Maison Du Roi - Great Officers of The Royal Household

Great Officers of The Royal Household

The major offices of the royal household are sometimes listed as the grands officiers de la maison du roi de France, not to be confused with the Great Officers of the Crown of France, with which it overlaps in part. Although lists of the Great Officers vary, the following are generally considered Great Officers of the Royal Household:

Domestic household:

  • Grand Maître de France (also one of the Great Officers of the Crown of France)
  • the First Maître d'hôtel (Chief Butler) - overseeing the king's table and the bouches du roi
  • the Grand Panetier of France, overseeing bread
  • the Grand Échanson de France, overseeing wine
  • the First "Écuyer tranchant", who cuts the meat of the king
  • the Grand Chambrier of France or the Grand Chambellan of France, head of the King's chambre, (also one of the Great Officers of the Crown of France)
  • the four First gentlemen of the King's Chamber, who oversee the King's chambre
  • the four First Valets of the King's Chamber, who oversee, under the direction of the first gentlemen, the King's chambre
  • the Grand Maître de la garde-robe, who oversees the King's wardrobe
  • the Grand Écuyer de France, the head stablemaster (also one of the Great Officers of the Crown of France)
  • the first écuyer de France, who seconds the Grand écuyer
  • the Grand Huntsman of France (Grand Veneur), who directs royal hunts, especially the stag hunt
  • the Grand Falconer of France, who directs royal hunts using birds of prey
  • the Grand Louvetier of France, who directs royal hunts of wolves and boar
  • the Grand Master of Ceremonies of France (grand maître des cérémonies), who directs court ceremonies and protocol
  • the Grand Marshal of lodging (maréchal des logis), who oversees lodging of the king, of the court and of the royal household
  • the Grand Provost of France, who heads the court police, and for this purpose, has jurisdiction over the military troops of the Maison du roi
  • the Grand Almoner of France, at the head of the royal chapel and the head of the Ecclesiastical House of the King (the maison ecclésiastique du roi de France)
  • the first Almoner of France, who aids the Grand Almoner

Military household:

Captain of the bodyguard
Captain-colonel of the Cent-Suisses
Colonel General of the Suisses et Grisons
Captain-colonel of the guards of the king's door
Captain-lieutenant of the gendarmes of the guard
Captain-lieutenant of the chevau-légers (light cavalry) of the guard
Colonel General of the Musketeers of the guard
Captain-lieutenant of the first company of the Musketeers of the guard
Captain-lieutenant of the grenadiers à cheval of the guard

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