count palatine
Also known as Palatine lord, Comes Palatinus, Lord palatine, Palatine Count, Pfalzgraf, Count palatinate, Hrabia Palatyn, palatin
high administrative and military function in the middle ages, later noble title
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A count palatine (Latin comes palatinus), also count of the palace or palsgrave (from German Pfalzgraf), was originally an official attached to a royal or imperial palace or household and later a nobleman of a rank above that of an ordinary count. The title originated in the Late Roman Empire. In the Middle Ages especially and into modern times, it is associated with the Holy Roman Empire, especially Electoral Palatinate.