What is the wife of a viscount called?

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2026-04-03 15:45

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Oddly enough, she is a Countess. The Anglo-Saxon Word Jarl was used in England to replace the Latin Comes - Comte in French, Count in English. The Comes was the head of a Comitatis - modern County. Under the Norman Conquest, the Earl became a local ruler, but his wife was described in Norman French, hence Countess.

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