Danish Noble Titles
- Hertug & Hertuginde – Duke and Duchess
- Lensgreve & Lensgrevinde – Count and Countess
- Greve & Grevinde – Count and Countess
- Lensbaron & Lensbaronesse – Baron and Baroness
- Baron & Baronesse – Baron and Baroness
- Komtesse - borne by some counts' unmarried daughters
- Herremand - Lord/Gentleman title borne by a godsejer (landowner) or a adelsmænd (noble man).
Lensgreve and Lensgrevinde are the highest ranks in Denmark's present nobility enjoying the right to be entitled your excellencies. The rank was introduced in 1671 with the creation of countships and baronies. A Lensgreve is a count who is enfeoffed with a county by the Danish king.
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