Deputy cup-bearer (, ) was since the 13th century a court office in
Poland
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and later in
Lithuania
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. Deputy cup-bearer was the deputy of the
cup-bearer
A cup-bearer was historically an officer of high rank in royal courts, whose duty was to pour and serve the drinks at the royal table. On account of the constant fear of plots and intrigues (such as poisoning), a person had to be regarded as thor ...
, but at the time was more important than his superior.
Since the 14th–16th century an honorable court title and a district office in
Crown of Poland
The Crown of the Kingdom of Poland (; ) was a political and legal concept formed in the 14th century in the Kingdom of Poland, assuming unity, indivisibility and continuity of the state. Under this idea, the state was no longer seen as the pa ...
and
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
The Grand Duchy of Lithuania was a sovereign state in northeastern Europe that existed from the 13th century, succeeding the Kingdom of Lithuania, to the late 18th century, when the territory was suppressed during the 1795 Partitions of Poland, ...
, and later
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, also referred to as Poland–Lithuania or the First Polish Republic (), was a federation, federative real union between the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania ...
.
* ''podczaszy wielki koronny'' – Great Royal Deputy Cup-bearer of the Crown
* ''podczaszy wielki litewski'' – Great Royal Deputy Cup-bearer of Lithuania
* ''podczaszy koronny'' – Royal Deputy Cup-bearer of the Crown
* ''podczaszy litewski'' – Royal Deputy Cup-bearer of Lithuania
* ''podczaszy ziemski'' – District Royal Deputy Cup-bearer
See also
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Offices in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
An office is a space where the employees of an organization perform administrative work in order to support and realize the various goals of the organization. The word "office" may also denote a position within an organization with specific du ...
References
Polish titles
Lithuanian titles
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