The Chancellor of France (), also known as the Grand Chancellor or Lord Chancellor, was the officer of state responsible for the judiciary of the Kingdom of France. The Chancellor was responsible for seeing that royal decrees were enrolled and registered by the sundry parlements, provincial appellate courts. However, since the Chancellor was appointed for life, and might fall from favour, or be too ill to carry out his duties, his duties would occasionally fall to his deputy, the Keeper of the Seals of France ().

The last Chancellor died in 1790, by which time the French Revolution was well underway, and the position was left vacant. Instead, in 1791, the Chancellor's portfolio and responsibilities were assigned to the Keeper of the Seals who was accordingly given the additional title of Minister of Justice under the Revolutionary government. After the Bourbon Restoration in 1814, the position of the Chancellor was divorced from its judicial responsibilities and re-established as president of the Chamber of Peers, the upper house of the French parliament until 1848. The last Chancellor was Etienne-Denis Pasquier, appointed by King Louis Philippe I in 1837.

Frankish chancellors under the Merovingians and Carolingians 496–533: Rémi de Reims, known as Saint Rémi (Référendaire of France) 561: Siggo, référendaire to Sigebert I, then to Chilperic I and to Childebert II 618–638: Romain de Rouen, known as Saint Romain, bishop of Rouen 638–657: Dadon, known as Saint Ouen, grand référendaire to Dagobert I and also to Clovis II 657–695: Ansbert, bishop of Rouen, référendaire 695–710: Saint Bonit, bishop of Auvergne, référendaire to Sigebert III, king of Austrasia 652–673: Robert II, référendaire to Clotaire III 750–768: Fulard, Abbot of St. Denis, chancellor to Pepin the Short 796–800: Alcuin, Abbot of Tours, chancellor to Charlemagne as king of the Franks, prepared the Capitulaire De Villis 800–819: Fridgise, chancellor to Charlemagne, then to Louis the Pious 819–832: Adalard, chancellor to Louis the Pious See also Royal Administration of Merovingian and Carolingian Dynasties.

