Constable of France

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The Constable of France was one of the highest-ranking military offices of the French kingdom, serving as the commander-in-chief of the royal armies under the king.

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Label Occurrences
Constable of France canonical 26

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf great office of the Crown of France ⓘ
military office ⓘ
abolishedBy Louis XIII of France ⓘ
linked to: King Louis XIII
appliesToJurisdiction France ⓘ
appointedBy King of France ⓘ
authorityOver Marshals of France in the field ⓘ
linked to: Maréchal de France

royal military officers ⓘ
category Ancien Régime offices ⓘ
French military history ⓘ
country Kingdom of France ⓘ
duty command over Marshals of France ⓘ
military leadership in war ⓘ
organization of military expeditions ⓘ
overall command of the French royal army ⓘ
oversight of royal stables in early origins ⓘ
strategic planning for the king’s armies ⓘ
endTime 1627 ⓘ
etymology from Latin comes stabuli (count of the stable) ⓘ
firstHolder Alberic ⓘ
linked to: Alberic of Francia

Alberic, Count of Vermandois ⓘ
hasPredecessor Marshal of France (as primary military commander in some periods) ⓘ
linked to: Maréchal de France
historicalPeriod Middle Ages ⓘ
Renaissance France ⓘ
linked to: French Renaissance
inception 11th century ⓘ
jurisdiction royal armies of France ⓘ
linked to: French royal forces
languageOfName French ⓘ
lastHolder François de Bonne de Lesdiguières ⓘ
nativeLabel Connétable de France ⓘ
notableOfficeHolder Anne de Montmorency ⓘ
Arthur III, Duke of Brittany ⓘ
Bertrand du Guesclin ⓘ
Charles d’Albret ⓘ
linked to: Charles d'Albret

Gaspard de Coligny (designated but not invested) ⓘ
Louis de Bourbon, Prince de Condé ⓘ
Olivier de Clisson ⓘ
officeType lifetime appointment in most cases ⓘ
partOf Crown of France ⓘ
linked to: French Crown

French royal household ⓘ
linked to: French royal court
precedenceOver Marshals of France ⓘ
linked to: Maréchal de France
privilege right to bear a sword at the king’s side ⓘ
rank one of the highest officers of the Crown ⓘ
reasonForAbolition to reduce power of great nobles and centralize royal authority ⓘ
relatedPosition Constable of Castile ⓘ
Lord High Constable of England ⓘ
role commander-in-chief of the royal armies ⓘ
seat French royal court ⓘ
startTime c. 1060s ⓘ
subordinateTo King of France ⓘ
symbol sword of the Constable ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (26)

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

Arthur de Richemont → positionHeld → Constable of France ⓘ
Marshalate of France → relatedTo → Constable of France ⓘ
Anne de Montmorency → militaryRank → Constable of France ⓘ
Louis I, Duke of Bourbon → positionHeld → Constable of France ⓘ
House of Richelieu → relatedOffice → Constable of France ⓘ
Grand Constable of the Empire → follows → Constable of France ⓘ
Grand Constable of the Empire → modeledAfter → Constable of France ⓘ
Charles d'Albret → positionHeld → Constable of France ⓘ
Charles de Bourbon → positionHeld → Constable of France ⓘ
Bertrand du Guesclin → positionHeld → Constable of France ⓘ
Olivier de Clisson → positionHeld → Constable of France ⓘ
Olivier de Clisson → hasTitle → Constable of France ⓘ
Henri de Montmorency → positionHeld → Constable of France ⓘ
Arthur de Richemont → positionHeld → Constable of France ⓘ
Arthur de Richemont → title → Constable of France ⓘ
John Stewart, Earl of Buchan → positionHeld → Constable of France ⓘ
John Stewart, Earl of Buchan → militaryRank → Constable of France ⓘ
Montmorency noble family → nobleTitle → Constable of France ⓘ
de Montmorency → nobleTitleHeld → Constable of France ⓘ
Arthur de Richemont → positionHeld → Constable of France ⓘ
subject linked to: de Richemont
Arthur de Richemont → honorificTitle → Constable of France ⓘ
subject linked to: de Richemont
Arthur III, Duke of Brittany → militaryRank → Constable of France ⓘ
Charles III, Duke of Bourbon → positionHeld → Constable of France ⓘ
Count of Saint-Pol → associatedTitle → Constable of France ⓘ
Duke of Montmorency → notableOfficeHeldByHolders → Constable of France ⓘ