Sentence examples for fief of from inspiring English sources

In 1795 Courland, a fief of Lithuania, likewise came under Russian rule with a similar status.

In the Middle Ages the property was part of the fief of the bishops of Viterbo.

The district is an administrative fief of the (currently Republican) Congress.

Manṣūr I was installed, and Alp Tigin prudently retired to his fief of Ghazna.

Only hours before, the office had been the personal fief of Saddam's psychopathic elder son, Uday.

And the Socialists have their own graft scandal in their southern fief of Andalucia.

It is also the fief of the national team coach, Matjaz Kek.

In his sunny eighth-floor apartment, Prince Dimitri has created a little fief of royal memorabilia.

In the 11th century, Mantua became a fief of Boniface of Canossa, marquis of Tuscany.

Farther north is the fief of a former Bangladeshi dictator, Mohammad Ershad.

[C7.] Diversity for Agnelli Family at Fiat Fiat has always been considered the fief of the Agnelli family.