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TheChancellor of France (French:Chancelier de France), also known as theGrand Chancellor orLord Chancellor,^{[citation needed]} was the officer of state responsible for thejudiciary of theKingdom of France. The Chancellor was responsible for seeing thatroyal decrees were enrolled and registered by the sundryparlements, provincialappellate courts. However, since the Chancellor was appointed for life, and might fall from favour, or be too ill to carry out his duties, his duties would occasionally fall to his deputy, theKeeper of the Seals of France (Garde des sceaux de France).

The last Chancellor died in 1790, by which time theFrench Revolution was well underway, and the position was left vacant. Instead, in 1791, the Chancellor's portfolio and responsibilities were assigned to the Keeper of the Seals who was accordingly given the additional title ofMinister of Justice under the Revolutionary government. After theBourbon Restoration in 1814, the position of the Chancellor was divorced from its judicial responsibilities and re-established as president of theChamber of Peers, the upper house of theFrench parliament until 1848. The last Chancellor wasEtienne-Denis Pasquier, appointed by KingLouis Philippe I in 1837.

• 496–533:Rémi de Reims, known as Saint Rémi (Référendaire of France)
• 561: Siggo, référendaire toSigebert I, then toChilperic I and toChildebert II
• 618–638:Romain de Rouen, known as Saint Romain,bishop of Rouen
• 638–657:Dadon, known as Saint Ouen, grand référendaire toDagobert I and also toClovis II
• 657–695:Ansbert,bishop of Rouen, référendaire
• 695–710:Saint Bonit,bishop of Auvergne, référendaire toSigebert III, king of Austrasia
• 652–673:Robert II, référendaire toClotaire III
• 750–768:Fulard,Abbot of St. Denis, chancellor toPepin the Short
• 796–800:Alcuin, Abbot of Tours, chancellor toCharlemagne as king of the Franks, prepared theCapitulaire De Villis
• 800–819:Fridgise, chancellor toCharlemagne, then toLouis the Pious
• 819–832:Adalard, chancellor toLouis the Pious

See alsoRoyal Administration of Merovingian and Carolingian Dynasties.

• Royal household under the Merovingians and Carolingians

• Lists of government ministers of France
• Judiciary of France
• Ministers of justice of France
• Chancellors of France

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