This is an incomplete attempt at an exhaustive list of lordships.
List of lordships
editName | Period | Notes |
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Lordship of Wilmington | 700–present | Is an Anglo-Saxon Lordship in Kent, England which has some of the earliest surviving Anglo-Saxon charters |
Lordship of Gedern | 780–1819 | Was a lordship in the Holy Roman Empire and is roughly in the modern state of Hesse in Germany |
Lordship of the Isles | 875–present | |
Lordship of Mechelen | 910–1795 | |
Lordship of Schellenberg | 9th century – 1719 | Was a lordship within the Holy Roman Empire and united with the County of Vaduz to form the Principality of Liechtenstein[1] |
Lordship of Wickrath | 971–1502 | |
Lordship of Montpellier | 985–1349 | |
Lordship of Hummel | 995–1598 | |
Lordship of L'Isle-Jourdain | 1000–1421 | Was a lordship in Gascony, France in the High Middle Ages |
Lordship of Biscay | c. 1040–1876 | |
Lordship of the Isle of Wight | 1066–1488 | Was a lordship on the Isle of Wight created by William the Conqueror |
Lordship of Diepholz | 1070–1482 | |
Lordship of Heinsberg | 1085–1484 | |
Lordship of Brecknock | 1088–1535 | Was a Welsh Marcher Lordship also known as the Lordship of Brecon |
Lordship of Bowland | 1090s–present | |
Lordship of Glamorgan | 1091–1536 | Was a powerful Welsh Marcher Lordship that was based out of Cardiff Castle |
Lordship of Broich | 1093–1806 | |
Lordship of Ramla | 1099–1247 | |
Lordship of Cameros | 11th century – 1277 | |
Lordship of Haifa | 1100–1187 | |
Lordship of Marash | 1104–1149 | Was a crusader lordship in Cilicia |
Lordship of Toron | 1107–1167 | |
Lordship of Sidon | 1110–1268 | The Lordship of Sidon was one of the four major feifdoms inside the Kingdom of Jerusalem[2] |
Lordship of Caesarea | 1110–1266 | |
Lordship of Beirut | 1110–1291 | Was a crusader lordship within the kingdom of Jerusalem |
Lordship of Liddesdale | 1113–present | Was a lordship in Scotland until it was annexed by the Crown of Scotland in 1540 |
Lordship of Botrun | 1115–1289 | Was a fief within the County of Tripoli[3] |
Lordship of Nazareth | 1115–? | Was a crusader lordship under the Principality of Galilee |
Lordship of Gower | 1116–1536 | |
Lordship of Oultrejordain | 1118–1187 | Was one of the major crusader lordships of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, the region it encompasses is equal to the modern region of Transjordan[4] |
Lordship of Bethsan | 1120–1187 | Was a crusader lordship within the kingdom of Jerusalem |
Lordship of Nablus | 1120–1187 | Was a crusader lordship within the kingdom of Jerusalem |
Lordship of Annandale | 1124–1536 | Was a lordship in Scotland, would last until 1536 when it was acquired by the crown of Scotland |
Lordship of Banias | 1128–1164 | Was a crusader lordship within the kingdom of Jerusalem |
Lordship of Mirabel | 1134–1187 | Was a crusader lordship within the Kingdom of Jerusalem |
Lordship of Ibelin | 1141–1187 | Was a crusader lordship within the Kingdom of Jerusalem |
Lordship of Hebron | 1149–1161 | Was a crusader lordship within the Kingdom of Jerusalem |
Lordship of Oñate | 1149–1845 | Was a Basque Lordship surrounding the town of Oñate under the Kingdom of Navarre and later the Kingdom of Castile |
Lordship of Myllendonk | 1166–1700 | |
Lordship of Blanchegarde | 1166–? | Was a crusader lordship within the Kingdom of Jerusalem |
Lordship of Albarracín | 1167–1300 | |
Lordship of Anholt | 1169–1802 | |
Lordship of Meath | 1172–1240 | |
Lordship of Ireland | 1177–1542 | Was lordship in Ireland comprising the areas under control of the Kingdom of England |
Lordship of Caymont | 1191–1193 | Was a crusader lordship within the kingdom of Jerusalem |
Lordship of Reipoltskirchen | 1198–1806 | |
Lordship of Argyll | 12th century – ? | |
Lordship of Léon | 12th century – 16th century | |
Lordship of Galloway | 12th century | Lordship of Galloway was a autonomous lordship in Scotland that went from being the kingdom of Galloway until the death of Fergus of Galloway in 1161 after which Galloway became a vassal of the Scottish crown and was later incorporated into the Kingdom of Scotland as a lordship. |
