Grand Master of Artillery
- Grand Master of Artillery
The Grand Master of Artillery or Grand Maître de l'artillerie was one of the Great Officers of the Crown of France during the Ancien Régime.
The position of Grand Master of Artillery replaced the earlier position of Grand Maître des arbalétriers ("Grand Master of the Archers"). It was made a Great Office of the Crown in 1601 by Henri IV for the benefit of Maximilien de Béthune, duc de Sully.
The Grand Master of Artillery had jurisdiction, at the beginning of the 17th century, over all the officers and the artillery of the French army, as well as oversight over sieges and encampments, the making of gunpowder and canons and management of the arsenals. At the end of the century, the position became merely honorific, and his duties passed to other more specialized officers, most notably the "surintendant des fortifications".
References
:"This article is based in part on the article Grand maître de l'artillerie de France from the French Wikipedia, retrieved on September 6, 2006."
ee also
* Great Officers of the Crown of France
* Maison du Roi
External links
* [http://heraldica.org/topics/france/officiers.htm Great Officers of the Crown]
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