History Main / FeudalOverlord

* Baron Luthor in the medieval {{Elseworld}} comic ''Franchise/{{Superman}}: Kal''.
* ComicBook/LadyDeath had her own father as a textbook example. A vicious nobleman hated by his subjects that forcibly conscripted them to fight in the Crusades, while behind closed doors, practiced witchcraft and worshiped the Devil. Eventually his cruelty triggered a peasant uprising and stormed his castle, only to witness him being carried away by demons and leaving his daughter behind. The townsfolk condemned the girl as a witch and [[BurnTheWitch burned her at the stake]].

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** Sir Daniel Brackley is a ruthless and manipulative lord who has increased his wealth by constantly playing both sides during the civil war, always backing whoever has the upper hand at the time. He also infamously uses trickery, murders and kidnappings to become the guardian legal of -often gullible and manipulable- underage landholders, steals their inheritance and then offers the farmers living in their lands a choice between fighting under his banner and paying increasingly high taxes or being hanged from a tree.

* The Shoguns and/or Daimyos (depending on the period) in Japan were like this from the late Heian Era onwards, as they wielded the real power while the Emperor was simply a figurehead. This all ended in the Meiji Era when the Shogunate was abolished and replaced with a more centralized government.

* Baron Trutzdrachan in ''Otto of the Silver Hand''.

Historical examples of this trope are a main reason why AristocratsAreEvil. See also SmallTownTyrant, a modern equivalent who shows up in rural areas such as the DeepSouth. Can also feature in the FeudalFuture, if travel is limited.