The Grand Butler of France (french: Grand bouteiller de France) was one of the

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, existing between the

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and the

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of 1789. Originally responsible for the maintenance of the Royal

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, and provisioning the court with wine, the Grand Butler's role became less and less important and more ceremonial over time.

List of Grand Butlers of France

* Hervé de Montmorency : circa 1080 * Louis de Senlis : before 1128 * Guillaume de Senlis : 1129–1147 * Guy III de Senlis : 1147 * Guy IV de Senlis : 1223 * Robert de Courtenay : took the cross during the

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of 1239–1241 * Étienne de Sancerre : before 1248 *

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: before 1258 * Guy de Châtillon : 25 May 1296 * Henri IV de Sully : April 1317 captured by the Scots at the

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* Miles des Noyers : before 1336 – after 1346 * Jean de Chalon : before 1350–1361 * Jean de Sarrebruche : circa 1370 *

Enguerrand VII, Lord of Coucy Enguerrand VII de Coucy, (1340 – 18 February 1397), also known as Ingelram de Coucy and Ingelram de Couci, was a medieval French nobleman and the last Lord of Coucy. He became a son-in-law of King Edward III of England following his marriag ...

: circa 1384 * Guy Damas, seigneur de Cousan et de la Perrière : 15 May 1385 * Louis de Gyac : 1386–1389 * Jacques de Bourbon: 26 July 1397 * Charles de Sav, oisy : 1409–1413 * Guillaume IV de Melun : 29 April 1402 – 21 July 1410 * Pierre des Essarts : 21 July 1410 * Waléran de Luxembourg, comte de Saint-Pol : 29 October 1410 – 9 February 1412 * Jean de Croy : 9 February 1412 * Robert de Bar : sworn in 6 October 1413 despite opposition from Jean de Croy who had previously held the office. * Jean de Craon : 1413 * Jean d'Estouteville : 10 November 1415 * Jean de Neufchatel : 30 July 1418 * Jacques de Dinan : in office 1427 * Jean de Rosnivinen : in office 1442 * Guillaume de Rosnivinen : 16 January 1446 * Louis d'Estouteville : in office 1443 * Antoine de Châteauneuf : circa 1464 * Jean du Fou : in office 1470 * Charles de Rohan : in office until 1516 * François Baraton : in office until 1519 * Adrien de Hangest : in office until 1532 *

Louis IV de Bueil, Comte de Sancerre Louis IV de Bueil, Comte de Sancerre (died c. 1565) was the Count of Sancerre from 1537 until his death. Great cup-bearer of the king of France, Knight of the Order of King, Count of Sancerre (1537-1563), governor of Anjou, Touraine and Maine . He ...

: in office 1533 * Jean VII de Büeil, d.1638 * Jean de Büeil, comte de Marans, d.1665 * Pierre de Perrien, marquis de Crenan, d.1670 * Louis de Beaupoil, marquis de Lanmary, d.1702 * Marc Antoine de Beaupoil, son fils : in office until 1731 * André de Gironde, comte de Buron : 28 mai 1731

References

Court titles in the Ancien Régime {{France-stub