Chancellor of the Crown

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The Chancellor of the Crown was a high-ranking official in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth responsible for overseeing the royal chancery and state administration, particularly in matters of foreign policy and internal governance.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Chancellor of the Crown canonical 2
Grand Chancellor of the Crown 1

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf government office
abolished late 18th century
abolishedAsPartOf Partitions of Poland
appliesToJurisdiction Crown of the Kingdom of Poland
appointedBy King of Poland
monarch of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
country Kingdom of Poland (within the Commonwealth)
linked to: Kingdom of Poland

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
differentFrom Chancellor of Lithuania
hasPart Vice-Chancellor of the Crown
linked to: Vice-Chancellor
historicalPeriod Early modern period
linked to: Early Modern period

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth era
inception 16th century
languageOfWork Latin
Polish
locationOfWork royal court in Kraków
royal court in Warsaw
memberOf Senate of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
officeHolderRole chief of state administration for the Crown
head of the royal chancery
senior royal adviser
officeScope Crown territories only
oversaw Crown chancery
participatedIn foreign policy decision-making
internal governance of the Commonwealth
partOf central administration of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
royal court of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
linked to: Polish royal court
positionHierarchy one of the highest secular offices in the Commonwealth
rank senior senator
responsibleFor archiving state documents
custody of the great seal of the Crown
drafting international treaties
foreign policy documentation
internal governance documentation
issuing royal charters
oversight of diplomatic correspondence
preparing royal decrees
royal chancery
sealing state documents
supervision of chancery officials
sharesPowersWith Vice-Chancellor of the Crown
linked to: Vice-Chancellor
subordinateTo King of Poland
monarch of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
termOfOffice life tenure in practice
usedSeal Great Seal of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland

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Referenced by (3)

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

Stanisław Żółkiewski positionHeld Chancellor of the Crown
Jan Zamoyski positionHeld Grand Chancellor of the Crown
linked to: Chancellor of the Crown
Stanisław Żółkiewski positionHeld Chancellor of the Crown
subject linked to: Żółkiewski