- A v****al or
liege subject is a
person regarded as
having a
mutual obligation to a lord or monarch, in the
context of the
feudal system in
medieval Europe...
-
Sverre Sigurdsson and
became a
liegeman, or v****al,
under King
Haakon IV of Norway. John
Steel was
enlisted as a
liegeman in 1217 (alongside Ivar Nosy)...
- Holy
Roman Empire. It was
sworn between two people, the
feudal subject or
liegeman (v****al) and his
feudal superior (liege lord). The oath of
allegiance was...
- Councillor,
Liegeman,
Royalty Simon Kine (c. 1190–1245) –
Liegeman John
Steel (
Liegeman) (c. 1170–1230) –
Liegeman Brynjolf Steel (~1205–1270) –
Liegeman, son...
-
physically imposing man, and
rumoured to be a womaniser, Le Gris was a
liegeman (feudal retainer) of
Count Pierre d'Alençon and a
favourite at his court...
- a
nobleman in the
Middle Ages in German-speaking countries, who, as a
liegeman was
obliged to
render service,
goods in kind and
loyalty to
another nobleman...
-
election of Senators.
While in Boston,
Coolidge became an ally, and then a
liegeman, of then U.S.
Senator Winthrop Murray Crane who
controlled the western...
- was
given an
audience by the emperor, who
persuaded him to
become his
liegeman. The
German historian Hans
Eberhard Mayer argued that
Alexius was fortunate...
- 3, 1664, 60).
Falstaff "My own knee? ... and
swore the
devil his true
liegeman upon the
cross of a
Welsh hook,—What, a plague, call you him?", (Shakespeare...
-
Isabella to
marry Robert and William, respectively, sons of his
favourite liegeman Robert V of Béthune. The High
Court countered that
custom entitled the...
