Chamberlain

Chamberlain was originally a young nobleman who had the task of serving a princely person in their rooms. In the times of absolutism , this was a position at the court of a king or ruling prince, often largely relieved of real duties , which allowed the acquisition of world knowledge and personal relationships with a career in the military and diplomacy. The chamberlain was under the authority of the court marshal. His rank was below that of the Chamberlains and the rank of the chamber pages . At courtyards with the Austro-Burgundian ceremonial, the corresponding rank is indicated with a Truchsess .

At the burial of Elector Johann Georg II of Saxony in 1680, 38 chamber junkers were recorded. In 1753 there was August III at the Saxon royal court . 88 squirees and in 1775 at the court of Duke Carl Eugen von Württemberg a total of 70.

In tsarist Russia the chamberlain was the lowest court rank according to the rank table . Originally he belonged to the 9th class, from 1737 to the 6th, from 1742 to the 5th. After 1809 it was the lowest court rank for people who belonged to the ranks 4 to 9, from 1890 5 to 8. At the beginning of 1915 there were 394 squires in Russia.

literature

• Johann Georg Krünitz: Economic encyclopedia or general system of the state, city, house and agriculture in 242 volumes published from 1773 to 1858.