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term "county" denoted the territories associated with some countships, but not all. The title of count is typically not used in England or English-speaking...

county reverted to the crown. The countship was again temporarily alienated (1569–1584) as an appanage for Duke François of Anjou, and in 1651 was finally...

counts of Holland. By the 17th century, the province of Holland had risen to become a maritime and economic power, dominating the other provinces of the...

The County of Empúries (Catalan: Comtat d'Empúries, IPA: [kumˈtad dəmˈpuɾiəs]), also known as the County of Ampurias (Spanish: Condado de Ampurias), was...

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...

declined the countship. Thus, after negotiations, Lucie became Lucia, Countess of Tripoli in 1288. Constant infighting, lack of resources, a series of poor harvests...

the name first of pagus—then of comitatus or countship—of Anjou. At the beginning of the reign of Charles the Bald, the integrity of Anjou was seriously...

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 Schackenborg was a Danish and for a period German majorat in the southern part of Jutland, which existed from 1676 to 1924. The Countship...

capital was the town of Vaduz. Located south of the Lordship of Schellenberg, its area corresponds to the current electoral district of Oberland (German:...

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...

counties of Brabant and Hainaut, it was within the territory of the Kingdom of France. The counts of Flanders held the most northerly part of the kingdom...

vənɛsɛ̃]; Occitan: lo Comtat Venaicin; 'County of Venaissin'), often called the Comtat for short, was a part of the Papal States from 1274 to 1791, in what...

The County of Edessa (Latin: Comitatus Edessanus) was a 12th-century Crusader state in Upper Mesopotamia. Its seat was the city of Edessa (modern Şanlıurfa...

region of Franche-Comté. It bordered the Duchy of Burgundy to the west, which was part of France from 843. The territory had previously been part of the...

southern part of the Netherlands, in the province North Brabant, close to the river Maas. It is part of the Oss municipality. The number of inhabitants...

later a province of France, whose territory corresponded roughly the eastern part of the modern département of Ariège (the western part of Ariège being Couserans)...

municipality of Wallonia, and the capital of the province of Hainaut, Belgium. Mons was made into a fortified city by Count Baldwin IV of Hainaut in the...

lordship of Montpensier (named after the village of Montpensier, département of Puy-de-Dôme), located in historical Auvergne, became a countship in the...

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...