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* Count John Doe and Countess Jane Doe or Count & Countess John Doe.
They are known as the Earl and Countess
Countess is the opposite gender for earl.(I think).
Countess---Masculine: CountFeminine: Countess
The wife of an Earl is called a Countess.
Earl
In a heirarchy, an Earl is the equivalent to a count, so Man is to Woman as Earl is to Countess.
An Earl or Count
"Countess".
A countess.
Dutchess would be the opposite of Earl.
An earl is male. The equivalent title for a woman is 'countess'. Since earl is an English word it does not have a gender. The french word for an earl is un comte, the word for a countess is une comtesse.