He would have to be content with a petty kingdom in a land of barbarians.

It appears that it had a separate existence as a petty kingdom prior to this time.

In the late Iron Age, Oppland was a petty kingdom.

These petty kingdoms were swept aside by the Tudor plantations.

Before the unification of Norway, Romerike was a petty kingdom.

There were many petty kingdoms in Scotland before its unification.

Dyfed, a petty kingdom between c. 410-920, merged into Deheubarth through inheritance.

The influence of these petty kingdoms outside the valley varied over time.

Nikifor founded a petty kingdom among the local Daur people.

Many such regions were petty kingdoms up to the early Viking age.