In the feudal system of the European Middle Ages, an ecclesiastical fief , held from the Church, followed all the laws laid down for temporal fiefs. The suzerain , e.g. bishop, abbot, or other possessor, granted an estate in perpetuity to a person, who thereby became his vassal . As such, the grantee at his enfeoffment did homage to his overlord, took an oath of fealty , and made offering of the prescribed money or other object, by reason of which he held his fief. These requirements had to be repeated as often as there was a change in the person of the suzerain or vassal. These fiefs were granted by churchmen to princes, barons, knights, and others, who thereupon assumed the obligation of protecting the church and domains of the overlord. Features of the system This system of feudal tenure was not always restricted to lands, as church revenues and tithes were often farmed out to secular persons as a species of ecclesiastical fief. Strictly speaking, however, a fief was usually defined as immovable property whose usufruct perpetually conceded to another under the obligation of fealty and personal homage . A fief was not ecclesiastical simply because its overlord was a churchman it was requisite also that the domain granted should be church property. Lands, which belonged to the patrimony of an ecclesiastic, became a secular fief if he bestowed them on a vassal. All fiefs were personal and hereditary, and many of the latter could be inherited by female descent. Passive fiefs Fiefs bestowed by the Church on vassals were called active fiefs when churchmen themselves undertook obligations to a suzerain, the fiefs were called passive . In the latter case, temporal princes gave certain lands to the Church by enfeoffing a bishop or abbot, and the latter had then to do homage as pro ... enfeoffment take place. John of England , declared that he held his realm as a fief from the pope .... The most famous papal fief was the Kingdom of Naples and Sicily , springing from investitures of 1059 ... more details
Fief of Vyborg Viborg or Margraviate of Wiburg Citation needed date May 2010 I did not find Margraviate of Wiburg any any references 1320 1534, was for some two centuries a late medieval feudal Fiefdom fief in the southeastern border of Finland and the entire Swedish realm , held by its chatelain , a fiefed, appointed feudal lord. History of the margraviate Unreferenced section date May 2010 For extended periods the medieval commanders of Viborg castle chatelains, castellan s , on the border with republic of Novgorod , did in practice function as margrave s, collecting the crown s incomes from the fief in their own name and being entitled to keep them all to use for the defense of the realm s eastern border. They enjoyed more independence than the kingdom s other castellans, burgrave s . However the fief of Viborg castle and its county, was not formally hereditary, though almost all appointees ..., a special fief became formed. Gotland had strong trade relations with coastal Carelia. Novgorod succeeded ... using nickname Haak. Lord Peter was set up as the fief holder, and the whole clan participated in consolidating the fief. They also brought numbers of their Sm landic peasants to start farms in the county ... feudal fief, the start of a veritable margraviate . The position of this fiefed chatelain was to defend ... county as their fief, were Bo Jonsson Grip , Krister Nilsson Vasa 1417 42 , Charles Knutsson Bonde ... further enlarged and built. In 1534, king Gustav I of Sweden abolished the independent fief by deposing ... 2010 This is to list all those medieval and 16th century lords who held Viipuri castle and its fief ... Sture s grandnephew, abolished the independent fief. Lord Nicholas Grabbe was the next commander ... 129 pages url http books.google.com books?id kTRlAAAAMAAJ&pg RA1 PA129&dq Fief of Viborg&hl en&ei kdjrS9 ... DEFAULTSORT Fief Of Viborg Category Medieval Finland Category Finnish nobility Category Swedish nobility Category Vyborg Category Karelian Isthmus fr Fief de Viipuri fi Viipurin linnal ni ... more details
