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The '''Great Officers of the Empire''' (Latin: Magna Officialibus Imperii) are the senior most officials in the Empire of [[Mesogeia]]. Currently there are fourteen great officers of the empire, with the highest being the Grand Magister, and the lowest being the Megas Konostaulos  (Grand Constable). Several of the great officers of the nation are largely ceremonial and some have been possessed by the same family for centuries.
The '''Great Officers of the Empire''' are the senior most officials in the Empire of [[Mesogeia]]. Currently there are fourteen great officers of the empire, with the highest being the Grand Magister, and the lowest being the Megas Doux (Grand Admiral). Several of the great officers of the nation are largely ceremonial and some have been possessed by the same family for centuries.




==List==
==List==
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| Grand Master<br><small>''Megas Magistros''</small>
| Megas Chilliarch<br><small>''Grand Chancellor''</small>
|Lord [[Philip Antigonidis]]
|Lord [[Philip Antigonidis]]
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| Head of the Imperial Chancellory, responsible for the the direction of the Imperial Bureacracy and the Civil Service and the supervision of various agencies including the nations premier intelligent agency, the AIR. Keeper of the Imperial Great seal. The holder is also the presiding officer of the Imperial Synedrion, one of the senior advisory bodies of the empire.
| Head of the Imperial Chancellory, responsible for the the direction of the Imperial Bureacracy and the Civil Service and the supervision of various agencies including the nations premier intelligent agency, the AIR. Keeper of the Imperial Great seal.  
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| Grand Domestic<br><small>''Megas Domestikos''</small>
| Megas Stratelates<br><small>''Grand Chief of Staff''</small>
| [[Giannis Kantakouzenos, 18th Duke of Smyrna]]
| [[Giannis Kantakouzenos, 18th Duke of Smyrna]]
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|The seniormost military advisor of the sovereign. Functions as a kind of chief of staff.
|The seniormost military advisor of the sovereign. Functions as a kind of chief of staff. Seniormost military official in the empire.
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| Imperial Chief Judge<br><small>''Megas Koiastor''</small>
| Megas Divanbegi<br><small>''Imperial Chief Judge''</small>
| PLACEHOLDER
| PLACEHOLDER
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| WIP
|Presiding Judge of the Kritai Katholikoi (The Supreme Tribunal). Responsible for overseeing the justice system in the empire. Senior legal advisor
|Presiding Imperial Chief Judge of the Court of Divan (the Imperial Supreme Court). Responsible for overseeing the justice system in the empire. Senior legal advisor of the monarch. He oversees the Justice system through his subordinates the Archepistates, the Archichremastikos, the Archikrites, and the Archidikastes.
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| Grand kourator <br><small>''Megas Kouropalates''</small>
| Megas Prokoitos <br><small>''Grand Chamberlain of the South''</small>
| HSH [[Alexius Rhomaios-Troadinos, Prince of Ecbatana]]
| HSH [[Alexius Rhomaios-Troadinos, Prince of Ecbatana]]
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|Overall head of the Imperial Court. Responsible for the administration of the Imperial Court. His surbordinates handle the day-to-day running of the court
|Overall Co-chair head of the Imperial Court, alongside his counterpart the Megas Darigansalar. Responsible for the administration of the Imperial Court in Alexandropolis. His surbordinates handle the day-to-day running of the court there
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| Grand Logothete<br><small>''Megas Logothetes''</small>
| Darigansalar <br><small>''Grand Chamberlain of the North''</small>
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|Overall Co-chair head of the Imperial Court, alongside his counterpart the Megas Prokoitos. Responsible for the administration of the Imperial Court in Chrysopolis. His surbordinates handle the day-to-day running of the court there.
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| Megas Grammateus<br><small>''Grand Secretary''</small>
| PLACEHOLDER
| PLACEHOLDER
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|an equivalent to a chief-minister, Originally the office denoted the official responsible for supervising imperial decrees, known as prostagmata and chrysoboulla, acting as a kind of mediator between the Emperor and his subjects. Currently the office is held in commission by the Imperial Mesazon
|an equivalent to a chief-minister or imperial secretary, Originally the office denoted the official responsible for supervising imperial decrees, known as prostagmata and chrysoboulla, partaining to the southern provinces of the empire. This office was eventually superseded by the Imperial Mesazon.
