The relationship might be personal or, if the vassal received a fief, tenurial. From LearnThat.org. [www.yourdictionary.com]
But we must bear in mind that he still held his possessions in France as a fief from the French king, whose vassal he was. From Wordnik.com. [General History for Colleges and High Schools] Reference
He agreed to make the decision on condition that the one whom he selected should hold Scotland as a fief from the English king. From Wordnik.com. [An Introduction to the History of Western Europe] Reference
Africa was to be held as a fief of this new empire. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Moors of Spain] Reference
Pelendria -- that most royal and bountiful fief of a prince of. From Wordnik.com. [The Royal Pawn of Venice A Romance of Cyprus] Reference
England to be looked upon for some years as only a fief of Rome. From Wordnik.com. [A Key to the Knowledge of Church History (Ancient)] Reference
Thus every holder of a fief became "monarch of all he surveyed.". From Wordnik.com. [General History for Colleges and High Schools] Reference
Saracen ear-rings; the barony, being a male fief, reverted to the. From Wordnik.com. [Half-Hours with Great Story-Tellers] Reference
Half of Spain shall be his fief; the other half is for Count Roland. From Wordnik.com. [Hero-Myths & Legends of the British Race] Reference
Anglo-Norman house of Avenel, the latter a Scottish fief of one of the. From Wordnik.com. [Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys] Reference
Scotland now fell back as a fief forfeited by treason, into the hands of. From Wordnik.com. [General History for Colleges and High Schools] Reference
What most irritated him was the close proximity of Norby's fief to Sweden. From Wordnik.com. [The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa] Reference
In theory, all the soil of the country was held by the king as a fief from. From Wordnik.com. [General History for Colleges and High Schools] Reference
A fief was conferred by a very solemn and peculiar ceremony called homage. From Wordnik.com. [General History for Colleges and High Schools] Reference
Codrington family who, for more than 200 years, held it as a kind of feudal fief. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"] Reference
If the fief left vacant is a Sector, a Ranger will take the position temporarily. From Wordnik.com. [Concordance A Terran Empire concordance] Reference
It was, in theory, only the person of noble birth that could become the holder of a fief. From Wordnik.com. [General History for Colleges and High Schools] Reference
Teton's not going to be a normal fief, Ivan; all of the top people are going to be Sealed. From Wordnik.com. [The Alembic Plot A Terran Empire novel] Reference
Archbishop Ulfsson the fief was claimed by his successor, Trolle, as well as by the regent. From Wordnik.com. [The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa] Reference
No noble shall attempt to exercise control over any fief other than the one @ is responsible for. From Wordnik.com. [Concordance A Terran Empire concordance] Reference
Ulfsson that if he or the Chapter at Upsala could prove a title to the fief, they should enjoy it. From Wordnik.com. [The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa] Reference
The tie which bound the tenant who accepted a fief to the lord who granted it was called vassalage. From Wordnik.com. [Early European History] Reference
By Escheat was meant the falling back of the fief into the hands of the lord through failure of heirs. From Wordnik.com. [General History for Colleges and High Schools] Reference
These may be named by any ruling noble within @'s fief and will have whatever status the Imperial noble determines. From Wordnik.com. [Concordance A Terran Empire concordance] Reference
If the fief lapsed through disloyalty or other misdemeanor on the part of the vassal, this was known as Forfeiture. From Wordnik.com. [General History for Colleges and High Schools] Reference
Once all this was made public and he was openly heir to a major fief, he'd be kept out of unusually difficult situations. From Wordnik.com. [The Alembic Plot A Terran Empire novel] Reference
She wished she could tell everyone here about her Family, and fief, and coming grandchild, but that would have to wait. From Wordnik.com. [The Alembic Plot A Terran Empire novel] Reference
Should a ruling noble die without an heir, the Heir to the next higher fief takes over until the Sovereign can select a new ruler. From Wordnik.com. [Concordance A Terran Empire concordance] Reference
Each town formed a part of the fief in which it happened to be situated, and was subject to all the incidents of feudal ownership. From Wordnik.com. [General History for Colleges and High Schools] Reference
NOBILITY, RULING: Those born to rule Imperial fiefs, except that the first ruling noble in a new fief will be named by the Sovereign. From Wordnik.com. [Concordance A Terran Empire concordance] Reference
Notes were exchanged between the Cabinets of Madrid and London, and Spain relinquished for ever her claim to the Borneo fief of Brunei. From Wordnik.com. [The Philippine Islands] Reference
If the heir to a fief marries a ruling noble, @ forfeits all claim to the fief @ was to inherit, and the next oldest child becomes heir. From Wordnik.com. [Concordance A Terran Empire concordance] Reference
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