Caballerizo mayor

The Caballerizo mayor (Great Equerry) was the Officer of the Royal Household and Heritage of the Crown of Spain.

When the King sorted out from the Royal Palace, the Caballerizo had the main position behind him and the major rang over the other Court Officials.

During the reigns of the last two Kings before the proclamation of the Second Spanish Republic, Alfonso XII and Alfonso XIII, the “Caballerizo”, which joined to his function that of the “Montero mayor” (Great Hunter) of the King (which was an Office created during the reign of Isabella II), was the second person in category after the Mayordomo mayor having the sole authority so soon the Monarch left the Royal Palace.

His annual wages were 15.000 pesetas, the same ones that had the “Mayordomo” and, equally, he had the right to a private office at the Royal Palace of Madrid.

As “Montero mayor” equally, his uniform was of green very dark cloth with own embroideries in form of branches of oak.