seigniory in a sentence

Examples

1. In 1672, Jean Talon granted him, with two other partners, the lordship of seigniory of Riviere-du-Loup December 23, 1673.
2. In 1326, in order to counter the expansionism of Republic of Florence, Prato submitted voluntarily under the seigniory of Robert of Anjou, King of Naples.
3. In the 18th century the seigniory was abolished in favour of freehold land property, thus the family von der Lieth and the peasants turned into independent farmers.
4. The following year, however, he became the Ghibelline leader in Romagna, receiving the seigniories of Cesena and Bertinoro and establishing a firm rule on Forl?
5. He was the first Canadian settler to be ennobled by King Louis XIV . He died at his seigniory in Boucherville, which was named in his honour.
6. In 1674, during the Revolution in Messina, the Arezzos supported the Lighthouse Town, and after the rebels were defeated, they lost the seigniory over Fiumefreddo.
7. After inheriting the seigniory of Imola after the death of his father, Guidantonio Manfredi, he struggled long with his uncle Astorre II Manfredi, who held Faenza.
8. When in 1795, the French replaced these six seigniories by a newly created municipality, they adopted the name of the parish ( Pont-?Celles ).
9. He adopted as his heir Francesco Maria della Rovere, his sister's child and nephew of Pope Julius II, thus uniting the seigniory of Senigallia with Urbino.
10. His son Alessandro was cardinal and, from 1605, pope as Bernadetto founded the southern Italian line of the family by acquiring the seigniory of Ottaiano, near Naples.