A castellan was the governor or caretaker of a castle or keep. The role was often part way between that of a majordomo and that of a military administrator — while a castellan was responsible for the work of a castle's domestic staff, as a majordomo was, the castellan was also often responsible for maintaining defences and protecting the castle's lands. This was particularly the case if there was no lord resident at the castle, or if the resident lord was frequently absent. The Alcázar of Segovia, Spain A castle (from the Latin castellum, diminutive of castra, a military camp, in turn the plural of castrum or watchpost), is a fort, a camp and the logical development of a fortified enclosure. ... A keep is a strong central tower which forms the heart of a castle. ... A majordomo is the head (major) person of a domestic staff (domo), one who acts on behalf of a usually absent owner of a typically large residence. ...

In France, castellans (known in French as Châtelains) who governed castles without resident nobles acquired considerable powers, and the position actually became a hereditary fiefdom. Also, there was at times a castellan among the Officers of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. Châtelain (Med. ... Under the system of feudalism, a fiefdom, fief, feud or fee, consisted of heritable lands or revenue-producing property granted by a liege lord in return for a vassal knights service (usually fealty, military service, and security). ... There were six major officers of the Kingdom of Jerusalem: constable, marshal, seneschal, chamberlain, butler, and chancellor. ...

In the Kingdom of Poland and later Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth the castellans (Polish: kasztelan) were often considered to be subordinates of voivoides (with the exception of the Castellan of Cracow, which had a priviliged position, being Commonwealth capital untill 1596). Castellans whey were in charge of a part of the voivodship called castellany till 15th century, and from that time their domain was divided into provinces for Greater Castellans and powiat’s for Minor Castellans. Chancellors were district officials and had the right to attend sessions of Polish parliament, the Sejm. This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... For the heavy metal music band see Voivod (band). ... Motto: none Voivodship Lesser Poland Municipal government Rada miasta Kraków Mayor Jacek Majchrowski Area 326,8 km² Population  - city  - urban  - density 757,500 (2004 est. ... In politics a capital (also called capital city or political capital — although the latter phrase has an alternative meaning based on an alternative meaning of capital) is the principal city or town associated with its government. ... Events February 5 - 26 catholics crucified in Nagasaki, Japan. ... A Voivodship ( Romanian: Voievodat, Polish: Województwo, Serbian: Vojvodstvo or Vojvodina) was a feudal state in medieval Romania, Hungary, Poland, Russia and Serbia (see Vojvodina), ruled by a Voivod. ... A castellany is a province rulled by a castellan. ... (14th century - 15th century - 16th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 15th century was that century which lasted from 1401 to 1500. ... This article is about political regions. ... Powiat is the Polish name for county, a second-level unit of the administrative division and local government in Poland. ... The debating chamber or hemicycle of the European Parliament in Brussels. ... This article is about the lower chamber of Polish parliament. ...