A viscount or viscountess is a title used in certain European countries for a noble of varying status. The status and any domain held by a viscount is a viscountcy.
A portrait of French nobleman Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Viscount of Turenne wearing a military uniform.
Coronet of the 6th Viscount Clifden.
Comes was a Roman title or office, and the origin Latin form of the medieval and modern title "count".
Constantine I SOLI INVICTO COMITI (Comes to Sol Invictus)
13th-century inscription in Trento Cathedral, reading Iacobus comes, "Count James"