Counts

This category contains characters who held the rank of count in various countries' nobility.

Count (feminine: countess) is a historical title of nobility in certain European countries, varying in relative status, generally of middling rank in the hierarchy of nobility. Especially in earlier medieval periods the term often implied not only a certain status, but also that the count had specific responsibilities or offices. The etymologically related English term "county" denoted the territories associated with some countships, but not all. The title of count is typically not used in England or English-speaking countries, and the term earl is used instead. A female holder of the title is still referred to as a countess, however.

In several of Harry Turtledove's fantasy stories, one nation will contain both counts and earls. Detina and the Raumsdalian Empire are examples.

As the Prussian title Graf is much more commonly translated as Count than as Earl, Grafs should be included here.