Examples of 'was a vassal' in a sentence

Meaning of "was a vassal"

was a vassal: a person or country in a subordinate position to a more powerful individual or nation. This phrase is often used in historical contexts to describe a relationship where one party has control or influence over the other

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It was a vassal.
The principality of Montenegro was a vassal of Ottoman Empire.
Laos was a vassal territory and colony of foreign powers for almost a century and a half.
The Qasim Khanate was a vassal state of Muscovy.
It was a vassal of the Holy Roman Empire.
At that time the Southern Kingdom of Judah was a vassal state of Assyria.
He was a vassal of the Kyōgoku clan.
Thereafter, Richard was a vassal of the king.
He was a vassal of Ilkhanate.
According to this ambassador, Cambodia was a vassal.
Moab was a vassal state of Israel.
At that time, Vientiane was a vassal state of Burma.
Quiriguá was a vassal state of Copán throughout much of its history.
However, the Khanate was a vassal of Russia.
It was a vassal of Gokturks.

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During the reign, Ternate was a vassal state of Kediri.
It was a vassal state of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
According to the Wangsakerta manuscript, Galuh was a vassal of Tarumanagara.
At that time Cirebon was a vassal state as well as the westernmost province of Mataram.
However, scholarship holds that Saw Mon was a vassal of Bengal.
This family was a vassal of the Duke of Brabant.
He was a vassal of both the Byzantine Emperor and Fatimid Caliph.
Kucha, a kingdom in the Tarim Basin, was a vassal of the Western Turkic Khaganate.
It was a vassal of the Kongo Empire.
Sannaphulla, the founder of the dynasty, was a vassal of the Rashtrakutas.
This fief was a vassal of the Viscounts of Béarn.
Gilbert ( Giselbert ), Count of Maasgau, was a vassal of Charles the Bald.
Although Ali was a vassal of his brother, soon he began acting independently.
In the 13th and 14th centuries Shirvan was a vassal of stronger Mongol and Timurid empires.
Troy was a vassal state of the Hittites, along with other Arzawa lands.
Hongfeng Empire was a vassal state of Huanyu Empire.
He was a vassal of the Ryūzōji clan during the Sengoku period of the 16th century.
Historically, the Principality of Moldova was a vassal of Kingdom of Poland and later, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
I was a vassal for the … It 's over now, you are safe.
Every one of them was a vassal as well as a lord, and had to command as.
Chalcis was a vassal state under Roman rule during the remainder of Ptolemaeus ' reign.
Additionally, Boniface was a vassal of Philip of Swabia, Isaac 's son-in-law.
Goryeo was a vassal state of Liao, even if the tribute was not paid since 1054.
At other times, Assyria was a vassal state to Urs Third Dynasty in southern Mesopotamia.
Quirigua was a vassal of Copan, founded by a subordinate of Kʼinich Yax Kʼukʼ Moʼ in 426.
Hattori Hanzō was a vassal of the daimyo Tokugawa Ieyasu, and a ninja trained in Iga.
But Shishman was a vassal of Nogal Khan, de facto ruler of the Golden Horde.
Western Guo ( ) was a vassal state in China during the Zhou Dynasty.
Nominally it was a vassal state of the Thai Sukhothai Kingdom until 1314.
Granada was a vassal state of Castile, until finally taken by the Catholic Monarchs in 1492.

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