" :Hi ! I agonized a bit over the title, to be honest, and despite the WP:BOLD move I am quite open to suggestions. I admit I dislike ""Count"" because readers will probably assume that he was a count of the sort encountered in Western Europe, whereas this is a simple local gubernatorial title, copied by Bulgaria from the Byzantines. And per WP:NCP titles or positions should not be part of the article title, unless they are part of the clear WP:COMMONNAME, e.g. Empress Matilda. There is AFAIK no conclusive evidence on usage however; although a number of prominent English-language writers (Curta, Fine, Treadgold, Jenkins, Whittow) use ""Count Nicholas"", it is not predominant usage, at least from what I have seen. I've
" :Hi! I agonized a bit over the title, to be honest, and despite the WP:BOLD move I am quite open to suggestions. I admit I dislike ""Count"" because readers will probably assume that he was a count of the sort encountered in Western Europe, whereas this is a simple local gubernatorial title, copied by Bulgaria from the Byzantines. And per WP:NCP titles or positions should not be part of the article title, unless they are part of the clear WP:COMMONNAME, e.g. Empress Matilda. There is AFAIK no conclusive evidence on usage however; although a number of prominent English-language writers (Curta, Fine, Treadgold, Jenkins, Whittow) use ""Count Nicholas"", it is not predominant usage, at least from what I have seen. I've seen