Perpetual count

A perpetual count (, ) was a head or an ispán of a county in the Kingdom of Hungary (“Lord Lieutenant”) whose office was either hereditary or attached to the dignity of a prelate or of a great officer of the realm. The earliest examples of a perpetual ispánate are from the 12th century, but the institution flourished between the 15th and 18th centuries. Although all administrative functions of the office were abolished in 1870, the title itself was preserved until the general abolition of noble titles in Hungary in 1946.

List of perpetual ispánates

Ex officio ispánates

Hereditary ispánates

See also

• County (Kingdom of Hungary)
• Ispán

Footnotes

References

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