Sentence examples for confiscated estates from inspiring English sources

Parliament reversed the attainder in 1695 and restored the confiscated estates to the family heirs.

Although he kept a frugal court, he was a bad financier who too generously gave away the greatest part of confiscated estates to his faithful followers.

He then lived in obscurity in Paris on a modest French royal pension until 1847, when Isabella II of Spain restored his titles and returned some of his confiscated estates.

After Frederick Philipse III, an heir with Loyalist leanings, fled the country and was forced to forfeit his property to the government, the confiscated estates were sold to the farmers, said George Waterbury, president of the Mount Pleasant Historical Society.

Simon came to England in 1229 and, helped by his cousin Ranulf, earl of Chester, the tenant of the confiscated estates, obtained the honour of Leicester and did homage to Henry III in 1231, though he was not formally styled earl of Leicester until April 1239.

Edward was able to reward his loyal supporters, especially the Despenser family, with the confiscated estates and new titles.

Edward and the Despensers strengthened their grip on power, revoking the 1311 reforms, executing their enemies and confiscating estates.

He was of equestrian rank (according to the Vita) and inherited an estate but seems to have lost most of it in 41 bc, when Mark Antony and Octavian confiscated land for their soldiers.

Valdemar also attacked major economic problems: after the Black Death pandemic in 1350, he confiscated ownerless estates and regained royal estates that had been lost during the interregnum; additionally, the army was reorganized.

When Gaunt himself died early in 1399, Richard confiscated his estates instead of allowing his son to claim them.

Special commissions, set up throughout Habsburg Hungary, arrested about 2,000 nobles, accused them of participating in the conspiracy, and confiscated their estates.