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Deputy cup-bearer

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Deputy cup-bearer (Polish: Podczaszy) was since the 13th century a court office in Poland and later in Lithuania. Deputy cup-bearer was the deputy of the cup-bearer, with the time more important than his superior.

Since the 14th–16th century an honorable court title and a district office in Crown of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and later Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

  • podczaszy wielki koronny – Great Royal Deputy Cup-bearer of the Crown
  • podczaszy wielki litewski – Great Royal Deputy Cup-bearer of Lithuania
  • podczaszy koronny – Royal Deputy Cup-bearer of the Crown
  • podczaszy litewski – Royal Deputy Cup-bearer of Lithuania
  • podczaszy ziemski – District Royal Deputy Cup-bearer

See also