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 NERFINISHED
appointedBy Napoleon I of France NERFINISHED
country First French Empire NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
ushers of the imperial court
hasTitleInFrench Grand maître des cérémonies
historicalPeriod Napoleonic era NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
locatedInTime early 19th century
officeHolderRank high-ranking court official
partOf Imperial Household of Napoleon I NERFINISHED
Maison de l’Empereur NERFINISHED
positionHeldBy Alexandre de Talleyrand-Périgord NERFINISHED
Armand de Caulaincourt NERFINISHED
Louis-Philippe de Ségur NERFINISHED
replaced similar ceremonial offices of the Ancien Régime
replacedBy restored Bourbon court ceremonial offices
reportsTo Emperor of the French NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
usedLanguage French
workLocation Paris
imperial residences of the First French Empire NERFINISHED

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Napoleonic imperial court hasOffice Grand Master of Ceremonies
Grand Chamberlain of the Empire relatedTo Grand Master of Ceremonies
this entity surface form: Grand Master of Ceremonies of the Empire