Infobox French commune name Le Fief Sauvin image caption region Pays de la Loire department Maine et Loire arrondissement Arrondissement of Cholet Cholet canton Canton of Montrevault Montrevault INSEE 49137 postal code 49600 mayor Denis Raimbault term 2008&ndash 2014 intercommunality Communaut de communes du Canton de Montrevault longitude 1.04027777778 latitude 47.2219444444 elevation m 85 elevation min m 28 elevation max m 109 area km2 30.29 population 1487 population date 2006 ref http www.insee.fr fr ppp bases de donnees recensement populations legales departement.asp?dep 49 populations l gales 2006 sur le site de l INSEE ref demonym Sauvinois, Sauvinoise br Sylvanois, Sylvanoise website Le Fief Sauvin is a Communes of France commune in the Maine et Loire Departments of France department in western France . Geography The river vre forms all of the commune s eastern border. See also Communes of the Maine et Loire department References Reflist Maine et Loire communes Category Communes of Maine et Loire Fiefsauvin MaineLoire geo stub ca Le Fief Sauvin ceb Le Fief Sauvin es Le Fief Sauvin eu Le Fief Sauvin fr Le Fief Sauvin it Le Fief Sauvin ms Le Fief Sauvin nl Le Fief Sauvin oc Le Fief Sauvin pl Le Fief Sauvin pt Le Fief Sauvin uk vi Le Fief Sauvin vo Le Fief Sauvin war Le Fief Sauvin ... more details
Infobox Former Country native name Hoge en vrije heerlijkheid Purmerend, Purmerland en Ilpendam conventional long name Free and high fief of Purmerend, Purmerland en Ilpendam common name Purmerend, Purmerland and Ilpendam continent Europe region Central Europe country Netherlands era Middle Ages status Vassal empire Dutch Republic government type Lordship year start 1410 event start Fiefdom of County of Holland Holland date start year end early 20th century event end date end event pre Lordship founded date pre 1410 event1 date event1 event2 date event2 event post date post p1 s1 flag s1 image coat capital Purmerend title leader Lords leader1 year leader1 leader2 year leader2 image map image map caption The Herrschaft territory Free and high Fief of Purmerend , Purmerland and Ilpendam Dutch language Dutch vrije en hoge heerlijkheid was a type of local jurisdiction with many rights. History of the free and high fief As a free and high Fief, itself was an independent semisouverain Fief of the province Holland . In 1410 the Fief was founded for Willem Eggert , the advisor of William II, Duke of Bavaria , count of Holland. Since 1678 the heerlijkheid was a possession of the prominent family De Graeff from Amsterdam. When the France French introduced the municipal system in the Netherlands, the rights of the heerlijkheid were largely abolished, although the heerlijkheid itself existed until the early 20th century. Image Count of Egmont.jpg thumb 220px Lamoraal van Egmont Count Lamoraal van Egmont Image The Nightwatch by Rembrandt.jpg right thumb 220px Frans Banning Cocq with a red sash in Rembrandt s Night Watch painting Night Watch Image Pieter de Graeff 1638 1707 .jpeg thumb 220px Pieter de Graeff by Caspar Netscher , Rijksmuseum Amsterdam 1663 Lords Eggert 1410 1417 Willem Eggert 1417 14?? Jan Eggert 14?? 14?? Jan, House of Wittelsbach Bastard of Bavaria 14?? 1430 Willem Eggert II 1430 1440 Gerrit van Zijl Montfoort 1440 1449 Johan van Montfoort 1449 14?? Hendrik van ... more details
The Herrschaft territory Free and high Fief of Zuid Polsbroek Dutch language Dutch vrije en hoge heerlijkheid was a sovereignty semi sovereign or free and high fief , now part of Polsbroek in the Netherlands Dutch province of Utrecht province Utrecht . History of the semisouverain fief Infobox Former Country native name Hoge en vrije heerlijkheid Zuid Polsbroek small Dutch language nl conventional long name Semisouverain or free and high Fief of Zuid Polsbroek common name Zuid Polsbroek continent Europe region Central Europe country Netherlands era Middle Ages status Vassal empire Dutch Republic government type Fief year start early 11th century event start Fiefdom of County of Holland Holland date start year end 1914 event end date end event pre Lordship founded date pre early 13th century event1 it was not sure if Polsbroek belong to the States of Holland or Utrecht province Utrecht