The audiences of the King was also open to the Grand Chamberlain who was allowed to stand behind the King's chair. When the King died it was the duty of the Grand Chamberlain to wrap the body - personally - in the shroud.
These were the Grand Chamberlains of the Ancien Regieme:
Henry II, Duc de Guise - Grand Chamberlain 1655-58 |
Godefroy-Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duc de Bouillon - Grand Chamberlain 1658-1715 |
Emmanuel Théodose de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duc de Bouillon - Grand Chamberlain 1715-28 |
Charles-Godefroy de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duc de Bouillon -
Grand Chamberlain 1728-47
Godefroy-Charles-Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duc de Bouillon -
Grand Chamberlain 1747-75
Henri Louis Marie de Rohan, Prince de Guéméné and Duc de Montbazon -
Grand Chamberlain 1775-82
Godefroy-Charles-Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duc de Bouillon -
Grand Chamberlain 1782-89
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