Editing Carolingian Empire (section)

===Household===
{{See also|Royal household under the Merovingians and Carolingians}}
The royal household was an itinerant body (until c. 802) which moved around the kingdom making sure good government was upheld in the localities. The most important positions were the chaplain (who was responsible for all ecclesiastical affairs in the kingdom), and the count of the palace ([[Count palatine]]) who had supreme control over the household. It also included more minor officials e.g. chamberlain, seneschal, and marshal. The household sometimes led the army (e.g. Seneschal [[Andorf]] against the [[Bretons]] in 786).

Possibly associated with the chaplain and the royal chapel was the office of the chancellor, head of the chancery, a non-permanent writing office. The charters produced were rudimentary and mostly to do with land deeds. There are 262 surviving from Charles’ reign as opposed to 40 from [[Pepin the Short|Pepin]]’s and 350 from [[Louis the Pious]].