Grand stable master of France
The Grand Equestrian of France ( Grand Ecuyer de France ) was one of the Grand Officers of the Crown of France in the Ancien Régime .
Initially referred to as Maitre de l'Ecurie (stable master), the Grand Écuyer was raised to the rank of Grand Officer of the Crown around 1470. The first incumbent was Alain Goyon, Herr von Villiers, Thieuville and Mesnilgarnier.
The Grand Écuyer, called general Monsieur Le Grand , was responsible for the royal stables . He was personally subordinate to the Grande Écurie in Versailles , while his representative, the Premier Écuyer de France ( Monsieur Le Premier ) had the Petite Écurie under himself. Mainly the royal stud belonged to the Grande Écurie , the Petite Écurie was more responsible for the fleet. The responsibility of the great equerry extended to the training of the nobility in the military arts throughout the kingdom. As a result, he was allowed to carry the king's sword during royal ceremonies outside the palace.
From 1643 until the French Revolution , the great stable master came from the House of Lorraine and its French line, the Guisen .
The title was reintroduced under Napoléon Bonaparte .
Grand stable master of France
- 1419-1432: André de Toulongeon
- 1470–1483: Alain Goyon, Lord of Villiers, Thieuville and Mesnilgarnier
- 1483–1505: Pierre II d'Urfé, lord of Urfé, la Bastie, Saint-Géran-le-Puy, Montagu and Rochefort
- 1505–1525: Galéas de San-Severino (Saint-Séverin), lord of Mehun-sur-Yèvre
- 1525–1546: Jacques Galiot Ricard de Genouillac, Lord of Assier-en-Quercy
- 1546–1570: Claude Gouffier, Duke of Roannais, Margrave of Boisy, Count of Maulévrier and Caravas , Lord of Oiron
- 1570–1597: Léonor Chabot, Count of Charny and Buzançais, Lord of Pagny
- 1597–1605: Charles de Lorraine , Margrave, then Duke of Elbeuf , Count of Harcourt , Lillebonne and Rieux
- 1605-1611: Roger II. De Saint-Lary
- 1611–1621: César-Auguste de Saint-Lary, Baron of Termes
- 1621–1639: Roger II. De Saint-Lary , 2nd time, 1619 Duke of Bellegarde
- 1639–1643: Henri de Coëffier de Ruzé d'Effiat, marquis de Cinq-Mars
- 1643–1658: Henri de Lorraine , Count of Harcourt
- 1666–1718: Louis de Lorraine , Count of Armagnac
- 1718–1752: Charles de Lorraine , Count of Armagnac ("le prince Charles")
- 1752–1761: Louis-Charles de Lorraine
- 1761–1790: Charles-Eugène de Lorraine , Prince of Lambesc
- 1804-1814: Armand de Caulaincourt