| During the Eastern Zhou royal power declined and there was a concomitant growth in the feudal fiefs, some becoming quasi-independent kingdoms. |
| Those who fought with him at Hastings did very well, receiving lands all over England as fiefs. |
| Henry renounced lay investiture, but prelates were to continue to do homage for their fiefs. |
| After complicated manoeuvring on both sides, in 1202 King Philip announced that John had forfeited the Plantagenet fiefs in France. |
| In retaliation, Teresa tried to lay claim to the Barberini fiefs in the Kingdom of Naples, but she did not pursue this very far. |
| John became Lord of Ireland in 1177, but he did not receive any actual fiefs, so he got nicknamed John Lackland. |
