Lord Marshal of Atmora

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Lord Marshal
Rijksmaarschalk
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Arms of the Duke of Marsenne as the Lord Marshal
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Incumbent
General the 18th Duke of Marsenne
since 6 June 1979
Royal Court of Atmora
StyleHis Highness
AppointerThe Atmoran Monarch
Term lengthAt Her Majesty's pleasure
First holderEdward L. Bridget, 5th Duke of Dalkeith

The Lord Marshal of Atmora (Iravian: Rijksmaarschalk) is a hereditary royal officeholder and chivalric title under the sovereign of the Atmora. The Lord Marshal is the third highest official in the Imperial Court of Atmora. The Lord Marshal is directly responsible for major ceremonial state occasions like the monarch's coronation in Senate and state funerals. The Lord Marshal is also a leading officer of arms and oversees the College of Arms.

The Lord Marshal is one of the three hereditary royal officeholders in the Royal Court, the Lord Marshal is junior to the Lord High Steward and the Lord President of the Council.

The current Lord Marshal is Olivier R.A. Wessely d’Elzevier, 18th Duke of Marsenne, who inherited the position in 2049. There was formerly a Lord Marshal of Lieseltania.

List of Lord Marshals

Lords Marshal of Lieseltania, 1135–1812

Lords Marshal of Atmora, 1812–present

Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Monarch
(Reign)
Grossherzog Friedrich I von Baden 1900.jpg Field Marshal
Harald Bernaard Wessely d’Elzevier
12th Duke of Marsenne

KGW KE KA Rhr.
(1747–1823)
1732 1823 Alexandra
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(1812–1850)
William Spencer Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire, by Thomas Lawrence.jpg Olivier Pascal Wessely d’Elzevier,
13th Duke of Marsenne

(1783–1823)
1823 1850
Henry Fitzalan-Howard (1890).jpg Parcival Eduard Wessely d’Elzevier,
14th Duke of Marsenne

(1820–1883)
1850 1883 Juliet-Alexandra
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(1850–1877)
Brigadier-General Arthur M Asquith, by Ambrose McEvoy.jpg General
Andreas Henri Wessely d’Elzevier,
15th Duke of Marsenne

(1858–1932)
1883 1932 Frederick-Alexander
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(1877–1904)
Elizabeth
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(1904–1931)
Katherine I
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(1931–1980)
Traversclarke.jpg Field Marshal
Parcival Thomas Wessely d’Elzevier,
16th Duke of Marsenne

(1896–1979)
1932 1979
17th Duke of Dalkeith.jpg Field Marshal
Olivier Alexander Wessely d’Elzevier,
17th Duke of Marsenne

(1920–2006)
1979 2006 William
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(1980–2012)
18th Duke of Dalkeith.jpg General
Olivier René Wessely d’Elzevier
18th Duke of Marsenne

(1954–present)
1979 Incumbent
Katherine II
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(2012–present)