Afterlehen
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Afterlehen
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An Afterlehen or Afterlehn (plural: Afterlehne, Afterlehen) is a fief that the liege lord has himself been given as a fief and which he has then, in turn, enfeoffed wholly or partially to a lesser vassal or vassals. The term is German. It is variously referred to in English as a mesne-fief or mesne-tenure, an arriere-fief or subfief, under-tenure or mesnalty. Within the Holy Roman Empire, these mesne fiefs became inheritable over time and could have up to five "stations" between the actual holde
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2023-03-14T16:21:33Z
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