List of lordships

This is an incomplete attempt at an exhaustive list of lordships.

List of lordships

Name Period Notes
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 [fr] 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 [fr] 1100–1187
Lordship of Marash 1104–1149 Was a crusader lordship in Cilicia
Lordship of Toron [fr] 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 [it] 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 [fr] 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 [fr] 1120–1187 Was a crusader lordship within the kingdom of Jerusalem
Lordship of Nablus [it] 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 [it] 1128–1164 Was a crusader lordship within the kingdom of Jerusalem
Lordship of Mirabel [fr] 1134–1187 Was a crusader lordship within the Kingdom of Jerusalem
Lordship of Ibelin [fr] 1141–1187 Was a crusader lordship within the Kingdom of Jerusalem
Lordship of Hebron [it] 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 [it] 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 [fr] 1191–1193 Was a crusader lordship within the kingdom of Jerusalem
Lordship of Reipoltskirchen [nl] 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 [fr] 12th Century - 1810
Lordship of Saint-Martin-du-Chêne [fr] 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 [de] 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  [fr] 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

  1. ^ (in German) History of Schellenberg
  2. ^ Steven Tibble, Monarchy and Lordships in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem, 1099-1291. Clarendon Press, 1989.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Jonathan Riley-Smith, The Feudal Nobility and the Kingdom of Jerusalem, 1174–1277. The Macmillan Press, 1973.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Miller, William (1908). The Latins in the Levant: A History of Frankish Greece (1204–1566). London: John Murray. OCLC 563022439.
  7. ^ Seigneuries et fiefs du Québec: nomenclature et cartographie, 1988 (in French)
  8. ^ Geographical Names Board of Canada - Register Place names - Lordship of Champlain (in French)
  9. ^ Ellison-Gibson, Rev Thomas (1876). Lydiate Hall and its Associations. Ballantine, Hanson & Co.