Sentence examples for vassal of from inspiring English sources
"Are we to become a vassal of the Chinese dynasty again?" one Japanese official asked.
Terengganu is mentioned in 1365 as a vassal of the Javanese kingdom of Majapahit.
He also became the vassal of the Holy Roman emperor Henry VI.
The lord of Yue was nominally a vassal of the Chinese king.
Louis, a vassal of the French king Philip VI, sided with France.
Like the rulers of Luang Prabang and Champassak, he then reigned as a vassal of the kings of Siam.
In 911 the Viking leader Rollo became the first duke of Normandy, as a vassal of Charles III of France.
The Cambodian government, saying it was not a vassal of the United Nations, said it could proceed independently with an international trial involving foreign judges and lawyers.
More recently, opponents have branded him a "vassal" of President Bush for embracing and defending the American-led war in Iraq.
As a court musician working in claustrophobic, mosquito-ridden Mantua, Monteverdi was in effect a feudal vassal of the Gonzaga dukes.
He made a scathing reference to former Prime Minister Aznar, who was often described as a "vassal" of Washington by his critics.
