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A petty kingdom is a kingdom described as minor or "petty" (from the French 'petit' meaning small) by contrast to an empire or unified kingdom that either preceded or succeeded it (e.g. the numerous kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England unified into the Kingdom of England in the 10th century, or the numerous Gaelic kingdoms of Ireland as the Kingdom of Ireland in the 16th century). Alternatively, a petty kingdom would be a minor kingdom in the immediate vicinity of larger kingdoms, such as the medieval Kingdom of Mann and the Isles relative to the kingdoms of Scotland or England or the Viking kingdoms of Scandinavia.
In the parallel mainland Southeast Asian political model, petty kingdoms were known as mueang.
By the European High Middle Ages, many post-Roman Early Middle Ages petty kingdoms had evolved into principalities, grand duchies, or duchies. By the European Early Modern era, many of these principalities had been mediatized into larger monarchies, but the ruling families were not considered morganatic for marriage considerations, and ranked equal to royal families in society. The various small states of the Holy Roman Empire are generally not considered to be petty kingdoms since they were at least nominally subject to the Holy Roman Emperor and not fully independent.
A pettykingdom is a kingdom described as minor or "petty" (from the French 'petit' meaning small) by contrast to an empire or unified kingdom that either...
The pettykingdoms of Norway (Bokmål: smårike) were the entities from which the later Kingdom of Norway was founded. Before the unification of Norway...
process by which Norway merged from several pettykingdoms into a single kingdom, predecessor to the modern Kingdom of Norway. King Harald Fairhair is the...
traces its origins from the pettykingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England and early medieval Scotland, which consolidated into the kingdoms of England and Scotland...
the rí tuaithe (king of a single pettykingdom) through the ruiri (a rí who was overking of several pettykingdoms) to a rí ruirech (a rí who was a provincial...
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The Kingdom of Dyfed (Welsh pronunciation: ['dəvɛd]), one of several Welsh pettykingdoms that emerged in 5th-century sub-Roman Britain in southwest Wales...
Kingdom of Gulmi (Nepali: गुल्मी राज्य) was a pettykingdom in the confederation of 24 states known as Chaubisi Rajya. Gulmi was part of the Kingdom of...
The Kingdom of Powys (Welsh: Teyrnas Powys; Latin: Regnum Poysiae) was a Welsh successor state, pettykingdom and principality that emerged during the...
The Kingdom of Palpa (Nepali: पाल्पा राज्य) was a pettykingdom in the confederation of 24 states known as Chaubisi Rajya. Palpa became part of the Kingdom...
determined by the 1814 constitution. The unified kingdom of Norway was established in 872 as a merger of pettykingdoms and has existed continuously for 1151–1152...
during the Iron Age. Tabal (state), a Luwian-speaking Syro-Hittite pettykingdom that existed during the Iron Age. This disambiguation page lists articles...
expanded into the Balkans by the mid 14th century, transforming their pettykingdom into a transcontinental empire. The Ottomans ended the Byzantine Empire...
The Kings of Brega were rulers of Brega, a pettykingdom north of Dublin in medieval Ireland. Brega took its name from Magh Breagh (Breá), meaning "fine...
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Samtskhe, thereby forming the outright long-term division of Georgia into pettykingdoms and principalities. These new realms were not long at peace. Soon after...
pettykingdom of medieval Wales. It is unclear when it emerged as a distinct unit, but according to later sources it consisted of the former Kingdom of...
pettykingdoms on the island of Ireland. Members of some of these families still own land and live in the same broad locations. Significant kingdoms known...
Glywysing was, from the sub-Roman period to the Early Middle Ages, a pettykingdom in south-east Wales. Its people were descended from the Iron Age tribe...
The Kingdom of Lamjung (Nepali: लमजुङ राज्य) was a pettykingdom in the confederation of 24 states known as Chaubisi Rajya. King of Lamjung, Narahari Shah's...
death prior to 804). He sired a son with the princess Alfhild of the pettykingdom of Álfheimr, Ragnar Lodbrok, who succeeded him. Eysteinn Beli, who according...
Welshpool. The county is named after the Kingdom of Powys, which was a Welsh successor state, pettykingdom and principality that emerged during the Middle...
The Kingdom of Lindsey or Linnuis (Old English: Lindesege) was a lesser Anglo-Saxon kingdom, which was absorbed into Northumbria in the 7th century. The...
The Kingdom of Banggai (Jawi: کرجاءن بڠݢاي; romanized: Kerajaan Banggai) was a pettykingdom in present-day Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. It was based...
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