Grand Master of Ceremonies

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The Grand Master of Ceremonies was a high-ranking official responsible for organizing and overseeing formal events, protocol, and ceremonial functions at the Napoleonic imperial court.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Napoleonic imperial court office ⓘ
ceremonial position ⓘ
court office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Napoleonic imperial court ⓘ
appointedBy Napoleon I of France ⓘ
linked to: Napoleon I
country First French Empire ⓘ
dissolved 1814 ⓘ
domain court ceremonial ⓘ
court protocol ⓘ
state ceremonies ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver order of precedence at court ⓘ
processions and formal entries ⓘ
protocol for presentation to the Emperor ⓘ
seating arrangements at ceremonies ⓘ
hasCharacteristic close proximity to the sovereign ⓘ
highly formalized procedures ⓘ
symbolic representation of imperial authority ⓘ
hasLowerRank Master of Ceremonies ⓘ
ushers of the imperial court ⓘ
hasTitleInFrench Grand maître des cérémonies ⓘ
historicalPeriod Napoleonic era ⓘ
inception 1804 ⓘ
influenced ceremonial practices of later 19th-century European courts ⓘ
influencedBy Ancien Régime French court ceremonial ⓘ
jurisdiction imperial court ceremonies of the First French Empire ⓘ
locatedInTime early 19th century ⓘ
officeHolderRank high-ranking court official ⓘ
partOf Imperial Household of Napoleon I ⓘ
Maison de l’Empereur ⓘ
positionHeldBy Alexandre de Talleyrand-Périgord ⓘ
Armand de Caulaincourt ⓘ
Louis-Philippe de Ségur ⓘ
replaced similar ceremonial offices of the Ancien Régime ⓘ
replacedBy restored Bourbon court ceremonial offices ⓘ
reportsTo Emperor of the French ⓘ
Grand Marshal of the Palace ⓘ
responsibleFor arranging official audiences ⓘ
coordinating coronation ceremonies ⓘ
directing ceremonial functions ⓘ
organizing diplomatic receptions ⓘ
organizing formal events at the imperial court ⓘ
overseeing court protocol ⓘ
planning imperial receptions ⓘ
supervising etiquette at court functions ⓘ
seat Tuileries Palace ⓘ
usedLanguage French ⓘ
workLocation Paris ⓘ
imperial residences of the First French Empire ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Napoleonic imperial court → hasOffice → Grand Master of Ceremonies ⓘ
Grand Chamberlain of the Empire → relatedTo → Grand Master of Ceremonies of the Empire ⓘ
linked to: Grand Master of Ceremonies
Great Officers of the Crown of France → includesOffice → Grand Master of Ceremonies ⓘ
Court of Napoleon III → hasPart → Grand Master of Ceremonies ⓘ
Imperial Household → hasPart → Grand Master of Ceremonies ⓘ