes rerum privatarum, in charge of the imperial lands, then of comes sacrarum largitionum (concerned with the strictly monetary fiscal matters of the realm) [http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/jod/texts/cassbook/chap1.html],
Many Italian counts left their mark on Italian history as individuals, yet only a few countships were politically significant domains, notably :
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 boys clothing: French royalty -- Count of Paris, Henri d'Orleans   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
She was granted the personal title of Duchess of Montpensier by the Count of Paris.
Prince Michel Joseph Benoit Marie, Count of Evreux, was born at Rabat, Morocco in 1941.
Giscard said the count had approached then-President Gen. Charles de Gaulle, asking to be appointed president of the French Red Cross--which he said would be the ideal platform from which to promote his royalist views.
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 Count - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
This other kind of count had antecedents in Late Antiquity too: the father of Cassiodorus held positions of trust with Theodoric, as comes rerum privatarum, in charge of the imperial lands, then of comes sacrarum largitionum (concerned with the strictly monetary fiscal matters of the realm) [2] (http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/jod/texts/cassbook/chap1.html),
Freigraf ('free count') of Burgundy - See County of Burgundy / Franche-Comté
Count, Definition, Terminology in different European languages, List of counts, Territory of today's France - A - West- Francia proper, Territory of today's France - B - long within the German kingdoms of the Holy Roman Empire, In other continental European countries and See also.
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She was married to Prince Alfonso de BOURBON of Two Sicilies, Count of Caserta.
Gilbert de BOURBON Count of Montpensier was born in 1443.
Juan Carlos Teresa Silvestre Alfonso de BOURBON Infant of Spain, Count of Barcelona was born on 20 Jun 1913 in San Ildefonso, Spain.
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On the 17th of September, 1589, in the morning, however, a few hundred light-horse were seen putting themselves in motion, scouring the country and coming to fire their pistols close to the fosses of the royal army.
When the word was given to march from Dreux, Count Schomberg, colonel of the German auxiliaries called reiters, had asked for the pay of his troops, letting it be understood that they would not fight if their claims were not satisfied.
Count Mansfeld was advancing with a division towards Picardy; but at the news that the king was marching to encounter him, he retired with precipitation.
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Any noble of the rank of Count or better is generally considered a member of the Directoire, although the Directoire is permitted to expel a member for great crimes against the crown or the church, provided the crown approves.
Hermann Kastner, Count of Molsheim - Represents the Duchy of Alsace.
All of the sudden, Count Louis, extravagant hat and all, marches over to where the Regent and the Archbishop are standing, with an angry look on his soft-skinned face.
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 MERCURY (PLANET) - LoveToKnow Article on MERCURY (PLANET)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The estate of Mercceur in Auvergne, France, gave its name to a line of powerful lords, which became extinct in the i4th century, and passed by inheritance to the dauphins of Auvergne, counts of Clermont.
In 1426 it passed to the Bourbons by the marriage, of Jeanne de Clermont, dauphine of Auvergne, with Louis de Bourbon, count of Montpensier.
It formed part of the,confiscated estates of the Constable de Bourbon, and was given by Francis I. and Louise of Savoy to Antoine, duke of Lorraine, and his wife, Renee de Bourbon.
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She had become secretly inclined to A: iman Catholicism, and attended mass with the kings conniv- Th ce.
From her establishments at Moulins and antelle in the Bourbonnais she continued henceforth vigorously defend the Bourbon cause against the royal family.
Annes y daughter, Suzanne, had married in 1505 her cousin, Charles Bourbon, count of Montpensier, the future constable; and question of the succession of Suzanne, who died in 1521, s the determining factor of the treason of the constable Bourbon (1523).
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Six were listed as miscellaneous.A year ago, the rig count was 1,259.Baker Hughes has kept track of the count since 1944.
Theodore L. Gatchel: Still relying on the dubious body count - Star Tribune - Gatchel: Still relying on the dubious body count In Iraq, as it was in Vietnam, it's a poor the war was the so-called body count.
While the official vote count won't come until Nov. 19, there were some close election races in Tuesday's general election ballot.
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