Thegn
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thegn-161-13964837
title:
Thegn
text:
In later Anglo-Saxon England, a thegn or thane was an aristocrat who owned substantial land in one or more counties. Thanes ranked at the third level in lay society, below the king and ealdormen. Thanage refers to the tenure by which lands were held by a thane as well as the rank. The term thane was also used in early medieval Scandinavia for a class of retainers, and thane was a title given to local royal officials in medieval eastern Scotland, equivalent in rank to the child of an earl.
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Medieval British and Scandinavian noble title
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thegn
date created:
2003-10-04T12:42:34Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T07:35:22Z
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fields total:
13
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