Heeze, Leende en Zesgehuchten | 12th Century - 1810 | |
Lordship of Saint-Martin-du-Chêne | 12th Century - 1798 | A Lordship in Switzerland |
Lordship of Demotika | 1204–1205 | Was a crusader lordship founded in Thrace after the Fourth Crusade |
Lordship of Salona | 1205–1210, 1212–1394, 1404–1410 | Was a Crusader Lordship created after the Fourth Crusade |
Lordship of Argos and Nauplia | 1212–1388 | Was a lordship within the Frankish-ruled Morea in southern Greece |
Lordship of Ruppin | 1214–1524 | |
Lordship of Rostock | 1226–1323 | Was a state within the Holy Roman Empire |
Lordship of Parchim-Richenberg | 1226–1255 | |
Lordship of Stargard | 1236–1918 | |
Lordship of Torre de Canals | 1244–? | Was a lordship inside the Crown of Aragon |
Lordship of Tyre | 1246–1291 | |
Lordship of Villena | 1250s–? | |
Lordship of Phocaea | 1275–1340 | |
Lordship of Homburg | 1276 – 1806 | |
Lordship of Bromfield and Yale | 1282–1536 | Was a medieval Marcher Lordship in Wales |
Lordship of Denbigh | 1284–1461 | |
Lordship of Hanau | 13th century – 1429 | |
Lordship of Sinoutskerke and Baarsdorp | 13th century – present | |
Lordship of Franckenstein | 13th century – 1662 | |
Lordship of Chios | 1304–1329 | Was Genoese lordship in Byzantine territory[5] |
Lordship of Prilep | 1371–1395 | Was a successor state to the Serbian Empire |
Lordship of Paros | 1389–1537 | Was a lordship within the Duchy of the Archipelago[6] |
Lordship of Harviala | 1396–? | Was a lordship in Finland that existed under Swedish rule |
Lordship of Lorne | 14th century – present | |
Lordship of Molahiffe | 14th century – 1824 | |
Lordship of Coshmaing | 14th century – ? | Was a lordship in Ireland in modern day region of Munster |
Lordship of Purmerend, Purmerland and Ilpendam | 1410–1572, 1618–1923 | |
Lordship and Barony of Hailes | 1451–present | |
Lordship of Winneburg and Beilstein | 1488–1801 | was a lordship within the Holy Roman Empire |
Lordship of Frisia | 1498–1795 | |
Lordship of Utrecht | 1528–1795 | |
Lordship of Overijssel | 1528–1798 | |
Lordship of Groningen | 1536–1594 | |
Lordship of Kniphausen | 1588 - 1854 | |
Lordship and Barony of Balvaird | 1624–present | |
Lordship of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade | 1627–1854 | Was a lordship in New France along the north shore of the St. Lawrence River |
Lordship of Batiscan | 1636–1854 | Was a lordship in New France that was granted to the Jesuits in 1639 |
Lordship of Champlain | 1644–1854 | Was a lordship in New France that lasted until the end of the feudal system[7][8] |
Lordship of Eglofs | Late Middle Ages – 1806 | Was a lordship within the Holy Roman Empire and it would gain Imperial immediacy in 1668 |
Lordship of Lac-des-Deux-Montagnes | 1717–1840s | |
Lordship of Vukovar | 1731–1945 | |
Lordship of Lydiate | ?–present | Is a lordship in Merseyside England[9] |
Lordship of Newry | ?–present | Is a barony in Northern Ireland |
References
edit- ^ (in German) History of Schellenberg
- ^ Steven Tibble, Monarchy and Lordships in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem, 1099-1291. Clarendon Press, 1989.
- ^ Runciman, Steven (1989a). A History of the Crusades, Volume II: The Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Frankish East, 1100–1187. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-06163-6.
- ^ Jonathan Riley-Smith, The Feudal Nobility and the Kingdom of Jerusalem, 1174–1277. The Macmillan Press, 1973.
- ^ Miller, William (1921). "The Zaccaria of Phocaea and Chios (1275-1329)". Essays on the Latin Orient. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 283–298. OCLC 457893641.
- ^ Miller, William (1908). The Latins in the Levant: A History of Frankish Greece (1204–1566). London: John Murray. OCLC 563022439.
- ^ Seigneuries et fiefs du Québec: nomenclature et cartographie, 1988 (in French)
- ^ Geographical Names Board of Canada - Register Place names - Lordship of Champlain (in French)
- ^ Ellison-Gibson, Rev Thomas (1876). Lydiate Hall and its Associations. Ballantine, Hanson & Co.