Erbherr

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Erbherr, German for Hereditary Lord, is not only a generic description for feudal Lords whose Lordships (regardless of the title attached) had officially been made hereditary (form the start of later), but is also conferred as a formal title, of low rank (e.g. comparable to Seigneur in French), in the Holy Roman Empire, to which this article is devotes.

Cases include:

• Dondangen in Latvia
• Saggad in Estonia
• Hacking

[edit] Sources and references

• WorldStatesmen- Latvia

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