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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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