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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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the wife of a viscount is called viscountess

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The wife of a marquess is a Marchioness.

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the wife of a count is called a countess.

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