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Die Bezeichnung "Count" deutet im alten England auf einen ausländischen Adligen im Grafenstand an, nicht jedoch für einen einheimischen Grafen. Die richtige Bezeichnung für den englischen Grafen wäre "Earl".

Für manche, welche es als Quelle möchten:
http://www.burkes-peerage.net/articles/peerage/page66-earl.aspx
http://www.debretts.com/people/essential-guide-to-the-peerage/the-ranks-of-the-peerage/earl.aspx

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The title, "Earl" is derived from the Saxon and Danish office of responsibility for a shire. Therefore, earl and baron are the oldest titles of the peerage.



Daher wäre ich dafür, dass wir darüber debattieren den "Count" in "Earl" umbenennen zu lassen.

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The English never developed a feminine form of earl (most likely because a spelling such as earless can be read as "ear-less", i.e. without an ear/ears); the wife of an earl is styled countess (the continental equivalent).

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A count is a nobleman in European countries; his wife is a countess. [...]The British equivalent is an earl (whose wife is also a "countess", for lack of an Anglo-Saxon term).