Master of the cupbearers

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The master of the cupbearers[1] or master of the cup-bearers[2] (German: Königliche Oberst-Grossmundschenke,[3] Hungarian: főpohárnok,[3] Slovak: pohárnik and Latin: pincernarum regalium magistri or magister pincernarum)[3][2] was one of the high officials of the royal household in the Kingdom of Hungary.[2] Masters of the cupbearers were included among the "true barons"[4] of the realm from around 1220.[2]

  1. ^ Stephen Werbőczy: The Customary Law of the Renowned Kingdom of Hungary in Three Parts (1517) (ch. 1.94), p. 177.
  2. ^ a b c d Engel 2001, p. 92.
  3. ^ a b c Fallenbüchl 1988, p. 91.
  4. ^ Stephen Werbőczy: The Customary Law of the Renowned Kingdom of Hungary in Three Parts (1517) (ch. 1.94), p. 177.