Billunger

...Since then, the family not only ruled the Kingdom of Germany for over a century, but also took on the task of defending and governing the entire Western Christian world after Otto I became emperor (962) (Saxony dynasty). The exercise of the Grand Duchy in Saxony was entrusted to one of the powerful families, the Billunger family, but their rule did not extend to the entire tribal territory. From around the middle of the 11th century, this region also entered a period of full-scale feudal system formation, and many families began to form independent territorial rule with their own castles as their bases. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Billunger" is listed below.

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…これ以来，同家は1世紀余にわたりドイツ王国を支配したばかりでなく，オットー1世が皇帝位をえてからは(962)，西方キリスト教世界全体を防衛，統治する任務をも負うことになった(ザクセン朝)。そこで，ザクセンにおける大公権の行使は，有力豪族の一つビルング家Billungerにゆだねられたが，その支配は部族領域全域には及ばなかった。　11世紀中葉ごろから，この地方も本格的な領主制形成期に入り，多くの豪族がそれぞれの拠点城郭を核とする自立的領域支配の形成へと向かう。…

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