feudal overlord

His service as a feudal overlord was noted for controversy.

In return, Robert acknowledged the pope as his feudal overlord.

In 1219 the Caporiaccio family took over as feudal overlords.

I understood now why Sinc's men had made him into something like a feudal overlord.

The immediate issue was a conflict with his feudal overlord, Waleran.

From these tasks there was no respite for the Christian emperor, the faithful feudal overlord.

The town's 12th century history was characterised by conflict between powerful local abbots and the Norman feudal overlords.

I am a feudal overlord with wizardly powers.

Thus, he had a much stronger than before, when his feudal overlord had been the abbot of Fulda.

These stand for former feudal overlords.

The claim was based upon his position as feudal overlord of the Duke of Normandy.

In exchange for his release, William was forced to acknowledge Henry as his feudal overlord.

In 1163, he attempted to firmly define his rights as feudal overlord of the Welsh princes...

Robert claimed the duchy by his dual rights as feudal overlord and nearest blood-relative of the deceased.

Thereafter Albury had no feudal overlord.

According to academics, they were a warrior caste in the past and later became feudal overlords and peasant proprietors.

Mayor's husband, Sancho the Great, claimed his role as feudal overlord to pass the county to their second son, Ferdinand.

The game is set in medieval Japan, where a poor farming village is planning an insurrection to overthrow their feudal overlord.

She exercised her rights and privileges as feudal overlord of the Isle of Wight.

Cosimo frequently paid the Holy Roman Emperor, his feudal overlord, high dues.

As their feudal overlord, Baldwin III was required to defend them in case of attack.

Now he insisted that, if he were to settle the contest, he had to be fully recognised as Scotland's feudal overlord.

John was an efficient ruler, but he lost approval of the barons by taxing them in ways outside those traditionally allowed by feudal overlords.

The gesture was medieval: a magnate was withdrawing his oath of loyalty to his feudal overlord.

The Abbey's nuns generally came from the ministerialis (unfree knights in the service of a feudal overlord) or bourgeoisie classes.