date event1 since the late middleage s event2 to Utrecht date event2 1819 event post date post p1 s1 flag s1 image coat capital Polsbroek Zuid Polsbroek title leader Lords leader1 year leader1 leader2 year leader2 image map image map caption Map of the Free and High Fief of Zuid Polsbroek Zuid Polsbroek, or Polsbroek, was an allodium ref name vdgouw Drs. J. L. van der Gouw De definitieve vorm van het graafschap holland 1300 1795 http users.bart.nl leenders gemhist gouw gouw3.html dutch ref and a free and high heerlijkheid , ref name hvholland Heren van Holland http www.herenvanholland.nl heerlijkheid.cfm?heerlijkheidnummer 234 Zuid Polsbroek ref a type of local jurisdiction with many rights. Since 1155 the lords of Polsbroek are able to speak the high justice high blood court ref Adriaan Kluit, Historia critica comitatus Hollandiae et Zeelandiae ab antiquissimis inde deducta temporibus , band II, part 1, Medioburgi apud Petrum Gillissen et fil. et Isaac de Winter, 1780, p. 166 169 Codex Diplomaticus ... 20th century. The fief of Zuid Polsbroek was first ruled by the Lords of Arkel since the early ... more details
Unreferenced date January 2009 Lehen is the name of various settlements in Austria and Germany . The name comes from the German language German word for fief , Lehen . Category Geography terminology geo term stub ... more details
Braganza may refer to House of Braganza , a Portuguese ducal and later royal House Duke of Braganza , a Portuguese title that has been used for example by several heirs apparent to the Portuguese throne Duchy of Braganza , a fief in medieval history of Portugal See also Bragan a disambiguation disambig de Bragan a es Braganza ru ... more details
Dannenberg may refer to Places Dannenberg Elbe , a town in Germany County of Dannenberg , a medieval fief founded by Henry the Lion People Konrad Dannenberg , German American engineer Peter A Dannenberg , Russian general disambig geo surname de Dannenberg nl Dannenberg pl Dannenberg ru ... more details
Japanese name Date nihongo Daid ji Y zan 1639 December 11, 1730 was a samurai and Military strategy military strategist of Edo period Japan . He was born in Fushimi in Yamashiro Province present day Fushimi ku, Kyoto . Among the works he wrote in his late years was the widely circulated nihongo Bud Shoshin sh , an introduction to bushid that was influential among middle and lower class samurai . It is available in an English translation by William Scott Wilson as Budoshoshinshu The Warrior s Primer. ISBN 0897500962 see also The Code of the Samurai A modern Translation of the Bushido Shoshinshu of Taira Shigesuke translated by Thomas Cleary. ISBN 0804831904 Y zan was the son of Daid ji Shigehisa and the great grandson of Masashige, an important advisor to the Late H j clan . Shigehisa had been a samurai in the service of Matsudaira Tadateru , daimyo of the Echigo Province Echigo Takada Han country subdivision fief , but became a ronin in 1619 when Tadateru was dismissed from service. Y zan studied the arts of war in Edo under Obata Kagenori , H j Ujinaga , Yamaga Sok and others. He then lectured on the subject as a guest of the Asano family Asano at the Hiroshima fief, the Matsudaira clan at the Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Aizu fief, the Matsudaira clan at the Fukui, Fukui Fukui fief, and elsewhere in Japan. Y zan s son Shigetaka became a retainer of the Fukui fief with a stipend of 300 koku . Unreferenced date December 2007 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Daidoji, Yuzan ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1639 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1730 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Daidoji, Yuzan Category 1639 births Category 1730 deaths Category Samurai fr Shigetsuke Taira ja ru zh ... more details
unreferenced date January 2009 japanese name Torii nihongo Torii Naritsugu 1570 July 17, 1631 was the son of Torii Mototada . He was lord of Yamura fief in Kai province worth 35,000 koku , but was dispossessed in 1632 and banished to his nephew Torii Tadatsune s domain in Yamagata . openhistory Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Torii, Naritsugu ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Lord of Yamura fief in Kai province DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Torii, Naritsugu Category Daimyo Category Year of death unknown Daimyo stub fr Naritsugu Torii ja ... more details
