Grand Master of France

The Grand Master of France (French: Grand Maître de France until about 1380 Souverain Maître d' hôtel du Roi, then to 1388 Grand Maître d' hôtel du Roi ) was in the France of the Ancien Régime and the restoration of the Lord High Steward of the royal house. Opposite him put all the officers of the king the oath (see: Great offices of the crown of France ).

The Grand Master of France was, as the Constable, the marshals, the United Jägermeister and others, one of the great officers of the crown (French: Grand Officiers de la Couronne ). His office badge was a gold-plated silver bar with the Bourbon lilies, similar to the marshal's baton, with a royal crown on the top. The Grand Master added their coat of arms two crossed bars added as decorative coat of arms.

A similar office was the first empire of the grand marshal of the palace.

Grand Master of France ( ancien régime )

  • Jean I de Châtillon († 1363)
  • Jean III. de Melun († 1382 )
  • Thiébaut VIII, Seigneur de Neufchatel († 1459 )
  • Charles de Melun, († August 22, 1468 ), Grand Master from 1465 to 1468.
  • Artus de Gouffier Boisy, Count of Etampes († 1519), 1515
  • René de Savoie, comte de Villars († 1525)
  • Anne, duc de Montmorency 1 ( 1493-1567 ), 1526-1558 (since 1538 also Constable )
  • François, duc de Montmorency 2 († 1579), 1558-59
  • François de Lorraine, duc de Guise 2 ( 1520-1563 ), 1559-1563
  • Henri I de Lorraine, 3rd duc de Guise ( 1549-1588 ), 1563-1588
  • Charles de Lorraine, duc de Guise 4 ( 1571-1640 ), 1588-1594
  • François d' Orléans - Longueville, comte de Saint -Paul, 1594 ( House of Orléans - Longueville )
  • Charles de Bourbon, comte de Soissons
  • Louis de Bourbon, comte de Soissons, 1612-1641
  • Henri II de Bourbon, prince de Condé 3 ( 1588-1646 ), since 1643
  • Louis II de Bourbon, prince de Condé 4 ( 1621-1686 ), 1647-1654; the Great Condé
  • Thomas -François de Savoie - Carignan, 1654
  • Armand de Bourbon, first prince de Conti ( 1629-1666 )
  • Henri III. Jules de Bourbon, prince de Condé fifth ( 1643-1709 ), 1660-1685
  • Louis III. de Bourbon, prince de Condé 6 ( 1668-1710 ), 1685-1710
  • Louis IV Henri de Bourbon, prince de Condé 7 ( 1692-1740 ), 1710-1740
  • Louis V. Joseph de Bourbon, prince de Condé 8 ( 1736-1818 ), since 1740
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