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it is associated with the Holy Roman Empire, especially Electoral Palatinate.

The office, jurisdiction or territory of a count palatine was a county palatine or palatinate. In England the forms earl palatine and palatine earldom are rare alternative terms.

Importance of a count palatine in medieval Europe

Comes palatinus

This Latin title is the original, but is also pre-feudal: it originated as

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