Editing Prince-elector (section)

=== High offices ===
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Each elector held a "High Office of the Empire" ({{lang|de|Reichserzamt}}) analogous to a modern cabinet office position and was a member of the ceremonial [[Imperial Household]]. The three spiritual electors became [[Archchancellor]]s ({{langx|de|Erzkanzler}}, {{langx|la|Archicancellarius}}): the [[Elector of Mainz|Archbishop of Mainz]] became ''Archchancellor of [[Kingdom of Germany|Germany]]'', the [[Archbishop of Cologne]] became ''Archchancellor of [[Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire)|Italy]]'', and the [[Elector of Trier|Archbishop of Trier]] became ''Archchancellor of [[Kingdom of Arles|Burgundy]]''. The secular electors were granted [[heraldic augmentation]]s to their coats of arms reflecting their positions in the Household. These augmentations were displayed in three alternative ways:
* as an [[inescutcheon]] on their coat of arms (as in the case of the Arch-Steward, Treasurer, and Chamberlain);
* as [[Dexter and sinister|dexter]] impalements (as in the case of the Arch-Marshal and Arch-Bannerbearer)
* integrated into the charge within the [[Escutcheon (heraldry)|escutcheon]] (as in the case of the Arch-Cupbearer, where the Lion of Bohemia acquired a "simple crown" held in its dexter paw).

{|class="wikitable"
|+Holders of imperial offices and their heraldic augmentations
!Imperial office<br>([[German language|German]], [[Latin language|Latin]]) !! Augmentation !!  Elector
|-
| align="center" | Arch-[[Cupbearer]]<br>(''Erzmundschenk,<br>Archipincerna'') 
| align="center" | [[File:Simple gold crown.svg|40px]]<br>''A simple crown, [[Or (heraldry)|Or]]''<br>{{efn|name=armorial Frederick III|[[File:Armorial Emperor Frederick III.jpg|thumb|none|upright=0.7|Page from an [[armorial]] showing the arms of Emperor Frederick III, ca 1415–1493.]]}}{{efn|name=armorial Maximilian I |[[File:Armorial Emperor Maximilian I.jpg|thumb|none|upright=0.7|Page from an armorial showing arms of Kaiser Maximilian I ca 1508–1519]]}}{{efn|name=Kurrent|[[File:Deutsche Kurrentschrift.svg|thumb|none|upright=0.7|German Kurrent script, in which the armorial sources are written.]]}}
|| [[King of Bohemia]]
|-
|align="center"| Arch-[[Steward (office)|Steward]]<br>(''Erztruchseß'',<br>''Archidapifer'')
|align="center"| [[File:HRE Arch-Steward Arms.svg|40px]]<br>''[[Gules]], an [[Globus cruciger|orb]], [[or (heraldry)|Or]]''
||[[Elector Palatine]] (1356-1623)<br>[[Elector of Bavaria]] (1623–1706)<br>[[Elector Palatine]] (1706–1714)<br>[[Elector of Bavaria]] (1714–1806)
|-
|align="center"|{{anchor|Arch-Marshal}}<!-- [[Arch-Marshal]] redirects here --> Arch-[[Marshal#Ceremonial and protocol|Marshal]]<br>(''Erzmarschall'',<br>''Archimarescallus'')
|align="center"|[[File:HRE Arch-Marshal Arms.svg|40px]]<br>''[[Fess|Per fess]] [[Sable (heraldry)|sable]] and [[argent]], two swords in [[saltire]], gules''
|| [[Elector of Saxony]]
|-
|align="center"|Arch-[[Chamberlain (office)|Chamberlain]]<br>(''Erzkämmerer'',<br>''Archicamerarius'') 
|align="center"|[[File:HRE Arch-Chamberlain Arms (Ancient).svg|40px]] [[File:HRE Arch-Chamberlain Arms (Modern).svg|40px]]<br>{{Fix|text=Please clarify why two  images.}}<br>''[[azure (heraldry)|Azure]], a [[scepter]] [[Pale (heraldry)|palewise]], Or''
|| [[Elector of Brandenburg]]
|-
|align="center"| [[Arch-Treasurer]]<br>(''Erzschatzmeister'',<br>''Archithesaurarius'') 
|align="center"| [[File:HRE Arch-Treasurer Arms.svg|40px]]<br>''Gules, [[Imperial Crown of the Holy Roman Empire|Crown of the Holy Roman Empire]], or''
||[[Elector Palatine]] (1648–1706)<br>[[Elector of Hanover]] (1710–1714)<ref name=Treasurer>The augmentation was borne as an inescutcheon continuously and without interruption by the Electors of Hanover from 1714-1837. There is no evidence that this inescutcheon was ever borne by the Elector Palatine (House of Wittelsbach).</ref><br>[[Elector Palatine]] (1714–1777)<ref name=Treasurer/><br>[[Elector of Hanover]] (1777–1806)<ref name=Treasurer/>
|-
| align="center" | Arch-[[King of Arms|Bannerbearer]]<br>(''Erzbannerträger'',<br>''Archivexillarius'')
| align="center" | [[File:HRE Arch-Bannerbearer Arms.svg|40px]]<br />''Azure, a lance party [[Fess|per fess]], or, and gules bendwise<br>flying to sinister chief a [[Flags of the Holy Roman Empire|banner, or, with the Imperial Eagle]]'' 
||[[Electorate of Hanover|Elector of Hanover]] (1692–1710)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Noack |first=Konstantin |url=https://www.grin.com/document/384498 |title=Die neun Kurfürstentümer des Heiligen Römischen Reiches Deutscher Nation |date=2017-12-10 |publisher=GRIN Verlag |isbn=978-3-668-62294-4 |language=de}}</ref><br>[[Electorate of Hanover|Elector of Hanover]] (1714–1777)<br>[[Electorate of Württemberg|Elector of Württemberg]] (1803–1806)<ref>[https://www.heraldica.org/topics/national/hre.htm#Electors “The Holy Roman Empire”, ''Heraldica'']</ref>
|}
[[File:COA family de Kurpfalz.svg|thumb|150px|right|Arms of [[Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria|Maximilian I, Duke of Bavaria and Prince-Elector]], with inescutcheon of the Arch-Steward of the Holy Roman Empire]]
[[File:Royal Hanover Inescutcheon.svg|thumb|150px|right|The ''Lesser coat of arms of the Elector of Hanover'' with inescutcheon of the Arch-Treasurer, borne as an inescutcheon on the royal arms of the United Kingdom by [[George III of the United Kingdom|King George III]].]]

