2007-04-28 15:33:34 · 9 answers · asked by CRYSTAL L21 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Royalty
Doesn't Countess go with Count?
2007-04-28 15:43:34 · update #1
Today, an earl is a member of the British peerage and ranks below a Marquess and above a Viscount. Since there is no feminine form of Earl, the wife of an Earl bears the rank of Countess (the continental equivalent).
2007-04-28 16:51:10 · answer #1 · answered by Red 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Earl's counterpart is a Countess. There is no Title of Count in British Heraldry & Honours.
2007-04-29 06:16:50 · answer #2 · answered by unclefrunk 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
England doesn't have Counts-the equivalent is an Earl. However, the wife of an Earl is a Countess.
If a woman has the rank of an earl in her own right (which is very rare), she is also called a Countess.
2007-04-29 05:56:11 · answer #3 · answered by Sandy Lou 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Countess
2007-04-28 15:37:42 · answer #4 · answered by lcraesharbor 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is countess. Britain never had counts, but earl is the equivalent and comes from Scandanavian, possibly the same root word from which we get alderman ('ealderman' or 'yarl'). Britain never had Landgraves either, which is a European title, but there is no equivalent.
Presently there are a few countesses in their own right: Countess Mountbatten, the Countess of Sutherland (whose title dates from 1235) , and the Countess of Mar, whose title dates back to 1115.
2007-04-28 23:09:22 · answer #5 · answered by Dunrobin 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Earl/Countess,
Viscount/Viscountess,
Baron/Baroness are the
male/female counterparts...it even gets trickier as to forms of addressing wach of these title holders!
2007-04-29 07:57:59 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Countess.
Earls in England rank alongside Counts on the continent.
2007-04-28 15:36:56 · answer #7 · answered by Doc Occam 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
is someone able to tell me what is the correct answer for this question?
2016-08-24 00:53:50 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Early bird?
2007-04-28 22:26:33 · answer #9 · answered by Chroma 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