Count Palatine

Count palatine is a high noble title, used to render several comital styles, in some cases also shortened to Palatine, which can have other meanings as well.

Read more about Count Palatine:  Medieval Social Structure and Development of The Count Palatine, Counts Palatine of Bavaria, Counts Palatine of Burgundy, Counts Palatine of Lotharingia, Counts Palatine of The Rhine

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