Arch-Treasurer
An Arch-Treasurer (
Latin: Archithesaurarius) is a chief treasurer, specifically the great treasurer of the Holy Roman Empire. The title of Arch-Treasurer was only ceremonially significant, as it was only used in the coronation of Emperors.[1]
History
During the
Frederick V, Elector Palatine, lost his electorate and title of Arch-Steward in February 1623 to Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria. The electorate and Arch-Stewardship was given to Bavaria by the emperor Ferdinand II. After the war, a new electoral position was given to Frederick's son, Charles, and the office of Arch-Treasurer was created for him in 1652[2]
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In 1706, the Bavarian elector was
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The Hanoverian elector returned to the Arch-Treasurer office in 1777, when the Palatine branch of the House of Wittelsbach inherited Bavaria and the Arch-Steward office. They retained their offices until the end of the empire in 1806.
References
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chambers, Ephraim, ed. (1728). Cyclopædia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (1st ed.). James and John Knapton, et al.
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