The Democratic Socialist Party, which Mr. Ecevit heads, is a closely held family fief.

At the death of his father, Roberto inherited the family fiefs.

The closest he had ever come to that was during his annual childhood visits to Rosewater County, to the family fief.

In 1700 Antoniotto's father died, and, as the family fiefs went to his elder brother Alessandro, he chose a military career.

On November 27, 1700 she inherited the family fiefs from her sister Olimpia, including Piombino.

Allah Bux Soomro was born in the family fief of Shikarpur in northern Sindh in 1900.

His career was turbulent and stained by sectarian bloodshed, and he finally lost the family fief - the Prime Minister's post - in 1989.

His daughter Adelaide married to Romano di Gentile Orsini, who added the city to the family fiefs.

After a first sojourn in France, Pier Maria returned to Italy and here he defended the family fiefs alongside his uncle.

They were from Valencia, the name coming from the family fief of Borja, then in the kingdom of Aragon, in Spain.