This article is about the title Comte. For the French
philosopher and sociologist, see Auguste Comte . For the
accented word, see Comté . For the magician, see Louis Comte
Comte (French: [kɔ̃t], Catalan: [ˈkɔmtə], Occitan: [ˈkɔmte]) is
a title of Catalan, Occitan and French nobility. In the English
language, the title is equivalent to count, a rank in several
European nobilities. The corresponding rank in England is earl.
A comte ranks below a marquis or margrave (the French have two
equivalent words for the same title) and above a vicomte
(viscomte in Catalan and Occitan, "viscount"). See also  - Conde
(Spanish, Portuguese and Galician term for "Count") - Conte
(Italian term for "Count")