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| Etemad-e Dowlat<br><small>''Grand Wazir''</small>
| PLACEHOLDER
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|an equivalent to a chief-minister or imperial secretary, Originally the office denoted the official responsible for supervising imperial decrees, known as farmans, partaining to the northern provinces of the empire. This office was eventually superseded by the Imperial Mesazon, who combined both goverment chief ministers
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| President of the Synedrion<br><small>''Proedros ton synedrion''</small>
| Megas Proedros of the Councils<br><small>''Grand President of the Councils''</small>
| PLACEHOLDER
| PLACEHOLDER
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|President of the Synedrion, the advisory body responsible for advising the monarch, and presenting business for the monarch's approval.
|President of the advisory councils, responsible for advising the monarch, and presenting business for the monarch's approval.
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| Count of the Imperial Treasury<br><small>'' kómes tōn theíon thesaurōn''</small>
| Megas Dioiketes<br><small>''Grand Overseer''</small>
| PLACEHOLDER
| PLACEHOLDER
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|Head of the Imperial Treasury, responsible for overseeing the Imperial Treasury board.
|Head of the Imperial Treasury, responsible for overseeing the Imperial Treasury board, and all financial matters of the empire
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| Count of the Imperial Domain<br><small>''kómēs tēs idikēs parousías''</small>
| Megas Oikonomos<br><small>''Grand Steward''</small>
| Prince [[Ptolemy-Constantine Ptolemaides]]
| Prince [[Ptolemy-Constantine Ptolemaides]]
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|Responsible for overseeing the estates attached to the Imperial Domain, crownlands at the disposal of the Emperor by right of his position.
|Responsible for overseeing the estates attached to the Imperial Domain, crownlands at the disposal of the Emperor by right of his position.
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| Grand Chamberlain<br><small>''Megas Praipositos''</small>
| Megas Beglerbegi<br><small>''Grand-Lord of Lords''</small>
| Prince [[Seleucus Seleukidis, Duke of Antiocheia]]
| [[Andreas Manuel George Daras-Doukas-Atabek, Duke of Khvarvaran]]
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|Overall head of the Imperial Chamber. Responsible for the imperial collection of art. Controls access to the monarch through the issuing of appointments for audiences, and the granting of imperial warrants. Keeper of the Privy Seal.
| Responsible for the organization of major state occaisions such as coronations, state funerals, and the opening of the houses of Synedrion. He is chairs the Court of Honour and is the presiding officer of the Imperial College of Heraldry
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| Grand Master of the Camp<br><small>''Megas Statopedarches''</small>
| Megas Amirsipahsalar <br><small>''Grand Marshal'</small>
| PLACEHOLDER
| PLACEHOLDER
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| Presiding commander of the Imperial Guards Regiments, responsible for the security of the Empress and the Imperial Family.
| Grand army commander, historically responsible for raising the empire's northern forces, as opposed to the south.
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| Grand Constable<br><small>''Megas Konostaulos''</small>
| Megas Amirakhor-Bashi<br><small>''Grand Master of the Calvary''</small>
| PLACEHOLDER
| PLACEHOLDER
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| Originally head of the mercenary guards. Currently the holder alongside the Grand Seneschal serves presiding officers of the Court of Honour, the supreme authority in the empire for matters pertaining to chivalry, heraldry and social protocol and etiquette
| A role largely ceremonial now, historicaly it was one of much importance. The holder was historically responsible for overseeing the empire's calvary forces, including its payment and such.  
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| Grand Seneschal<br><small>''Megas Primicerius''</small>
| [[Andreas Manuel George Daras-Doukas, Duke of Mesaia:]]
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| Responsible for the organization of major state occaisions such as coronations, state funerals, and the opening of the houses of parliament. It is the only post specifically reserved for eunuchs, however noblemen have fulflled its ceremonial functions on occasion. He is co chair of the Court of Honour alongside the Grand Constable, and presiding officer of the Imperial College of Heraldry
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| Master of the Imperial Stables <br><small>''Protostratotius''</small>
| Megas Amirnavarchos<br><small>Grand Prince Admiral</small>
| [[Leo Maleinos, 15th Duke of Bithynia]]
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| Originally head of the calvary branch of the armed forces, a unit all but defunct except for ceremonial purpose, now the ceremonial head of the Imperial Stables
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| Grand Admiral<br><small>Megas Doux</small>
| HIH [[Grand Prince George, Duke of Chalcedon]]
| HIH [[Grand Prince George, Duke of Chalcedon]]
| 2010
| 2010
| Senior head of the Imperial Navy and president of Imperial Naval Board
| Senior head of the Imperial Navy and president of Imperial Naval Board alongside his subordinates and the Master of the Ports.
