Definition of Liegeman. Meaning of Liegeman. Synonyms of Liegeman

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Definition of Liegeman

Liegeman
Liegeman Liege"man (-man), n.; pl. Liegemen (-men). Same as Liege, n., 2. --Chaucer. Spenser.

Meaning of Liegeman from wikipedia

- A v****al or liege subject is a person regarded as having a mutual obligation to a lord or monarch, in the context of the feudal system in medieval Europe...
- Holy Roman Empire. It was sworn between two people, the feudal subject or liegeman (v****al) and his feudal superior (liege lord). The oath of allegiance was...
- Sverre Sigurdsson and became a liegeman, or v****al, under King Haakon IV of Norway. John Steel was enlisted as a liegeman in 1217 (alongside Ivar Nosy)...
- Councillor, Liegeman, Royalty Simon Kine (c. 1190–1245) – Liegeman John Steel (Liegeman) (c. 1170–1230) – Liegeman Brynjolf Steel (~1205–1270) – Liegeman, son...
- physically imposing man, and rumoured to be a womaniser, Le Gris was a liegeman (feudal retainer) of Count Pierre d'Alençon and a favourite at his court...
- a nobleman in the Middle Ages in German-speaking countries, who, as a liegeman was obliged to render service, goods in kind and loyalty to another nobleman...
- election of Senators. While in Boston, Coolidge became an ally, and then a liegeman, of then U.S. Senator Winthrop Murray Crane who controlled the western...
- was a Housecarl, commander of the vårbelger (Norwegian Civil War), and liegeman of Duke Skule Bårdsson. He enters history as a Housecarl of Arnbjorn Johnson...
- 3, 1664, 60). Falstaff: "My own knee? ... and swore the devil his true liegeman upon the cross of a Welsh hook,—What, a plague, call you him?" (Shakespeare...
- territorial lord or reigning monarch. The beneficiary was his v****al, liegeman or feudatory (German: Vasall, Lehnsmann, Knecht, Lehenempfänger or Lehensträger;...