By early 1282, many of the lesser princes who had supported Edward against Llywelyn in 1277 were becoming disillusioned with the exactions of the royal officers.

In 1216, Llywelyn held a council at Aberdyfi to adjudicate on the territorial claims of the lesser princes, who affirmed their homage and allegiance to Llywelyn.

They'd expected a brilliant marriage - to a movie star or a handsome politician or even to one of the lesser English princes - and George was as nondescript as they came.

They maintained the independence of Lan Xang to the end of the 17th century by a complex network of vassal relations with lesser princes.

And lesser princes had succeeded the emperors.

Although not complete until the fourteenth century, the slow exclusion of the lesser princes and magnates from the electoral college reinforced the power of the greater ones and their dynasties.

The existence of the unified Grand Principality was dependent on the allegiance of the lesser princes to Časlav.

He died before he could name a successor, and Thibaw, a lesser prince, was manoeuvred onto the throne by one of Mindon's queens and her daughter, Supayalat.

Whichever way the lesser Lithuanian princes styled themselves, they always acknowledged the supremacy of the grand-ducal office.

Llywelyn the Great holds a council at Aberdyfi to adjudicate on the territorial claims of the lesser princes of Wales.