Illustrious Highness
Mediatized counts were often entitled to the style of "Illustrious Highness" ("Erlaucht"). Ranking below them were the comital families of ancient lineage, wealth and influence who were recognized as such in Austria, but had not been Counts of the Empire ("Reichsgrafen") prior to 1806; these counts bore the lower style of "High-born" ("Hochgeboren").