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Meaning of "were vassals"

Were vassals: This phrase describes individuals or groups who were in a subordinate position and under the control or protection of a feudal lord or monarch in medieval times

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were vassals
Of the people were vassals.
The clan were vassals of the earls of Ross.
Isuwa continued to be ruled by kings who were vassals of the Hittites.
They were vassals of the bishops of Passau.
It is inferred that they were vassals of the Gupta Empire.
They, too, were vassals of the Waldgraves and they maintained a common administration and jurisdiction.
The inhabitants of the castle Falkenberg were vassals of Ravensburg.
His parents were vassals of the samurai Nabeshima clan.
Their capital was located at Vemulavada, and they were vassals of the Rashtrakutas.
The family were vassals of the Bishop of Barcelona.
At the time, as Jona Lendering explains it, the Persians were vassals of the Medes.
His successors were vassals of the Chaulukya kings of Gujarat.
Dál Riada was ruled by the O'Lynch clan, who were vassals of the Ulidians.
The Aztecs were vassals of Azcapotzalco earlier in their history.
During the Sengoku period, the Mibu were vassals of the Utsunomiya clan.

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They were vassals of King of Bohemia.
He and his predecessors before him were vassals of the Timurids of Samarkand.
The Jews were vassals of the king, the same as Christian commoners.
Its capital was in Bielsko, dukes were vassals of the King of Bohemia.
The gokenin were vassals of the shōgun during the Kamakura, Ashikaga, and Tokugawa shogunates.
At the start of Tlacaelel 's tenure, the Mexica were vassals.
Previously they were vassals of Kangju.
They were vassals of the Samanids until their fall in 908.
Dál Riada ruled by O'Lynch clan, who were vassals of Ulidians.
The Baba were vassals of the Takeda clan.
From at least 1486 the lords of Morungen were vassals at the castle.
Its ancient inhabitants were vassals of the Sultanate of Sulu and North Borneo.
Before Pomerelia regained independence in 1227, their dukes were vassals of Poland and Denmark.
The Lords of Durban were vassals of the viscounts of Narbonne.
The castle dates to 1333, and its owners were vassals of the Duchy of Jülich.
The kings were vassals of the nobles, counts, marquises, dukes.
In the 18th century, the Sihanaka were vassals of the Boina Kingdom.
At this time, they were vassals of the Persian Sassanids.
On the one hand, they were vassals of the King of Sicily.
The Chagatai Khanate and Kartids were vassals of Ilkhanate till dissolution of latter in 1335.

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