For instance, Count Alexei Konstantinovich ( 1817 – 75 ) was a courtier but also one of the most popular Russian poets of his time.

He was more successful with his featured role as Richard Deane in Dr. Fischer of Geneva ( 1985 ); this was followed by Howling III ( 1987 ), a cameo as Rupert Murdoch in the miniseries Selling Hitler ( 1991 ) with Alexei Sayle, a three-role cameo in Philippe Mora's horror satire Pterodactyl Woman from Beverly Hills ( 1994 ), the role of Count Metternich in Immortal Beloved ( 1994 ), as well as roles in The Leading Man ( 1996 ), the Spice Girls ' film Spice World, the Australian feature Welcome to Woop Woop ( 1997 ), and Nicholas Nickleby ( 2002 ), in which he donned female garb to play Nathan Lane's wife.

When she refuses, he attempts to plant a bomb and kill Count Obolensky whom Alexei considers as a relic of Tsar's oppressive rule.

In his confrontation with the Count, Alexei is stabbed to death by the delirious elder aristocrat.

During a confrontation with his granddaughter's lover Alexei, the Count, in his delirium, stabs the young anarchist to death.

Whereas his elder brother Peter Apraksin ( the governor of Astrakhan ) was accused of sympathizing with the Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich, Fyodor was eager to demonstrate his zeal in persecuting the tsarevich, as did Count Peter Tolstoy, ( 1645 – 1729 ).

Two Russian squadrons, commanded by Admiral Grigory Spiridov and Rear Admiral John Elphinstone, a British advisor, combined under the overall command of Count Alexei Orlov, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Fleet and went to look for the Ottoman fleet.

Count Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov ( 1737 – 1808 ), brother of the above, was by far the ablest member of the Orlov count family, and was also remarkable for his athletic strength and dexterity.

Vyshnegradsky, Alexei Putilov ( both on the board of directors ), Count Sergei Witte, Empress Maria Fyodorovna, and others.

Shaffrass, an Iranian millionaire who then owned the diamond, found an eager buyer in Count Grigory Grigorievich Orlov.

Various explanations are given for the name, presumably derived from some member of the large and important Stroganov family, perhaps Alexander Grigorievich Stroganoff of Odessa or a diplomat, Count Pavel Stroganov.

The youngest Orlov brother was Count Vladimir Grigorievich ( 1743 – 1831 ).

The Holy Roman Emperor would also make Razumovsky a Count of the Holy Roman Empire.

Another residence was built by the Russian envoy to Vienna, Count Razumovsky.

Count ( later Prince ) Andrey Kirillovich Razumovsky (; ; 2 November 1752 – 23 September 1836 ) was a Russian diplomat who spent many years of his life in Vienna.

Count A. G. Razumovsky

In 1832, Uvarov was appointed Deputy Minister of Public Education, succeeding his father-in-law Count Razumovsky.

The three " Rasumovsky " ( or " Razumovsky ") string quartets, opus 59, are the quartets Ludwig van Beethoven wrote in 1806, as a result of a commission by the Russian ambassador in Vienna, Count Andreas Razumovsky:

According to Kerman, " It sounds as though Count Razumovsky had been tactless enough to hand Beethoven the tune, and Beethoven is pile-driving it into the ground by way of revenge.

The town was rebuilt in the 1750s, and served as the capital for Hetman Count Kirill Razumovsky, whose palace was designed by Andrey Kvasov in the Baroque style ( later rebuilt in the Neoclassical style by Charles Cameron in 1799-1803 ).

As it grew, Balashikha absorbed other villages, including Gorenki, a suburban estate of Count Andreas Razumovsky, and Pekhra-Yakovlevskoye, an estate of Prince Galitzine, the latter being in use for 250 years from 1591 to 1828.

Theoretically the head of the Academy was always its President ; however, Count Kirill Razumovsky, who had been appointed President in 1746 ( when he was just 18 ) played only a nominal role in the Academy, and the actual leadership in the Academy, such as there was, belonged to successive Directors.

Count Grigory Kirillovich Razumovsky ( November 10, 1759 – June 3, 1837 ) was a Ukrainian nobleman, political philosopher, botanist, zoologist and geologist known from his writings in the West as Gregor or Grégoire, who lost his Russian citizenship for openly criticizing the czarist system under emperor Alexander I, which he saw as pandering to the desires of a corrupt oligarchy of nobles.

