lords of the Marches

E643703
English nobility border lords feudal magnates medieval noble title

The lords of the Marches were powerful medieval nobles who controlled and defended the turbulent borderlands between England and Wales, wielding extensive military and administrative authority.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
English marcher lords 1
Lordship of the Three Castles 1
Marcher Lords 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf English nobility ⓘ
border lords ⓘ
feudal magnates ⓘ
medieval noble title ⓘ
built border castles ⓘ
fortified towns in the Marches ⓘ
conflictWith Welsh principalities NERFINISHED ⓘ
native Welsh lords ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
exercisedPower right to build castles without royal license in the Marches ⓘ
right to grant charters to towns ⓘ
right to hold courts ⓘ
right to levy local taxes ⓘ
right to wage private war within the Marches ⓘ
grantedBy English crown NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver fortifications in the Marches ⓘ
judicial matters in the Marches ⓘ
local administration in the Marches ⓘ
military affairs in the Marches ⓘ
hasPart Marcher lordships NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRole administrator ⓘ
feudal lord ⓘ
frontier defender ⓘ
military commander ⓘ
territorial governor ⓘ
historicalRegion Glamorgan Marches NERFINISHED ⓘ
Herefordshire Marches NERFINISHED ⓘ
Monmouthshire Marches NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shropshire Marches NERFINISHED ⓘ
influencedBy Anglo-Norman feudal practices ⓘ
legalStatus hereditary lordship ⓘ
semi-autonomous ⓘ
locatedIn Welsh Marches NERFINISHED ⓘ
borderlands between England and Wales ⓘ
mainFunction control of border territories ⓘ
defense of the Anglo-Welsh frontier ⓘ
expansion of English influence into Wales ⓘ
suppression of rebellion ⓘ
powerBasis castle ownership ⓘ
feudal rights ⓘ
land tenure ⓘ
private armies ⓘ
relatedTo Anglo-Norman nobility NERFINISHED ⓘ
English kings ⓘ
Welsh princes ⓘ
timePeriod High Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Late Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Middle Ages ⓘ
usedTitle Marcher lord NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Skenfrith Castle → associatedWith → lords of the Marches ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lordship of the Three Castles
Skenfrith Castle → associatedWith → lords of the Marches ⓘ
this entity surface form: Marcher Lords
Grosmont Castle → governedBy → lords of the Marches ⓘ
Norman conquest of south-west Wales → mainParticipants → lords of the Marches ⓘ
this entity surface form: Marcher lords
Welsh uprising of Madog ap Llywelyn → opposedBy → lords of the Marches ⓘ
this entity surface form: English marcher lords