To help control large areas of land and people (after the Dark Ages).
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In the United States, the president is the Commander in Chief, therefore during war-time he is the one in charge. In the feudal system, the king is in charge of the military.
Feudal government was an unfair system used in ancient timesFeudalism involves a hierarchy consisting of a king, nobles, and peasants. The king grants land to the nobles and the nobles have peasants work the land. The peasants are provided shelter, food, and protection in exchange for increasing the wealth of the nobles.
The Spanish king or queen granted haciendas to the viceroys they placed in control of various parts of their empire that they had during their span of power in the New World (1521-1898). They also granted haciendas to other nobles of the quasi-feudal system that existed such as grandees, hidalgos, and other small classes that existed within the Spanish feudal system, which was very unique to the French/English one and very similar to the Portuguese one.
King William III of Britain, husband of Mary Stuart.
First was Edward the Confessor and after he died it was Harold Godwinson and then William the Conqueror.