The County of Malta was a Feudal Lordship of the Kingdom of Sicily , relating to the islands of Malta and Gozo . Malta was essentially a fief within the kingdom, with the title given by Tancred of Sicily the last Normans Norman king of Sicily to Margaritus of Brindisi in 1190 who earned acclaim as the Grand Admiral of Sicily. After the descendents of Margaritus ran out, the title was given by an Crown of Aragon Catalan Aragonese king of Sicily, Frederick III the Simple Frederick III of Sicily to his son William the fief title was officially merged back into the crown of Sicily in 1350. List of Counts of Malta 1330 ? Alfonso Fadrique ref http fmg.ac Projects MedLands SICILY.htm ref Roger de Flor References http fmg.ac Projects MedLands LATIN 20LORDSHIPS 20IN 20GREECE.htm where it is given as Conte di Malta Notes reflist Category Government of Malta Category History of Sicily ca Comtat de Malta el ... more details
foreignchar Baat B t was an important Swedish nobility Swedish noble family, originally from Sm land in south eastern Sweden . The family is especially known for its long association with Viipuri Vyborg castle in Finland at present in Russia , the bulwark of the then Swedish realm , at the border against Novgorod Russia . The late medieval commanders and fief holders of Viipuri, who were almost always descended from or married to the B t Family, in practice functioned as Margrave s though not having this as their formal title , having feudal privileges and keeping all the crown s incomes from the fief to use for the defense of the realm s eastern border. DEFAULTSORT Baat Category Swedish noble families Sweden hist stub Finland stub sv B t ... more details
Unreferenced date February 2007 William I or Guilhem I was the founder of the dynasty which bears his name the Guilhems, Lords of Montpellier . He received his fief a Lord of the Manor manor of Monspestularius Montpellier on 26 November 986 from Bernard, Count of Mauguio , with the permission of Ricuin, Bishop of Maguelone . DEFAULTSORT William 01 Of Montpellier Category Occitan nobility Category Guilhem dynasty France noble stub ca Guillem I de Montpeller et Guilhem I fr Guilhem Ier de Montpellier ... more details
Unreferenced date April 2008 Expand Japanese date October 2011 tate no Ran was a battle in the succession struggle that occurred after the death of Uesugi Kenshin . It was fought between the forces of Uesugi Kagekatsu and Uesugi Kagetora , and took place in 1579 in the fief of Echigo . DEFAULTSORT Otate no Ran Category Feudal Japan Category 1579 in Japan Category conflicts in 1579 ja zh battle stub ... more details
File Coatofarms Greve Wedel Jarlsberg.jpg right thumb The coat of arms of the Fief Counts of Wedel Jarlsberg. File Jarlsberg hovedgaard 400.jpg right thumb Jarlsberg Main Farm. Wedel Jarlsberg also Wedel Jarlsberg is a Danish nobility Danish and Norwegian nobility Norwegian noble family . It is also a branch of the family von Wedel , which comes from Pomerania , Germany . Family members have had a significant position in the 18th and 19th centuries Norwegian history, especially as fief counts. Counts of Wedel Jarlsberg Fief Count Johan Caspar Herman Wedel Jarlsberg played in 1814 an active r le in the constitutional assembly at Eidsvoll , and was the first native Norwegian to hold the post of governor representing the absent king as head of the Norwegian cabinet during the union with Sweden. ref http www.snl.no .nbl biografi Herman Wedel Jarlsberg utdypning Herman Wedel Jarlsberg Store norske leksikon ref Barons of Wedel Jarlsberg Several members of the Wedel Jarlsberg family, and mainly younger sons and daughters of the count, had baronial dignity. 