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3 unusual facts about Archchancellor


Archchancellor

The last elector, Karl Theodor Anton Maria von Dalberg, however, retained the title of archchancellor until the dissolution of the Empire in 1806.

At the court of Otto I, then King of Germany, the title seems to have been an appanage of the Archbishop of Mainz.

The title is continued by the present-day Chancellors of Germany and Austria.


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Federal Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany

Already in medieval times the Chancellor had political power like Willigis of Mainz (Archchancellor 975–1011, regent for Otto III 991–994) or Rainald von Dassel (Chancellor 1156–1162 and 1166–1167) under Frederick I.

Liutward

Liutward was the archchancellor of the Carolingian Empire from 878 and the bishop of Vercelli from 880 by appointment of Charles the Fat, whose chief minister he was.


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