Royal secretary

Royal Secretary is a position at the

court of a monarch

generally responsible for communicating the sovereign's wishes to the other members of government. At times and places it may have a number of other duties. In most cases the royal secretary is a close adviser of the monarch. In some cases the office of Royal Secretary evolved into the Secretary of State.

Biblical

In the Kingdom of Israel the royal secretary had both the duties of private secretary to the king and secretary of state.^[1] In addition, the royal secretary exercised some fiscal duties.^[1]

Great Britain

Currently the royal secretary of Great Britain is denominated Private Secretary to the Sovereign and has been since 1805.

England

Thomas Cromwell was royal secretary to Henry VIII from 1534 to 1540.^[2]

Scotland

Thomas Erskine was royal secretary to James V of Scotland from 1524 to 1525
Patrick Hepburn was royal secretary to James V of Scotland from March 1525 to June 1526
David Ricco (David Rizzio) was royal secretary to Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots. Ricco helped to arrange her marriage to Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley.^[3]

Hungary

János Aczél was royal secretary to Louis II of Hungary circa 1520

Korea

Seungjeongwon was the Royal Secretariat during the Joseon Dynasty of Korea (1392 – 1910).^[4]

Poland

Originally of the office of royal secretary in Poland was the secretary protonotarius (or royal notary).

Jagiellon dynasty the royal secretaries were responsible for arranging the royal correspondence, representing the king at the regional sejms, arranging all kinds of cases most often financial, diplomatic correspondence, and editing the most important public documents. They also kept deputations entertained and resolved disputes between courtiers. The elected kings maintained the tradition and the royal secretary often had a great deal of power.^[6]

Zbigniew Oleśnicki was royal secretary to Władysław II Jagiełło 1401-1434
Piotr Gamrat was royal secretary to Sigismund I the Old
Marcin Kromer was royal secretary to Sigismund I the Old and to Sigismund II Augustus
Stanislaw Bojanowski was royal secretary to Sigismund II Augustus 1543-
Jan Borukowski was royal secretary to Sigismund II Augustus 1553-1566
Jan Zamoyski was royal secretary to Sigismund II Augustus 1566-1572
Maciej Konopacki was royal secretary to Sigismund III Vasa from 1587–1590
Stanisław Łubieński was royal secretary to Sigismund III Vasa from 1591–1613
Paweł Piasecki was royal secretary to Sigismund III Vasa 1613–1627
Jan II Kazimierz
1656-1668
Ignacy Kluczewski was royal secretary to Stanisław II August^[7]
Tadeusz Thullie was the last royal secretary to Stanisław II August

Vatican

The secretary to the Pope, formerly known as Secretarius Domesticus evolved into the Secretariat of State.^[8]

Notes

^ ^a ^b De Vaux, Roland (1997) "Royal Secretary" Ancient Israel: its life and institutions pages 131-132
ISBN 978-0-19-955038-8

^ "David Ricco" Encyclopædia Britannica online

ISBN 89-7199-187-9

^ "protonotariusz" Slownik online (Online Dictionary) in Polish

OCLC 233398956
in Polish

^ "WJP Ignacy Kluczewski pułkownik | Stowarzyszenie Rodów Grodzieńskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-12-31.

OCLC 910015

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[De_Vaux-1] De Vaux, Roland (1997) "Royal Secretary" Ancient Israel: its life and institutions pages 131-132

[2] ISBN 978-0-19-955038-8

[3] "David Ricco" Encyclopædia Britannica online

[4] ISBN 89-7199-187-9

[5] "protonotariusz" Slownik online (Online Dictionary) in Polish

[6] OCLC 233398956
in Polish

[7] "WJP Ignacy Kluczewski pułkownik | Stowarzyszenie Rodów Grodzieńskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-12-31.

[8] OCLC 910015

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