Chamberlain

In the Holy Roman Empire and its territories, the treasurer was called the treasurer when he exercised this court office as an inheritance .

At the coronation of an emperor or Roman king , it had been the property of the Margrave of Brandenburg as an ore office since 1356 . He bore the title of Archic Chamberlain ( Archicamerarius ) and carried a golden imperial scepter in a blue field as an official sign in his coat of arms . In the course of time, the arch chamberlain was increasingly represented in his ceremonial duties by envoys or an imperial chamberlain appointed for this purpose .

Important office holders in various empire territories

• Konrad Rupert von Boxberg received office and dignity of treasurer of the Duchy of Franconia with the rule of Schweinberg in 1287
• The gentlemen von und zu Schachten were hereditary treasurers of the ladies' monastery in Heerse from 1246
• Arnold von Berlepsch was Treasurer of Hesse from 1369
• Knight Emond von Engelsdorf (1330-1398) was from 1384 Chamberlain of the Duchy of Luxembourg
• Conrad IX. von Weinsberg (around 1370–1448) served as Imperial Treasurer in the service of King (later Emperor) Sigismund and King Albrecht II.
• In the Bock von Wülfingen family , the eldest of the Bockerode , Gronau and Elze lines was alternately hereditary treasurer of the Hildesheim Monastery from 1400 onwards
• Arnold von Harff was Treasurer of the Duchy of Geldern from 1504–1505
• Hans IX. von Validlingen († 1514) was from 1495 Chamberlain of Württemberg
• Christian Julius von Hoym (1586–1656) was hereditary treasurer of the Principality of Halberstadt
• Daniel Dietrich von Landsberg zu Erwitte was Treasurer of Kurköln from 1647
• From 1652 Alexander Erskein was hereditary treasurer of the duchies of Bremen and Verden
• Adolf Sigismund Baron Raitz von Frentz zu Kendenich (Baron since April 4, 1635), House Marshal of the Electorate of Cologne; Landhofmeister of the Electorate of Cologne (1640–1651), bailiff of Hülchrath, since 1620 enfeoffed with the office of treasurer of the archbishopric of Cologne.
• Ferdinand Baron Raitz von Frentz zu Kendenich, hereditary treasurer, secret council and since 1647 also chief stable master of the Archbishopric of Cologne.
• Otto von Schwerin (1645–1705) was hereditary treasurer of the Kurmark
• Lorenz Christoph von Somnitz (1612–1678) was from 1655 heir Chamberlain of Western Pomerania
• Joachim Andreas von Maltzan , Freiherr zu Wartenberg (1707–1786), was from 1779 chief treasurer in the Duchy of Silesia
• Johann Matthias von Galen (1800–1880), the father of Maximilian Gereon Graf von Galen , was hereditary treasurer of the Principality of Münster

See also

Chamberlain (title of nobility)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Hereditary offices in Meyer's Large Conversation Lexicon.
2. ↑ Lutz Jansen: Frens Castle - Contributions to the cultural history of an aristocratic seat on the Erft . Association for history and local history Quadrath-Ichendorf eV, Bergheim 2008, p. 107 (with further references).
3. ↑ Landschaftsverband Rheinland - LVR archive advice and training center: The documents of the archive of Frens Castle. Regesten , Volume II: 1566–1649 (= inventories of non-governmental archives, Vol. 51). Bonn 2011, pages 349 (with further references).