territorial lordship
C6478
concept
Territorial lordship is a system of authority in which a lord exercises political, legal, and economic control over a defined geographic area and its inhabitants, typically by hereditary or feudal right.
All labels observed (48)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| feudal lordship | 55 |
| territorial lordship canonical | 31 |
| feudal territory | 28 |
| feudal domain | 21 |
| territorial principality | 17 |
| feudal fief | 12 |
| lordship | 10 |
| seigneurial title | 10 |
| seigneurial lordship | 9 |
| medieval lordship | 8 |
| medieval territorial lordship | 6 |
| hereditary lordship | 4 |
| medieval Irish lordship | 4 |
| former feudal territory | 3 |
| medieval territorial domain | 3 |
| seigneurie | 3 |
| Gaelic lordship | 2 |
| Scottish lairdship | 2 |
| former feudal fief | 2 |
| frontier lordship | 2 |
| landgraviate | 2 |
| medieval French lordship | 2 |
| regional nobility | 2 |
| Anglo-Norman earldom | 1 |
| Gaelic-Irish lordship | 1 |
| Galician fief | 1 |
| Italian lordship | 1 |
| Latin lordship | 1 |
| Norse-Scottish lordship | 1 |
| Scottish feudal lordship | 1 |
| Scottish lordship | 1 |
| border lordship | 1 |
| feudal dominion | 1 |
| feudal military government | 1 |
| hereditary lands | 1 |
| historic lordship | 1 |
| late medieval lordships | 1 |
| medieval German territorial lordship | 1 |
| medieval Scottish provincial lordship | 1 |
| medieval feudal lordship | 1 |
| medieval seigneurial domain | 1 |
| medieval territorial jurisdiction | 1 |
| noble territorial style | 1 |
| seigniory | 1 |
| seneschalship | 1 |
| subnational rulership | 1 |
| territorial estate | 1 |
| territorial title | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
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Instruction
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Input
Class: territorial lordship
Generated description
Territorial lordship is a system of authority in which a lord exercises political, legal, and economic control over a defined geographic area and its inhabitants, typically by hereditary or feudal right.
Instances (240)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Marcher lordships | feudal territory |
| County of Maine | feudal territory |
| Lordship of Piombino | lordship |
|
Lady of Montargis
surface form:
Lordship of Montargis
|
feudal lordship |
| Duchy of Westphalia | territorial principality |
| Nagaoka Domain | feudal domain |
| Nawab of Bihar | subnational rulership |
| County of Zutphen | — |
| Seigneur of Sark | feudal lordship |
| Montgomery in Normandy | medieval lordship |
| Upper Ossory | historic lordship |
|
Upper Ossory in present-day County Laois
surface form:
Upper Ossory
|
medieval Irish lordship |
| County of Valois | feudal territory |
| County of Foix | feudal territory |
| Duchy of Guise | territorial principality |
| Lordship of Drenthe | former feudal territory |
| Lord of Montaigne | seigneurial title |
| County of Mansfeld | — |
| County of Provence | feudal territory |
| County of Anjou | feudal territory |
| Lord of Ahaus | — |
| County of Richmond | feudal territory |
| Nassau territories | hereditary lands |
| County of Bourbon | feudal territory |
| Tosa Domain | feudal domain |
| Lordship of the Isles | medieval lordship |
|
lords of Languedoc
surface form:
Lords of Languedoc
|
regional nobility |
| Earldom of Orkney | Norse-Scottish lordship |
| Duchy of Neuburg | territorial principality |
| prince-abbeys | territorial principality |
| County of Buren | — |
|
Desmond (historical region in Ireland)
surface form:
Desmond
|
Anglo-Norman earldom |
| County of Tecklenburg | — |
| Burgraves of Nuremberg | — |
| Yelahanka principality | feudal domain |
| Lordship of Arlay | feudal lordship |
| Lord of Arlay | feudal lordship |
| County of Chalon | feudal lordship |
| County of Breda | feudal territory |
| County of Artois | feudal fief |
| County of Aldobrandeschi | feudal territory |
| Seniorate Province of Kraków | territorial principality |
| County of Ivrea | — |
| County of Namur | feudal territory |
| Saga Domain | feudal domain |
| Tsuwano Domain | feudal domain |
| Lordship of Annandale | Scottish feudal lordship |
| County of Berg | territorial principality |
| Margraviate of Tuscany | feudal territory |
| Aizu Domain | feudal domain |