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BARONS ARUNDELL OF WARDOUR ( 1605 )
COUNTS ARUNDELL OF WARDOUR IN THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE In 1595 , Thomas Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell Of Wardour was created a hereditary Count of the Holy Roman Empire by Emperor Rudolph II for his military service in Hungary . This grant occasioned much controversy on his return to England over its effect on his English precedence and the legitimacy of foreign titles in England. While some have interpreted the grant of nobility to mean that all of his legitimate descendants are entitled to the title of Count or Countess of the Holy Roman Empire, others have argued that the language follows the standard form for Imperial titles of nobility and has been misinterpreted in translation from Latin . Such titles would be inherited by all the legitimate male-line descendants of the original grantee, and by daughters of those persons until their marriages. For the broader interpretation of the rule of descent of the title, see the Latin text of the patent and translation . For an alternate view, see Guy Stair Sainty on misinterpretation of the patent . As the daughters of the 16th Baron married before his death, under the narrow interpretation of the grant the comital title became extinct with the barony. Under the broader interpretation, any number of descendants of the first count can style themselves 'Count' or 'Countess'. |
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