King's Thane Forne Sigulfsson

• General Notes
  • Title: Royalty for Commoners, by Stuart
    
    Thegn: a VASSAL, usually a manorial LORD, holding land by military or administrative services in Anglo-Saxon and early Norman England.
    A dignitary under the Anglo-Saxons and Danes in England. Of these there were two orders, the king's thanes, who attended the kings in their courts and held lands immediately of them, and the ordinary thanes, who were lords of manors and who had particular jurisdiction within their limits. After the Conquest, this title was disused, and baron took its place. &hand; Among the ancient Scots, thane was a title of honor, which seems gradually to have declined in its significance
    

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