Arch-Treasurer
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An Arch-Treasurer ({{Langx|de|Erzschatzmeister}}, {{Langx|la|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.{{Cite book |last=Whaley |first=Joachim |title=Germany and the Holy Roman Empire. |date=2011 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780199693078 |location=Oxford |page=75 |ref=a}}
History
During the 30 Years' War, 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.{{Cite web |title=The Holy Roman Empire: Household |url=https://www.heraldica.org/topics/national/hre.htm#Household |access-date=2024-05-25 |website=www.heraldica.org}}https://www.heraldica.org/topics/national/hre.htm#Household
In 1706, the Bavarian elector was banned, so the palatine elector returned to the office of Arch-Steward while the office of Arch-Treasurer was transferred to the Elector of Hanover in 1710. The Bavarian elector was reinstated in 1714, so the Bavarian, Palatine and Hanoverian electors' offices changed to Arch-Steward, Arch-Treasurer and Arch-Bannerbearer, respectively, but the House of Hanover kept using the shield of the Arch-treasurership anyway (see Royal coat of arms of Great Britain).
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
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- {{1728}} [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/HistSciTech/HistSciTech-idx?type=turn&entity=HistSciTech000900240175&isize=L]
Category:17th century in the Holy Roman Empire