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=={{lang|de|Gefürsteter Graf}}==<!--other Wikipedia pages may have links that go to this specific section, so please update those links if you change the wording of this heading-->
A {{lang|de|gefürsteter Graf}} ({{langx|en|princely count}}) is a {{lang|de|Reichsgraf}} who was recognised by the Holy Roman Emperor as bearing the higher rank or exercising the more extensive authority of an [[Imperial prince]] ({{lang|de|[[Fürst#Reichsfürst|Reichsfürst]]}}). While nominally retaining only a comital title, he was accorded princely rank and, usually, [[coat of arms|arms]] by the emperor. An example of this would be the [[Princely Count of Habsburg|Princely County of Habsburg]], the namesake of the [[House of Habsburg|Habsburg Dynasty]], which at various points in time controlled vast amounts of lands throughout Europe.