Archchancellor

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History

(Latin Archicancellarius)

Effective

An archichancellor is the highest chancellor of a major chancery

Honorary

In the Holy Roman empire, the style Erzkanzler (literally archchancellor) was one of the Erzamter awarded as high profile sinecures to the Prince-Electors, and the only one with multiple incidence : there were three of them, being the ecclesiastic electors, i.e. the archbishops of Aachen, Mainz (Mayence) and Trier, officially in chief of three former Frankish kingdoms (including Burgundy)

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