1821 The 1821 Law of Nobility abolished noble privileges and the recognition of noble titles in Norway, but, however, allowed the current bearers to keep the recognised noble status and titles for their lifetime. Thus, the title Fief Count of Wedel Jarlsberg did not end until the death of Fief Count Peder Anker Wedel Jarlsberg 1809 1893 . ref http www.snl.no Wedel slekt Wedel Store norske leksikon ref ref http www.snl.no Wedel Jarlsberg Wedel Jarlsberg Store norske leksikon ref Family member Fritz Wedel Jarlsberg ignored this and styled himself baron. Jarlsberg Main Farm and Estate Jarlsberg Main Farm Jarlsberg Hovedg rd has traditionally been the residence of members of the Wedel Jarlsberg family. In September 1683, Ulrik Fredrik ... Wedel af Jarlsberg in 1684, at which time he by letters patent was made a fief count. ref http ... of T nsberg in Vestfold . After a fire in 1699, the manor house was built up again. In 1812, Fief ... more details
otherpersons James Milner James Milner, 9th Seigneur of Sark died 1730 bought the fief of Sark from John Johnson Sark John Johnson in 1723 for 5,000, and was Seigneur of Sark Seigneur of Sark until 1730. His heir, Joseph Wilcocks , the incumbent List of bishops of Gloucester Bishop of Gloucester , sold the fief to Susanne le Pelley without ever claiming the title of lord Seigneur . ref http books.google.com books?id acAuAAAAMAAJ Clarke, Louisa Lane Recollections and Legends of Serk An Account of Its First Settlement and Early History with Useful Hints to Visitors Guernsey J. Redstone, 1840 p. 16. ref References references start box succession box title List of Seigneurs of Sark Seigneur of Sark years 1723&ndash 1730 before John Johnson Seigneur of Sark John Johnson after Susanne le Pelley end box DEFAULTSORT Milner, James Category 1730 deaths Category Seigneurs of Sark UK noble stub Guernsey bio stub it James Milner seigneur of Sark ... more details
Infobox French commune name Sarzay region Centre department Indre arrondissement La Ch tre canton Neuvy Saint S pulchre INSEE 36210 postal code 36230 mayor term intercommunality longitude 1.90527777778 latitude 46.6025 elevation m 220 elevation min m 183 elevation max m 256 area km2 18.3 population 319 population date 1999 Sarzay is a Communes of France commune in the Indre Departments of France department in central France . History First mentioned in written records in 1300, Sarzay was a parish of the Archbishop of Bourges . The seigneurie of Sarzay belonged to the Barban ois family, who constructed the Ch teau de Sarzay castle of Sarzay , and they remained the possessor of the fief until 1720. The fief was transformed into a Marquess marquisat in 1651. The castle was the setting for a novel by George Sand , le Meunier d Angibault . See also Communes of the Indre department Indre communes Category Communes of Indre Indre geo stub ca Sarzay ceb Sarzay es Sarzay eu Sarzay fr Sarzay it Sarzay ms Sarzay nl Sarzay oc Sarzay pl Sarzay pt Sarzay ru uk vi Sarzay vo Sarzay war Sarzay ... more details
Image Kuyo.svg thumb right Crest of the Katakura clan The nihongo Katakura clan Katakura shi is a Japanese family which claims its descent from Fujiwara no Toshihito by way of Kat Kagekado . The family entered Mutsu Province in the 14th century as subordinates of the saki clan . However, in 1532, they became retainers of the Date clan , and remained so until 1872. In the Sengoku era , the Katakura took part in all the major campaigns of the Date clan. The family s head, Katakura Kagetsuna , became renowned throughout the country, even receiving praise from Toyotomi Hideyoshi , who granted Kagetsuna a fief thereby bypassing Kagetsuna s status as vassal to Date Masamune . In the Edo period, the heads of the Katakura clan were hereditary kar in the Sendai Domain . Their personal fief was centered at Shiroishi Castle modern day Shiroishi, Miyagi . Shigenobu Katakura , the current chief priest of Sendai s Aoba Shrine , is a direct descendant of this family. References ja icon http www2.harimaya.com sengoku html katakura.html Katakura shi on Harimaya.com 9 March 2008 ja icon http www008.upp.so net.ne.jp tomeas katakura.htm Family tree of the Katakura clan 9 March 2008 DEFAULTSORT Clan, Katakura Category Japanese clans Category Katakura clan samurai stub surname stub ja ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Distinguish2 the book Han Feizi , by Han Fei Feizi was a Zhou Dynasty China Chinese royal horse trainer and breeder. He was a fifth generation descendant of E Lai , the famous bodyguard of King Zhou of Shang King Zhou during the Shang Dynasty . King Xiao of Zhou rewarded Feizi with him the Chinese surname surname of Ying wikt and a fief in the city of Qin , modern Tianshui , Gansu , which later became the state of Qin state Qin , whose rulers revered him as an ancestor, known as Qin Ying. Category Zhou Dynasty people ca Feizi zh ... more details