When the [[Duke of Bavaria]] replaced the Elector Palatine in 1623, he assumed the latter's office of Arch-Steward. When the Count Palatine was granted a new electorate, he assumed the position of Arch-Treasurer of the Empire. When the Duke of Bavaria was banned in 1706, the Elector Palatine returned to the office of Arch-Steward, and in 1710, the Elector of Hanover was promoted to the post of Arch-Treasurer. Matters were complicated by the Duke of Bavaria's restoration in 1714; the Elector of Bavaria resumed the office of Arch-Steward, while the Elector Palatine returned to the post of Arch-Treasurer, and the Elector of Hanover was given the new office of Archbannerbearer. The Electors of Hanover, however, continued to be styled Arch-Treasurers, though the Elector Palatine was the one who actually exercised the office until 1777, when he inherited Bavaria and the Arch-Stewardship. After 1777, no further changes were made to the Imperial Household; new offices were planned for the Electors admitted in 1803, but the Empire was abolished before they could be created. The Duke of Württemberg, however, started to adopt the trappings of the Arch-Bannerbearer.

The electors discharged the ceremonial duties associated with their offices only during coronations, where they bore the crown and regalia of the Empire. Otherwise, they were represented by holders of corresponding "[[Hereditary Offices of the Household]]". The Arch-Butler was represented by the Hereditary Butler ([[Cupbearer]]) (the [[Count of Althann]]), the Arch-Seneschal by the Hereditary [[Steward (office)|Steward]] (the [[House of Waldburg|Count of Waldburg]], who adopted the title into their name as "Truchsess von Waldburg"), the Arch-Chamberlain by the Hereditary [[Chamberlain (office)|Chamberlain]] (the [[Count of Hohenzollern]]), the Arch-Marshal by the Hereditary [[Marshal]] (the [[Count of Pappenheim]]), and the Arch-Treasurer by the Hereditary [[Treasurer]] (the [[Count of Sinzendorf]]). After 1803, the Duke of Württemberg as Arch-Bannerbearer assigned the count of Zeppelin-[[Aschhausen]] as Hereditary Bannerbearer.<br>{{Fix|text=Please clarify why some of these offices do not feature in the table immediately above.}}