Counts of the Holy Roman Empire

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feudal rank noble title

Counts of the Holy Roman Empire were noble titleholders who governed counties within the decentralized feudal structure of the Holy Roman Empire, ranking below dukes and princes but exercising significant regional authority.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Count of Cleves	2
Count of the Holy Roman Empire	2
Counts Palatine	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	feudal rank ⓘ noble title ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	counties of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
associatedWith	imperial immediacy ⓘ
basedOn	feudal land tenure ⓘ
couldBe	immediate vassals of the emperor ⓘ mediate vassals under territorial princes ⓘ
couldBelongTo	College of Counts of the Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
couldHold	imperial estates ⓘ
couldParticipateIn	Imperial Diet NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
dissolvedWith	dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806 ⓘ
existedInPeriod	Early modern period ⓘ Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ
governed	counties ⓘ
governedIn	decentralized political structure ⓘ
hadPrivilege	exercise of lower jurisdiction ⓘ often exercise of high jurisdiction ⓘ
hadResponsibility	defense of their territories ⓘ enforcement of imperial law locally ⓘ maintenance of public order ⓘ
hadVariant	imperial counts ⓘ landgraves ⓘ margraves ⓘ palatine counts ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	county administration ⓘ local justice ⓘ local taxation ⓘ regional military levies ⓘ
hasRank	high nobility ⓘ
heldBy	hereditary noble families ⓘ
legalStatus	imperial nobility ⓘ
partOf	nobility of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
partOfSystem	feudal system of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
positionInHierarchy	above barons of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ below dukes of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ below princes of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
relatedTo	barons of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ dukes of the Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ princes of the Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
socialClass	aristocracy ⓘ
subordinateTo	Holy Roman Emperor NERFINISHED ⓘ imperial princes ⓘ
typicalReligion	Latin Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedLanguage	German ⓘ Latin ⓘ
usedTitle	Comes NERFINISHED ⓘ Graf NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Count of Lippe → category → Counts of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ

Duke of Cleves → precededBy → Counts of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Count of Cleves

Duke of Cleves → follows → Counts of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Count of Cleves

Stanisław Leszczyński → positionHeld → Counts of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Count of the Holy Roman Empire

Jan Zamoyski → nobleTitle → Counts of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Count of the Holy Roman Empire

House of Palatinate-Neuburg → nobleRank → Counts of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Counts Palatine