Master of the doorkeepers

The Master of the doorkeepers (Hungarian: királyi (fő)ajtónállómester, Latin: Janitorum regalium magister, German: Königlicher Oberst-Türhüter)[1] was a high-ranking official in the Kingdom of Hungary from the beginning of the 11th century to 1945.

Formerly, the office was known as Ispán of the keepers (Hungarian: csőszök ispánja, Latin: comes preconum).

The office-holders supervised the keepers in the royal manors and the court, who were responsible for guarding and had messenger functions.

[3] The Master of the doorkeepers was one of the lesser barons of the realm, according to the Tripartitum (Article 94) created by István Werbőczy in the 16th century.

From the Anjou Age, the actual tasks was conducted by his deputy, usually a familial from the lesser nobility.