Arch Chancellor (Franconian Empire)

In the Franconian Empire and later in the West Franconian Empire , the Arch Chancellor was the head of the royal or imperial chancellery under the Carolingians .

He was first appointed by Pippin the Younger , who made Badilon his arch-chancellor in 757 . Badilon's successors came almost exclusively from the Frankish clergy, including an illegitimate son and a grandson of Charlemagne ( Gauzlin ) and, in the 10th century , especially the respective Archbishop of Reims .

The first Capetian king , Hugo Capet , did not appoint a successor after the death of the last Carolingian arch-chancellor, Adalbero von Reims . The heads of the Capetian chancellery held the title of Chancellor of France .

See also: Imperial Chancellor as three (for Germany, Italy and Burgundy) of the ore offices in the Holy Roman Empire .

List of Carolingian Arch Chancellors

• Badilon, 757-766
• Ithier , 766-776, then abbot of Saint-Martin de Tours ,
• Rado, Abbot of Saint-Vaast , around 776 - before 797
• Erchambaud, before 797–812
• Jeremias, 813 testified
• Helisachar, Abbot of Saint-Aubin in Angers , 814–819
• Fridugisus , Abbot of Saint-Martin de Tours , 819–832
• Theoto, Abbot of Marmoutier , 832-834
• Hugo , illegitimate son of Charlemagne , Abbot of Saint-Bertin , 834–840 ( Carolingian )
• Ludwig , Abbot of Saint-Denis , grandson of Charlemagne , 840–867 ( Rorgonids )
• Gauzlin , abbot of Jumièges , then abbot of St. Germain-des-Prés , half-brother of Ludwig, 867–879 ( Rorgonids )
• Wulfhard , Abbot of Flavigny , 879–881 ( Matfriede )
• Gauzlin , Abbot of Jumièges , then Abbot of St. Germain-des-Prés , 2nd time, 883–884
• Liutward von Vercelli , Bishop of Vercelli , 885–887 in the entire empire (previously under Charles III)
• Liutbert , Archbishop of Mainz , 887
• Ebalus, Abbot of St. Germain-des-Prés , son of Duke Ranulf I of Aquitaine , 888–891
• Ancheris, Archbishop of Paris , 892
• Augier, Bishop of Autun , 893
• Ancheris, Archbishop of Paris , 2nd time, 894–896
• Gautier, Archbishop of Sens , 894–898 ( list of the Montmorency family )
• Fulk the Venerable , Archbishop of Reims , 898–900
• Ancheris, Archbishop of Paris , 3rd time, 900–910
• Hervé , Archbishop of Reims , 910–919
• Radbod , Archbishop of Trier , testified in 913 in Lotharingia
• Ruotger von Trier , Archbishop of Trier , 916–923
• Abbo , Bishop of Soissons , 922–931
• Ansegisel, Bishop of Troyes , 931–936
• Artold , Archbishop of Reims , 937–940
• Héry, Bishop of Langres , 940–942
• Hugo von Vermandois , Archbishop of Reims , testified in 943
• Géronce de Déols, Archbishop of Bourges , 944–948
• Achard, Bishop of Langres , testified in 946
• Artold , Archbishop of Reims , 949–961
• Odelrich , Archbishop of Reims , 961–969
• Adalbéron , Archbishop of Reims , 969–989

literature

• Jean Favier , Dictionnaire de la France médiévale (1993), pages 236/237