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Dorothea von Medem

Because her husband was preoccupied with political difficulties at home involving his overlord the King of Poland and the Courland nobility, he frequently sent her on diplomatic missions to Warsaw, lasting months at a time, and to Berlin, Karlovy Vary, and Saint Petersburg for shorter periods.

Erik Juel

Erik Juel, often referred to as Erik Juel to Hundsbæk and Alsted (1591 – 13 February 1657), was a Danish courtier, seignory and Privy Councillor, the father of Admiral Niels Juel and of the politician and diplomat Jens Juel.

Gherardo III da Camino

He had already been member of the City Council of Treviso and, in 1266, had received the seignory of Feltre and Belluno from the local bishop, which Gherardo was to held until his death.

Jørgen Brahe

Jørgen Thygesen Brahe (1515-1565) of Tostrup in Scania, Danish holder of a Seignory

Oberto Doria

His moves aimed to defend the Genoese Republic's integrity against the Guelph Fieschi, who wanted to create a personal seignory in the Levante Ligure, and the Grimaldi, who had usurped part of the Ponente.

Seignory of Lac-Matapédia

She had married Jean-Baptiste Moyse de Rémond, and bequeathed the seignory to their son Jean-Baptiste Raymond.

Yamachiche, Quebec

In 1764, the West Grosbois Seignory was purchased by Conrad Gugy, thereby becoming the first French-Canadian Seignory in English possession.


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