Grand Chancellor of Lithuania
State Coat of arms
First to serve
Mikalojus Radvila the Old
1504–1509
AppointerGrand Duke of Lithuania
PrecursorChancellor of Lithuania
Formation1504
First holderMikalojus Radvila
Final holderJoachim Chreptowicz
Abolished1795

The Grand Chancellor of Lithuania was the highest office in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.[1] This office functioned from 1504 until the end of the real union with the Kingdom of Poland in 1795 and its subsequent partition among Prussia, Russia and Austria.[1] The chancellor possessed the Great Seal of Lithuania and had Lithuanian Metrica at his disposal.[1][2]

Today the office of the chancellor has been replaced by that of the Prime Minister of Lithuania.

List of Grand Chancellors

Portrait Name Birth Term Death
Mikalojus Radvila 1450 1504–1509 16 July 1509
Mikołaj II Radziwiłł 1470 1510–1529 1529
Albertas Goštautas 1480 1522–1539 1539
Mikołaj Krzysztof Radziwiłł 4 February 1515 1539–1565 28 May 1565
Mikołaj Radziwiłł VI 1512 1565–1584 27 April 1584
Lew Sapieha 4 April 1557 1589–1623 7 July 1633
Albrycht Stanisław Radziwiłł 1 July 1595 1623–1656 12 November 1656
Krzysztof Zygmunt Pac 1621 1658–1684 1684
Marcjan Aleksander Ogiński 1632 1684–1690 5 January 1690
Dominik Mikołaj Radziwiłł 1643 1690–1697 1697
Karol Radziwiłł 1668 1698–1719 1719
Michał Serwacy Wiśniowiecki 13 May 1680 1720–1735 18 September 1744
Jan Fryderyk Sapieha 1680 1635–1651 1651
Michał Fryderyk Czartoryski 1696 1752–1755 1775
Aleksander Michał Sapieha 1730 1755–1793 1793
Joachim Chreptowicz 4 January 1729 1793–1795 4 March 1812
Source supporting the list.[1]

See also

See also

  1. 1 2 3 4 Gudavičius, Edvardas; Spečiūnas, Vytautas. "Kancleris". Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  2. ↑ Ragauskienė, Raimonda. "LDK istorija: kaip LDK kancleriai XVI a. saugojo Lietuvos Metriką". 15min.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 28 December 2023.


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