They also laid claim to the interior, although this remained a rather nominal suzerainty.

Joseon accepted the nominal suzerainty of China.

Frederick recognized the full autonomy of the cities of the Lombard league under his nominal suzerainty.

Nevertheless, the Ragusans thought it prudent to accept the nominal suzerainty of the Hungarian king.

Since the early 8th century, Serbia had a relationship of entirely nominal suzerainty with the Byzantine Empire.

He put his lands under the nominal suzerainty of the count of Toulouse and tried to draw them away from Cerdanya.

To the east lay border regions - Berry and Auvergne - where even the Duke's nominal suzerainty was at times doubtful.

Therefore, Gévaudan was the first Occitan-speaking area to acknowledge the nominal suzerainty of the king of France.

The Ottoman Turks treated Kuwait as an autonomous entity over which the sultans exercised only nominal suzerainty.

Greece was forbidden to annex Crete, but the latter's inhabitants were given autonomy under the nominal suzerainty of the Sultan.

The nominal suzerainty of Cachar and Jaintia came at a heavy price: the Burmese army had suffered heavy casualties.

He found it difficult to control the mainly Burman region of Toungoo (Taungoo), over which Ava had only nominal suzerainty.

The Holy Roman Empire was a loose confederation of large and petty principalities under the nominal suzerainty of the emperor.

On the other hand, the China-based Yuan Dynasty was an ally of the Ikhanate and also held nominal suzerainty over the latter for many decades.

This time, there was no question of nominal suzerainty: El Cid was virtually King of Valencia, though uncrowned.

Although he recognized the nominal suzerainty of the Eastern Emperor, Zeno, his independent policies and increasing strength made him a threat in the eyes of Constantinople.

The kingdom's attempt to wrest nominal suzerainty over Tibet from China ended in a massive Chinese intervention that left Nepal paying tribute to China.

Although the Byzantines held nominal suzerainty of the region (at least of the sea shore) until the 14th century, they had little or no sway over the land in the interior.

With the advice of his chief minister, Wunzin Minyaza, Swasawke decided to let the Shans fight it out among themselves, and secured nominal suzerainty over both states.

Mas'ud believed in accepting the nominal suzerainty of Togha Temur, while Hasan Juri was intent on establishing a Shi'i state.

The Latin Empire (1204-1261), centered in Constantinople and encompassing Thrace and Bithynia, while also exercising nominal suzerainty over the other Crusader states.

The area in turn gave its name to the Sultanate of Borchali that existed there until the eighteenth century, under the nominal suzerainty of the Kingdom of Kartli.

After further warfare another Byzantine victory in 1264 forced him to accept the nominal suzerainty of Michael VIII Palaiologos and to strengthen the bond by dynastic marriages.

He also made peace with the western Mongol khanates as well as the neighboring countries such as Vietnam, which recognized his nominal suzerainty and paid tributes for a few decades.

It is located on the Dufek Coast within the Ross Dependency, a section of Antarctica that is under the nominal suzerainty of Hare's homeland of New Zealand.