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Re:The richest families in Florence in 1427 are still the ri... by zokier on Thursday January 10, 2019 @09:44AM (#18874126)
> After World War II, Czechoslovakia, the predecessor of the Czech Republic and Slovakia, acting to seize what they considered to be German possessions, expropriated the entirety of the Liechtenstein dynasty's hereditary lands and possessions in Bohemia, Moravia, and Silesia which compose the Czech Republic. The expropriations (which were the subject of an unsuccessful court case brought by Liechtenstein in the German courts and the International Court of Justice) included over 1,600 km² (which is ten times the size of Liechtenstein) of agricultural and forest land mostly in Moravia, also including several family castles and palaces.

Yup.

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Re:The richest families in Florence in 1427 are still the ri... by Spooky23 on Thursday January 10, 2019 @09:56AM (#18874228)
Feudal holdings require feudal power.
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Re:The richest families in Florence in 1427 are still the ri... by zokier on Thursday January 10, 2019 @01:28PM (#18876474)
Nevermind that the lands were private property and not feudal holdings.
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