From that time forth, the Count Palatine of the Rhine was usually known as the Elector Palatine (, ).

They continued to use the title " Count Palatine of the Rhine " (, ).

Peter the Great (, ; 1239, Valencia – 2 November 1285 ) was the King of Aragon ( as Peter III ) of Valencia ( as Peter I ), and Count of Barcelona ( as Peter II ) from 1276 to his death.

Peter IV, (, ;, ;, ) ( Balaguer, 5 September 1319 – Barcelona, 6 January 1387 ), called el Cerimoniós (" the Ceremonious ") or el del punyalet (" the one of the little dagger "), was the King of Aragon, King of Sardinia and Corsica ( as Peter I ), King of Valencia ( as Peter II ), and Count of Barcelona ( and the rest of the Principality of Catalonia as Peter III ) from 1336 until his death.

The position of constable originated from the Byzantine Empire ; by the 5th century AD the Count of the Stable (, ), was responsible for the keeping of horses at the imperial court.

Robert of Anjou (), known as Robert the Wise (, 1277 – 20 January 1343 ) was King of Naples, titular King of Jerusalem and Count of Provence and Forcalquier from 1309 to 1343, the central figure of Italian politics of his time.

Count Sergei Yulyevich Witte (, Sergey Yul ' evich Vitte ) (), also known as Sergius Witte, was a highly influential policy-maker who presided over extensive industrialisation within the Russian Empire.

Count Mikhail Tarielovich Loris-Melikov (, ; ; – ) was a Russian-Armenian statesman, General of the Cavalry, and Adjutant General of H. I. M. Retinue.

James II ( 10 August 1267 – 2 or 5 November 1327 ), called the Just (,, ) was the King of Sicily ( as James I ) from 1285 to 1296 and King of Aragon and Valencia and Count of Barcelona from 1291 to 1327.

Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov (, Aleksandr Vasil ‘ evich Suvorov ; or 1730 – ), Count Suvorov of Rymnik (), Prince of Italy (), Count of the Holy Roman Empire, was a Generalissimo of the Russian Empire.

The Count of Barcelona (, ) was the ruler of Catalonia for much of Catalan history, from the 9th until the 17th century.

William III ( 915 – 3 April 963 ), called Towhead (, ) from the colour of his hair, was the " Count of the Duchy of Aquitaine " from 959 and Duke of Aquitaine from 962 to his death.

After a failed attempt in 1811, Kuskov sailed the brig Chirikov back to Bodega Bay in March of 1812, naming it the Gulf of Rumyantsev or Rumyantsev Bay (, Zaliv Rumyantseva ) in honor of the Russian Minister of Commerce Count Nikolai Petrovich Rumyantzev.

The responsibility for these repairs rested on an official variously known as the Domestic of the Walls or the Count of the Walls (, Domestikos / Komēs tōn teicheōn ), who employed the services of the city's populace in this task.

Count Heinrich von Bellegarde, Viceroy of Lombardy-Venetia (, or sometimes Heinrich von Bellegarde ), ( 29 August 1756 – 22 July 1845 ) was born in Saxony, later joined the Austrian army, became a general officer, and fought in the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars.

Henry VI of Carinthia (, – 2 April 1335 ), a member of the Meinhardiner dynasty, was King of Bohemia in 1306 and again from 1307 until 1310 as well as Count of Tyrol and Duke of Carinthia and Carniola from 1295 until his death.

Count Alexander von Benckendorff, (, Aleksandr Khristoforovich Benkendorf, born, died, was a Russian Cavalry General and statesman, Adjutant General of Tsar Alexander I., a commander of partisan ( Kossak irregular ) units during the War of 1812-13.

Count Károly Khuen-Héderváry de Hédervár, born as Károly Khuen de Belás (, 23 May 1849, Bad Gräfenberg (), Austrian Silesia – 16 February 1918, Budapest ), was a Hungarian politician, the ban of Croatia in the late nineteenth century.

Adolf VIII of Holstein (, ) ( 1401 – 4 December 1459 ), Duke of Southern Jutland ( Danish, Sønderjylland ), i. e. Slesvig, and Count of Holstein, was the mightiest vassal of the Danish realm.