Definition of Vidames. Meaning of Vidames. Synonyms of Vidames

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Definition of Vidames

Vidame
Vidame Vi*dame", n. [F., fr. LL. vice-dominus, fr. L. vice instead of + dominus master, lord.] (Fr. Feud. Law) One of a class of temporal officers who originally represented the bishops, but later erected their offices into fiefs, and became feudal nobles.

Meaning of Vidames from wikipedia

- towns and cities, the vidames gradually lost their functions, and the title became merely honorary. The chief functions of a vidame were to protect the...
- La Ferté-Vidame (French pronunciation: [la fɛʁte vidam]) is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France. The Commune along with another...
- Tallandier, 1894, 352 p. (ISBN 979-10-210-1005-5, p. 251. (in French) Louis Grignon, « Les vidames de Châlons », Revue de Champagne et de Brie, 1884...
- Vidame de Chartres was a title in the French nobility. There are a few vidame titles in France, of which that of Chartres is probably the best known,...
- Vidamé of Normandy 4 Vidamé of Reims Archbishop of Reims 5 Vidame of Chalons Bishop of Chalons Hugues III de Châlons (1183-1269) 6 Vidames d'Amiens/Picquigny...
- been untitled, and some hereditary titles do not indicate nobility (e.g., vidame). Some countries have had non-hereditary nobility, such as the Empire of...
- lords, and also an ecclesiastical and academical title (equivalent of Lord) Vidame, a minor French aristocrat Vavasour, also a petty French feudal lord Seigneur...
- Mormaer Ealdorman Viscount, Viscountess Castellan Burgrave, Burgravine Vidame Starosta Baron, Baroness Lord paramount Overlord Tenant in chief Territorial...
- not certain, that these de Chartres belong to the notable house of the vidames de Chartres (it is generally accepted that Regnault was related to the...
- Jean de Ferrières (1520–1586), Vidame de Chartres, Seigneur de Maligny, was an influential Huguenot in the French Wars of Religion in the 16th century...