Seneschal

Seneschal is the historical name for a courtly office.

Etymology

The word comes from the Seneschal two basic words Schalk ( for a servant ) and Marshal. The qualifier is a last vestige of the Indo-European root sen ( o) in the definition of old. A similar significance has Latin senex " the old man " and Old High German Scalc " the servant ". In French sénéchal means " Altknecht " (ie, the most experienced, ältestgediente or chief servant, not " servant retired "). As Seneschal one called the Carolingians in the highest court officials, the head of the royal house system. He corresponds with the German kings and emperors, the Office of the Steward. In the later Middle Ages, the royal court administrator or chief judicial officers of a district is called the Seneschal.