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 1550, 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
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Chief Chronicler of the Kingdom (Portugal)
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Historiographer Royal (Denmark) ''Kongelig historiograf'' (''Historicus Regius'', " Historiographer Royal") was a position in the kingdom of Denmark-Norway (after 1814 Denmark) between 1594 and 1883.
The parallel office in Sweden was established in 1618, in England in 1660 and ...
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Historiographer Royal (England) In England the office of Historiographer Royal, a historian under the official patronage of the royal court, was created in 1660 with an annual salary of £200 and a butt of sack.
Historiographers Royal
Holders of the office included:
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Historiographer Royal (Scotland)
The Historiographer Royal is a member of the Royal household of Scotland. The office was created in 1681, and was in abeyance from 1709 until 1763 when it was revived for Principal William Robertson of the University of Edinburgh.
The post, wh ...
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Rikshistoriograf (Sweden)
References
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Court titles in the Ancien Régime