Were there lords in Bavaria?

Question

I'm 17 and I'm writing a novel about vampires. it starts out in Bavaria but i need help with th time line. and the main character is a servant for a powerful lord, or something like that i need to find what was going on from the 1800's to the time when they were starting to live in america. this is to make it more accurate. can someone please give me some information or ideas? thanx

Answer 1

read this

http://www.zum.de/whkmla/region/germany/...

and this

http://micronations.wikia.com/wiki/Duchy...

the powerful people seem to be dukes and princebishops but no lords.....