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Latest revision as of 18:39, 26 January 2024

The Great Officers of the Empire are the senior most officials in the Empire of Mesogeia. Currently there are fourteen great officers of the empire, with the highest being the Grand Magister, and the lowest being the Megas Doux (Grand Admiral). Several of the great officers of the nation are largely ceremonial and some have been possessed by the same family for centuries.


List

Great Officers of the Empire (Endoxotatos)
Office Member Since Duties
Megas Chilliarch
Grand Chancellor
Lord Philip Antigonidis WIP Head of the Imperial Chancellory, responsible for the the direction of the Imperial Bureacracy and the Civil Service and the supervision of various agencies including the nations premier intelligent agency, the AIR. Keeper of the Imperial Great seal.
Megas Stratelates
Grand Chief of Staff
Giannis Kantakouzenos, 18th Duke of Smyrna WIP The seniormost military advisor of the sovereign. Functions as a kind of chief of staff. Seniormost military official in the empire.
Megas Divanbegi
Imperial Chief Judge
PLACEHOLDER WIP Presiding Imperial Chief Judge of the Court of Divan (the Imperial Supreme Court). Responsible for overseeing the justice system in the empire. Senior legal advisor of the monarch. He oversees the Justice system through his subordinates the Archepistates, the Archichremastikos, the Archikrites, and the Archidikastes.
Megas Prokoitos
Grand Chamberlain of the South
HSH Alexius Rhomaios-Troadinos, Prince of Ecbatana WIP Overall Co-chair head of the Imperial Court, alongside his counterpart the Megas Darigansalar. Responsible for the administration of the Imperial Court in Alexandropolis. His surbordinates handle the day-to-day running of the court there
Darigansalar
Grand Chamberlain of the North
WIP WIP Overall Co-chair head of the Imperial Court, alongside his counterpart the Megas Prokoitos. Responsible for the administration of the Imperial Court in Chrysopolis. His surbordinates handle the day-to-day running of the court there.
Megas Grammateus
Grand Secretary
PLACEHOLDER WIP an equivalent to a chief-minister or imperial secretary, Originally the office denoted the official responsible for supervising imperial decrees, known as prostagmata and chrysoboulla, partaining to the southern provinces of the empire. This office was eventually superseded by the Imperial Mesazon.
Etemad-e Dowlat
Grand Wazir
PLACEHOLDER WIP an equivalent to a chief-minister or imperial secretary, Originally the office denoted the official responsible for supervising imperial decrees, known as farmans, partaining to the northern provinces of the empire. This office was eventually superseded by the Imperial Mesazon, who combined both goverment chief ministers
Megas Proedros of the Councils
Grand President of the Councils
PLACEHOLDER WIP President of the advisory councils, responsible for advising the monarch, and presenting business for the monarch's approval.
Megas Dioiketes
Grand Overseer
PLACEHOLDER WIP Head of the Imperial Treasury, responsible for overseeing the Imperial Treasury board, and all financial matters of the empire
Megas Oikonomos
Grand Steward
Prince Ptolemy-Constantine Ptolemaides WIP Responsible for overseeing the estates attached to the Imperial Domain, crownlands at the disposal of the Emperor by right of his position.
Megas Beglerbegi
Grand-Lord of Lords
Andreas Manuel George Daras-Doukas-Atabek, Duke of Khvarvaran WIP Responsible for the organization of major state occaisions such as coronations, state funerals, and the opening of the houses of Synedrion. He is chairs the Court of Honour and is the presiding officer of the Imperial College of Heraldry
Megas Amirsipahsalar
Grand Marshal'
PLACEHOLDER WIP Grand army commander, historically responsible for raising the empire's northern forces, as opposed to the south.
Megas Amirakhor-Bashi
Grand Master of the Calvary
PLACEHOLDER WIP A role largely ceremonial now, historicaly it was one of much importance. The holder was historically responsible for overseeing the empire's calvary forces, including its payment and such.
Megas Amirnavarchos
Grand Prince Admiral
HIH Grand Prince George, Duke of Chalcedon 2010 Senior head of the Imperial Navy and president of Imperial Naval Board alongside his subordinates and the Master of the Ports.