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demesne

type of property (real estate) and a term in the law
Intangible concept Q155231
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Summary

demesne is a concept[1]. demesne draws 5,751 Wikipedia views per month (concept category, ranking #104 of 912).[2]

Key Facts

  • Owned by: seigneur[3]
  • Location: Europe[4]
  • Subclass of: estate in land[5], building[6], property[7], region[8]
  • Opposite of: directship[9]
  • Has part(s): Nuda propiedad[10], usufruct[11], independence[12]
  • Facet of: Succession Law (Germany)[13], feudalism[14]
  • Described by source: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[15], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[16]
  • Time period: Middle Ages[17]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: concrete/abstract disjunction anomalies[18]

Why It Matters

demesne has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] demesne is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). demesne. Retrieved October 27, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/demesne
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_demesne_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{demesne}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/demesne}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-27}}
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 19w ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of wikimedia project → concrete/abstract disjunction anomalies
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/36807|batch #36807]]: tag for concrete/abstract disjunction anomaly"
  2. 21w ago · La Reine d'Angleterre · 2026-06-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) → Nuda propiedad, usufruct, independence
    Subclass of → —
    Google knowledge graph id → /g/1222z5px
    Instance of → concept
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbmergeitems-from:0||Q3457107 */"
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