Unreferenced date November 2008 Image AsahiMaru1856.jpg thumb 300px The Asahi Maru The Asahi Maru was one of the first Western style sail warships of Japan following the period of Seclusion. She was ordered by the Tokugawa shogunate Tokugawa bakufu to the fief of Mito, Ibaraki Mito , her construction started in 1854, and she was completed in 1856. She was convert 42.3 m in length, her beam was convert 9.1 m , draught convert 7.2 m . She weighed 750 tons. clear Category Ships of the Tokugawa Navy Asahi Maru fr Asahi Maru ja Japan mil ship stub ... more details
Unreferenced date June 2008 Image Dainiteibou.jpg thumb 200px Teib The Japanese warship nihongo Teib was a ship of governmental forces during the Boshin war . She was originally built in England and acquired by the fief of Nagato Province Ch sh in western Japan, before being remitted to the new Imperial government in 1868. She rated 125 tons, had a 60 hp engine and was armed with 5 cannons. Japan mil ship stub Category Naval ships of Japan Teibo IJNFoundation es Dai Ni Teib ja ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2006 Nathawat is a sub clan of Kachwaha Rajput s included in Bara Kothri. Natha was a great warrior. He was the son of Gopal, who was the son of Raja Prithviraj of Amber, India . Gopal was given the jagir fief of Chomu and Samode . His descendants are called Nathawats. Raisar, Choumu, Samode, Mundota, Kalwara , Morija, Ajayrajpura, Baghawas and ChotiDungari and Bhoorthal were their main Thikana s. The five colored Jaipur flag was won by Nathawats after defeating five kings of Afghanistan and was presented to the ruling king, Raja Man Singh , who in turn gifted them the white flag of Kachchawas. Rajput Groups of India Category Rajput clans Category Indian family names ... more details
The County of Montechiarugolo was a small sovereign state of northern Italy which existed from 1456 to 1612 . It included the other fief of Casei . It was created from a splitting in the county of Guastalla between count Cristoforo Torelli and Pietro Guido I Torelli , first count of Montechiarugolo. The title was held by the Torelli family in his whole history, until in 1612 it was annexed by Ranuccio I Farnese , Duke of Parma . coord missing DEFAULTSORT Montechiarugolo Category Counties of the Holy Roman Empire Category Former countries on the Italian Peninsula it Contea di Montechiarugolo lt Montekiarugolo grafyst nl Graafschap Montechiarugolo ru ... more details
Peter Embriaco of Gibelet , lord of the fief of Gibelet modern Byblos , was the last prince of the House of Giblet Embriaco family in the Levant . Following the victory of the Mamluk sultan Qalawun and his Fall of Tripoli capture of Tripoli and the neighbouring cities of Le Boutron and Nefin, Peter managed to keep his lands around Gibelet in exchange for the payment of a tribute to the Sultan. ref Jean Richard, p.475. ref Notes reflist References Tyerman, Christopher, God s war, A new history of the Crusades , ISBN 0713992204 Richard, Jean, Histoire des Croisades , ISBN 2213597871 Category Christians of the Crusades ... more details
orphan date March 2010 Refimprove date February 2008 Japanese name Amano nihongo Amano Yasukage extra 1537 &ndash April 14, 1613 was a Japan ese daimyo of the Sengoku period through early Edo period , who served the Tokugawa clan . He ruled the K kokuji Domain as a private fief. Category Samurai Category 1537 births Category 1613 deaths Category Daimyo Category Fudai daimyo daimyo stub ja fi Amano Yasukage ... more details
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