Chancellors of France

ChancellorBeginEnd Renaud de Vendôme Bishop of Paris989991 Gerbert d'Aurillac later Pope Sylvester II991998 Roger de Blois9981005 Francon10051015 Arnoul Archbishop of Tours1018 Baudouin1030circa 1059 Gervais de Château-du-Loir Bishop of Le Mans10591067 Pierre de Loiselève10671073 Guillaume1073 Roger II Bishop of Beauvais10741080 Geoffroy de Boulogne Bishop of Paris10741085 Gilbert10851090 Ourson or Ursion Bishop of Senlis1090 Hubert Bishop of Senlis10911092 Gilbert10941106 Étienne de Senlis Bishop of Paris11061118 Étienne de Garlande11181127 Simon11271132 Étienne de Garlande11321137 Algrin11371140 Noël abbot of Rebais1140 Cadurc11401147 Barthélemy11471149 Simon1150 Hugues de Champfleury Bishop of Soissons11501172 Hugues du Puiset11791185 Guérin monk and Bishop of Senlis12031227 Philippe d'Antogny12271231 Aubry Cornu12311236 Jean de la Cour12361244 Nicolas Le Chien12441249 Nicolas Larcat Archbishop of TyrosPierre-Vincent Claverie, "De l'entourage royal à l'entourage pontifical : l'exemple méconnu de l'archevêque Gilles de Tyr († 1266)", in À l’ombre du Pouvoir : Les entourages princiers au Moyen Âge, ed. Jean-Louis Kupper and Alain Marchandisse (Presses universitaires de Liège, 2003). p. 51.12491252 Raoul de Grosparmy12521259 Guy Faucoi later Pope Clement IVbefore 1260 Simon de Brie later Pope Martin IV12591261 Philippe de Cahors Prior of Saint-Frambaud de Senlis12621270 Guillaume de Rampillon Archdeacon of Paris1270 Guillaume de Chartres Dominican friar1270 Pierre Barbet12711273 Henri de Vézélay12731282 Pierre Chalon12821290 Jean de Vassoigne12911292 Guillaume de Crépy12931296 Thibaut de Pouancé Bishop of Dol12961297 Pierre Flote knight12971302 Étienne de Suizy13021304 Pierre de Mornay Bishop of Auxerre13041306 Pierre de Grez1306 Pierre de Belleperche Bishop of Auxerre13061307 Guillaume de Nogaret knight13071310 Gilles I Aycelin de Montaigu Archbishop of Narbonne13101311 Guillaume de Nogaret13111313 Pierre de Latilly Bishop of Châlons13131314 Étienne de Mornay13141316 Pierre d'Arrabloy1316 Pierre de Chappes13171321 Jean de Cherchemont13201321 Pierre Rodier13211323 Jean de Cherchemont13231328 Mathieu Ferrand13281329 Jean de Marigny Bishop of Beauvais1329 Guillaume de Saint-Maure13291334 Roger Bishop of Arras, later Pope Clement VI1334 Guy Baudet bishop of Langres13351338 Étienne de Vissac knight13381339 Guillaume Flote13391347 Firmin de Coquerel Bishop of Noyon13471349 Pierre de la Forest Archbishop of Rouen13491357 Gilles Aycelin de Montaigut Bishop of Thérouanne13571358 Foulques Bardoul Bishop of Avranches13571359 Jean de Dormans Bishop of Lisieux1358 Pierre de la Forest cardinal, Archbishop of Rouen13591361 Gilles Aycelin de Montaigut Bishop of Thérouanne1361 Jean de Dormans Bishop of BeauvaisConradus Eubel, Hierarchia catholica medii aevi Tomus I, editio altera (Monasterii 1913), p. 132.1372 Guillaume de Dormans13721373 Jean de Dormans1373 Pierre d'Orgemont First President of the Parlement of ParisThe only chancellor to have been elected by an assembly gathered by Charles V.1380 Miles de Dormans Bishop of BeauvaisOctober 13801383 Pierre de Giac1383December 1388 Arnaud de CorbieDecember 13881398 Nicolas du Bosc Bishop of Bayeux13981400 Arnaud de Corbie14001405 Jean de Montagu Archbishop of Sens14051413 Arnaud de Corbie1409 Eustache de Laistre1413 Henri de MarieAugust 1413 Robert le Maçon1418 Eustache de Laistre14181420 Robert le Maçon14191421 Jean Le Clerc Burgundian party.Chancellor for Henry VI's position as king of France.14201424 Martin Gouge Bishop of Clermont, Charles VII's faction14211425 Lewis of Luxembourg Bishop of Thérouanne, Burgundian party14241435 Renault de Chartres Archbishop of Reims, Charles VII's faction14251445 Guillaume Jouvenel des Ursins14451461 Pierre de Morvilliers14611465 Guillaume Jouvenel des Ursins14651472 Pierre Doriole14721483 Guillaume de Rochefort1483 Adam Fumée1492November 1494 Robert Briçonnet Archbishop of ReimsAugust 14951497 Guy de Rochefort14971507/1508 Jean de Ganay15081512 Antoine Duprat Cardinal, Archbishop of Sens and Bishop of Albi15151535 Antoine du Bourg15351538 Guillaume Poyet15381545 François Olivier15451560 Michel de l'Hôpital15601573 René de Birague Cardinal15731583 Philippe Hurault, comte de Cheverny15831599 Pomponne de Bellièvre Nicolas Brûlart de Sillery Étienne I d'Aligre Pierre Séguier Étienne II d'Aligre Michel Le Tellier Louis Boucherat Count of Compans Louis Phélypeaux Comte de Pontchartrain Daniel Voysin de La Noiraye Henri François d'Aguesseau Guillaume de Lamoignon de Blancmesnil René Charles de Maupeou René Nicolas de Maupeou

Keepers of the Seals, 1699–1790

Keeper of the SealsBeginEndLouis Phélypeaux, Comte de PontchartrainDaniel Voysin de La NoirayeHenri François d'AguesseauMarc René de Voyer de Paulmy, Marquis d'ArgensonHenri François d'AguesseauJoseph Jean Baptiste Fleuriau d'ArmenonvilleGermain Louis ChauvelinHenri François d'AguesseauJean-Baptiste de Machault d'ArnouvillevacantNicolas René BerryerPaul Esprit Feydeau de BrouRené Charles de MaupeouRené Nicolas Charles Augustin de MaupeouArmand Thomas Hue de MiromesnilChrétien François de Lamoignon de BasvilleCharles Louis François de Paule de BarentinJérôme Champion de Cicé

See also Royal household under the Merovingians and Carolingians

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