| Gilbert died probably unmarried in 1152, when his younger brother Roger inherited the estates and comital title. |
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| Instability within the comital house thus reinforced and redoubled political strife within Bruges. |
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| In the meantime we have one relevant comital documentation, for a Count Hildilin. |
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| This struggle erupted after 1061, when the the last representative of the comital lineage of Maine, Count Herbert II, died without male heirs. |
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| A mormaerdom was not simply a regional lordship, it was a regional lordship with official comital rank. |
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| Apart from all these, a few unusual titles have been of comital rank, not necessarily to remain there. |
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| Comital powers were abolished by the Heritable Jurisdictions Act, leaving only the shrieval unit. |
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