Royal Courtiers, Ladies in Waiting, Staff, etc

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Françoise de Brézé was a lady in waiting to Catherine de Médicis from 1547 to 1559.
She was the daughter of Diane de Poitiers.
In 1538 Françoise was married to Robert IV de La Marck,Prince de Sedan and Duke de Bouillon.

 

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Charlotte Canning, Countess Canning was a lady-in-waiting to Queen Victoria of England. Her position was Lady of the Bedchamber. The years were 1842 to 1855. She accompanied Queen Victoria to Balmoral.

 

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Charlotte Canning, Countess Canning was a lady-in-waiting to Queen Victoria of England. Her position was Lady of the Bedchamber. The years were 1842 to 1855. She accompanied Queen Victoria to Balmoral.

Lady Canning died of malaria whilst in India in 1861 ,her husband was the Viceroy of India at the time.

 

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Lady Pamela Hicks was a Lady in Waiting to Queen Elizabeth II of England.

 

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Lady Pamela was a bridesmaid to then-Princess Elizabeth at her wedding and her lady in waiting and was with the Princess in Kenya when the king died in 1952!

 

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Lady Pamela was a bridesmaid to then-Princess Elizabeth at her wedding and her lady in waiting and was with the Princess in Kenya when the king died in 1952!

She must be the only one left now from that journey ?

She is really the last woman standing from the royals/royal connected born in the 1920:s…

And still a great source of information, according to India Hicks lovely videos with her..

 

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She must be the only one left now from that journey ?

She is really the last woman standing from the royals/royal connected born in the 1920:s…

And still a great source of information, according to India Hicks lovely videos with her..

The video of Lady Pamela are a favourite of mine too,she's a hoot!

 

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Madeleine de Savoie was the wife of the French Catholic Royalist commander ,the Duke de Montmorency.
The duchess who was the niece of Louise de Savovie (mother of Francis I ) held the postion of First Lady in Waiting to the Queen of France.
Madeleine died in 1586 towards the end of the reign of the House of Valois.

 

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Marie-Victoire de Noailles , Duchess of Penthièvre and Countess of Toulouse was the lady in waiting to Marie-Adélaïde of Savoy,Dauphine of France.
Her great grandson was Louis Philippe I of the French!

Marie-Victoire de Noailles (1688-1766)

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Victoire Armande Josèphe de Rohan, Princess of Guéméné was the Royal Governess to Madame Royale (daughter of Louis XVI)
In 1790 she was forced to flee France with her family.
Victoire Armande Josèphe de Rohan with Marie Thérèse Charlotte of France/Madame Royale