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...
- 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,...
- 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...
- de Sancerre. Vidame de Chartres – The uncle of the Princess de Clèves and a friend of the Duke de Nemours. The Duke often uses the Vidame as a way to contact...
- various members of the House of Vendôme, in particular: François de Vendôme, Vidame de Chartres (1522–1560), French soldier and courtier Francis, Count of Enghien...
- 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...
- Countess Earl Ealdorman Viscount, Viscountess Castellan Burgrave, Burgravine Vidame Starosta Baron, Baroness Lord paramount Overlord Tenant in chief Territorial...
- Ermenonville-la-Petite Escorpain Les Étilleux Faverolles Favières Le Favril La Ferté-Vidame Fessanvilliers-Mattanvilliers Flacey Fontaine-la-Guyon Fontaine-les-Ribouts...
- coronet of four large pearls (three visible) alternating with smaller pearls Vidame (peculiar French title, for protectors of the temporal estates of a bishopric):...