Lord of Gotland

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Lord of Gotland was the feudal title held by the ruler controlling the Baltic island of Gotland, a strategically important territory in medieval Scandinavia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf feudal title
medieval title
appliesToTerritory Gotland NERFINISHED
associatedWithCity Visby NERFINISHED
associatedWithHistoricalContext Hanseatic trade networks NERFINISHED
medieval Baltic politics
associatedWithLanguageHistorical Latin GENERATED
Old Norse GENERATED
associatedWithPoliticalStructure feudal system in Scandinavia GENERATED
associatedWithRegion medieval Scandinavia
exercisesPowerType feudal lordship
territorial sovereignty
governs island of Gotland NERFINISHED
population of Gotland
hasFeudalRelation obligation to provide military service to a higher monarch
overlordship over local vassals
hasGovernmentalRole administration of justice on Gotland
defense of Gotland
military leadership on Gotland
tax collection on Gotland
hasStrategicImportance control of Baltic Sea trade routes
control of Visby as a trading center
maritime power projection in the Baltic
isTitleFor feudal ruler of the island of Gotland
ruler of Gotland
languageOfTitle English (modern rendering)
locatedIn Baltic Sea
Scandinavia
seatOfPower Visby (de facto) NERFINISHED
strategicFeatureControlled harbors of Gotland
sea lanes around Gotland
trade passing through the central Baltic
titleScope secular authority
territorial jurisdiction
usedInPeriod Middle Ages NERFINISHED

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Eric of Pomerania positionHeld Lord of Gotland