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 |
|---|---|
| County of Louvain | — |
| Lord of the Isle of Wight | feudal lordship |
| Isenburg-Cleberg | medieval German territorial lordship |
| Isenburg-Arnfels | — |
|
lordship of Angoulême
surface form:
Lordship of Angoulême
|
lordship |
| County of Mark | territorial principality |
| Isenburg-Meerholz | — |
| Isenburg-Marienborn | — |
|
principality of Racha
surface form:
Principality of Racha
|
feudal domain |
| County of Neuchâtel | feudal territory |
| Lord of Ibelin | feudal lordship |
|
royaume d’Yvetot
surface form:
Royaume d’Yvetot
|
seigneurie |
|
barony of Greystoke
surface form:
Barony of Greystoke
|
— |
| Lord of Glyndyfrdwy | feudal lordship |
| County of Nassau-Dietz | territorial principality |
| Duchy of Joinville | — |
| Lordship of Ireland | feudal dominion |
| County of Perche | feudal territory |
| Lord of Breda | feudal lordship |
| Lord of Eindhoven | lordship |
| Lord of Grimbergen | feudal lordship |
| Lord of Cranendonk | feudal lordship |
| Laird of Kinnaird | Scottish lairdship |
| Yonezawa Domain | feudal domain |
| Lower Rhenish nobility | regional nobility |
| Zetounion | medieval lordship |
| County of Rennes | — |
| County of Braine | feudal fief |
| Catalan counties | feudal territory |
| Duchy of Mark | territorial principality |
| Prince-Bishop of Würzburg | — |
| County of Henneberg | — |
| Carrick in Ayrshire | medieval lordship |
| Lordship of Geldern | medieval territorial lordship |
| Bothwell lordship | territorial estate |
| Clandeboye | Gaelic lordship |
| Lords of Clandeboye | medieval lordship |
| Lords of the Fews | hereditary lordship |
| Lord of the Honour of Peverel | feudal lordship |
| Carrick | medieval lordship |