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Definition of Count palatine

Count palatine
Palatine Pal"a*tine, a. [F. palatin, L. palatinus, fr. palatium. See Palace, and cf. Paladin.] Of or pertaining to a palace, or to a high officer of a palace; hence, possessing royal privileges. Count palatine, County palatine. See under Count, and County. Palatine hill, or The palatine, one of the seven hills of Rome, once occupied by the palace of the C[ae]sars. See Palace.
Count palatine
Count Count, n. [F. conte, fr. L. comes, comitis, associate, companion, one of the imperial court or train, properly, one who goes with another; com- + ire to go, akin to Skr. i to go.] A nobleman on the continent of Europe, equal in rank to an English earl. Note: Though the tittle Count has never been introduced into Britain, the wives of Earls have, from the earliest period of its history, been designated as Countesses. --Brande & C. Count palatine. (a) Formerly, the proprietor of a county who possessed royal prerogatives within his county, as did the Earl of Chester, the Bishop of Durham, and the Duke of Lancaster. [Eng.] See County palatine, under County. (b) Originally, a high judicial officer of the German emperors; afterward, the holder of a fief, to whom was granted the right to exercise certain imperial powers within his own domains. [Germany]

Meaning of Count palatine from wikipedia

- count palatine is a high noble title used to render several comital styles, in some cases also shortened to palatine , which can have other
- the electoral palatinate (kurpfalz), was a historical territory of the holy roman empire , a palatinate administered by a count palatine .
- (8 may 1550 – 12 august 1604) was count palatine and duke of zweibrücken during 1569-1604. count palatine of zweibrücken and his wife
- counts palatine of lotharingia, 915–1085 : the palatinate emerged from the county palatine of lotharingia , which came into existence in the
- louis iii, count palatine of the rhine. (ludwig iii. der Ältere or der bärtige. was an elector palatine of the rhine from the house of
- the imperial count palatine (palatin, comes palatinus caesareus, kaiserliche hofpfalzgraf) was a title revived by emperor charles iv which
- the palatine. (landespalatine nádorispán or nádor palatinus comes or palatinus. and nádvorný špán was the contrast : count palatine see also
- named after ezzo , count palatine of lotharingia from 1015 to 1034, they dominated the politics of the middle and lower rhine and
- the county palatine of cephalonia and zakynthos existed from 1185 until 1479, as counts palatine of cephalonia and zakynthos
- otto i (between 1167 and 1171 – 13 january 1200) was count of burgundy from 1190 elevating him to the rank of a count palatine (freigraf ).
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