castellan

governor or captain of a castle
Intangible position Q1505781
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castellan

Summary

castellan is a position[1]. castellan ranks in the top 9% of position entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,229 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • castellan's instance of is recorded as position[3].
  • castellan's instance of is recorded as title[4].
  • castellan's instance of is recorded as profession[5].
  • castellan is a type of military position[6].
  • castellan is a type of land agent[7].
  • castellan's Commons category is recorded as Castellans[8].
  • castellan's said to be the same as is recorded as Alcaide[9].
  • castellan's said to be the same as is recorded as châtelain[10].
  • castellan's said to be the same as is recorded as governor[11].
  • castellan's said to be the same as is recorded as burgrave[12].
  • castellan's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Castellans[13].
  • castellan's described by source is recorded as Nordisk familjebok[14].
  • castellan's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
  • castellan's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16].
  • castellan's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Kastellanin'}[17].
  • castellan's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'uk', 'text': 'каштелянка'}[18].
  • castellan's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'kastelanka'}[19].
  • castellan's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'lt', 'text': 'kaštelionė'}[20].
  • castellan's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'kasztelanka'}[21].
  • castellan's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'кастелянка'}[22].
  • castellan's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'gl', 'text': 'casteleira'}[23].
  • castellan's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'kastelánka'}[24].
  • castellan's male form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Kastellan'}[25].
  • castellan's male form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'kastelan'}[26].
  • castellan's male form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'lt', 'text': 'kaštelionas'}[27].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include position[3], title[4], and profession[5]. Recorded subclass of include military position[6] and land agent[7].

Why It Matters

castellan ranks in the top 9% of position entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,229 views/month).[2] castellan has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] castellan is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). castellan. Retrieved October 6, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/castellan
MLA “castellan.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 6 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/castellan.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_castellan_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{castellan}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/castellan}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-06}}
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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 3d ago · KrBot bot · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Castellans
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P910]]: [[Q7783695]], дублирующееся значение / duplicate value"
  2. 6d ago · KrBot bot · 2026-10-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 30
    Wikipedia languages → ['an', 'ar', 'bg', 'bs', 'ca', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'et', 'fa', 'fr', '
    Topic's main category → Category:Castellans
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P910]]: [[Q7783695]], разрешение перенаправления / resolving redirect [[Q108032945]] → [[Q7783695]] ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/KrBotResolvingRedirect/Q108032945_Q778"
  3. 11w ago · Scholastikos · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Subclass of → military position, land agent
    Described by source → Nordisk familjebok, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
    Google knowledge graph id → /g/11ghrc1br6
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbmergeitems-from:0||Q54086385 */ the same"
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