Travel marshal

The traveling marshal was a senior court official.

definition

The travel marshal accompanied rulers or high nobility on their travels. Before that, he had organized, procured and prepared everything needed for the trip. He was the superior of the traveling servants personnel to the example of Reisehofbäcker, travel butler , Travel mouth Koch, Reisehofcassier, Reisehofprofoss and many more included. During the trip he took care of the more important matters. Lower princes had only a travel stable master instead of the traveling marshal .

Up to our day, the respective Pope uses a travel marshal.

Travel marshals

• Renato Boccardo , travel marshal of Pope John Paul II.
• Anton von Branconi and Bonaventura von Brederlow , traveling marshals of Duke Franz von Anhalt-Dessau
• Alberto Gasbarri , travel marshal of Pope Benedict XVI.
• Carl Ernst von Malortie , travel marshal of the later King Ernst August of Hanover
• Thankmar von Münchhausen (1795–1864), travel marshal of the Duke of Württemberg
• Caspar von Schomberg , general, travel marshal of the Prince of Anjou, who later became King Henry III of France .
• Georg Ernst von Sturmfeder (1727–1793) was a senior bailiff in Mosbach, a secret councilor and travel marshal
• Roberto Tucci , cardinal, travel marshal of Pope John Paul II.
• Johannes Georg von Witzleben (1677–1743), chamberlain and travel marshal of the Prince of Schwarzburg

literature

• Travel marshal . In: Heinrich August Pierer , Julius Löbe (Hrsg.): Universal Lexicon of the Present and the Past . 4th edition. tape 14 . Altenburg 1862, p. 18 ( zeno.org ).
• Adelung: Grammatical-Critical Dictionary of High German Dialect , 1798, Volume 3, Page 1063 on zeno.org
• JG Krünitz: Economic Encyclopedia , 1773-1858
• Ingeborg Meyer-Sickendiek: His Majesty the travel marshal . In: Die Zeit , No. 2/1957

Web links

• Papal “travel marshal” visited Austria . ORF, February 9, 2007