Graf (German-speaking countries)

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hereditary title noble title

Graf is a historical noble title used in German-speaking countries, roughly equivalent in rank to an earl or count.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf hereditary title ⓘ
noble title ⓘ
associatedTerritorialUnit Grafschaft ⓘ
countryOfUse Austria ⓘ
Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
Liechtenstein ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ
equivalentInFrench comte ⓘ
equivalentInItalian conte ⓘ
equivalentInSpanish conde ⓘ
equivalentRank count ⓘ
earl ⓘ
etymologyOrigin Old High German ⓘ
femaleEquivalent Gräfin ⓘ
femalePluralForm Gräfinnen ⓘ
genderedForm Gräfin ⓘ
governingRightHistorically county ⓘ
historicalFunction landowner ⓘ
regional ruler ⓘ
historicalUse Austro-Hungarian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
German Empire ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
inheritancePattern patrilineal ⓘ
legalStatusAfter1919 abolished as legal privilege in Austria ⓘ
abolished as legal privilege in Germany ⓘ
part of surname in Germany ⓘ
nobilityRank high nobility ⓘ
nobilitySystem German nobility system ⓘ
pluralForm Grafen ⓘ
rankAbove Freiherr ⓘ
rankBelow Fürst ⓘ
Herzog ⓘ
relatedTitle Burggraf ⓘ
Landgraf ⓘ
Markgraf von Mähren ⓘ
surface form: Markgraf

Count Palatine of the Rhine ⓘ
surface form: Pfalzgraf

Reichsgraf ⓘ
socialClass nobility ⓘ
timePeriodOfProminence Early Modern period ⓘ
surface form: Early modern period

Middle Ages ⓘ
titleType secular title ⓘ
typicalStyleOfAddress Erlaucht ⓘ
Hochgeboren ⓘ
usedBy Austrian nobility ⓘ
German nobility ⓘ
Liechtenstein nobility ⓘ
Swiss nobility ⓘ
usedInLanguage German ⓘ

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

Earl → isComparableRankTo → Graf (German-speaking countries) ⓘ