The vassal kings are liege lords to an array of minor nobility and their serfs.
I say he's mine, But in this castle My cat's the king And I'm the vassal.
He also became the vassal of the Holy Roman emperor Henry VI.
Under feudalism, authority had been delegated by the lord to the vassal.
Mehmed restored the vassal system in Bulgaria and Serbia, promising that he would not undertake new European adventures.
About 1250 he promised to become the vassal of Frederick II, Holy Roman emperor, in return for aid in reconquering Constantinople.
Nevertheless, the Assyrian nobles, priests, and city leaders were sworn to just such an adjustment of the royal line; even the vassal princes had to take very detailed oaths of allegiance to Ashurbanipal, with many curses against perjurers.
Chunqiu, ( Chinese: "Spring and Autumn [Annals]") Wade-Giles romanization Ch'un-ch'iu, the first Chinese chronological history, said to be the traditional history of the vassal state of Lu, as revised by Confucius.
Among the vassal states are the Kingdom of the North (ruled by the Stark family), and the Westerlands, ruled by the Lannisters, who have married into the royal Baratheon family.
Enjoying the absolute confidence of the palace, Mehmed Paşa tried to reestablish central authority over the vassal princes beyond the Danube and in the provinces of Anadolu, Syria, and Egypt.
It normally consisted of land to which a number of unfree peasants were attached; the land was supposed to be sufficient to support the vassal and to secure his knight service for the lord.
