marcher lordship of Cemaes

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The marcher lordship of Cemaes was a semi-autonomous Norman frontier lordship in north Pembrokeshire, Wales, established during the Norman expansion into southwest Wales and ruled by powerful marcher lords.

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marcher lordship of Cemaes canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf feudal lordship
marcher lordship
borderedBy Cantref of Cemais
Kingdom of Deheubarth
containsRegion Cemaes
containsSettlement Cilgerran
Nevern
Newport, Pembrokeshire
country Wales
establishedDuring Norman expansion into southwest Wales
hasCapital Newport, Pembrokeshire
hasCharacteristic frontier territory
militarized border zone
hasLegalSystem marcher law
hasPoliticalStatus semi-autonomous
hasRight right to build castles
right to grant charters
right to hold courts
right to wage private war
hasRulingClass Norman marcher lords
hasTypeOfGovernment feudal lordship
historicalRegion medieval Wales
linked to: Medieval Wales
languageUsed Norman French
linked to: Anglo-Norman

Welsh
locatedIn Pembrokeshire
north Pembrokeshire
southwest Wales
linked to: West Wales
partOf Norman frontier in Wales
linked to: Welsh Marches

Welsh Marches
religion Latin Christianity

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Norman conquest of south-west Wales involves marcher lordship of Cemaes