Historiographer Royal is the title of an appointment as official chronicler or historian of a court or monarch. It was initially particularly associated with the French monarchy, where the post existed from at least the mid 15th century, but in the later 16th and 17th centuries became common throughout Europe.Denys Hay, Annalists and Historians: Western Historiography from the Eighth to the Eighteenth Century (London and New York, 2016), p. 141. The Historiographer Royal for Scotland is still an existing appointment.
See also Chief Chronicler of the Kingdom (Portugal) Historiographer Royal (Denmark) Historiographer Royal (England) Historiographer Royal (Scotland) Rikshistoriograf (Sweden)
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