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{{Short description|Nobility title in European countries}}
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[[File:Johan Erik Lindh - Portrait of Carl Gustaf Mannerheim (1797-1854).jpg|thumb|upright|Count [[Carl Gustaf Mannerheim (naturalist)|Carl Gustaf Mannerheim]] (1797–1854), the [[governor]] of the [[Vyborg Province]], [[entomology|entomologist]] and the grandfather of [[Baron]] [[C. G. E. Mannerheim]].]]
'''Count''' (feminine: '''countess''') is a historical title of [[nobility]] in certain [[Europe]]an countries, varying in relative status, generally of middling rank in the hierarchy of nobility.<ref name="pine">[[L. G. Pine|Pine, L. G.]] ''Titles: How the King Became His Majesty''. New York: Barnes & Noble, 1992. p. 73. <!-- ISBN 1-56619-085-5 INVALID ISBN --> {{OCLC|27827106}}.</ref> Especially in earlier medieval periods the term often implied not only a certain status, but also that the ''count'' had specific responsibilities or offices. The etymologically related English 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 countries, and the term ''[[earl]]'' is used instead. A female holder of the title is still referred to as a ''countess'', however.