Royal Courtiers, Ladies in Waiting, Staff, etc

[CyrilVladisla]

The harsh treatment of Queen Elizabeth I's lady in waiting Lady Mary Dudley

 

[Hans-Rickard]

Do Queen Sonja and Princess Mette-Marit have ladies-in-waiting?

No. Queen Sonja did have 3 Ladies in Waiting as Crown Princess and in her early years as Queen but in the late 1990:s they reformed the Royal Household and the role of the ladies in waiting was abolished.

Only Princess Astrid choosed to keep her lady in waiting.

 

[An Ard Ri]

The harsh treatment of Queen Elizabeth I's lady in waiting Lady Mary Dudley

Lady Mary Dudley and her Sir Henry Sidney resided in Ireland from 1556 under Queen Mary as Sir Henry accompanied the Lord Deputy of Ireland .
Queen Mary was also a godmother godmother to their daughter Mary Margaret Sidney.
The Couple returned to England in 1559 under Queen Elizabeth.

 

[CyrilVladisla]

Elizabeth of Denton was one of Queen Elizabeth of York's ladies at Court.
Anne Hastings, daughter of Sir William Hastings, married to George Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury was a lady in waiting to Queen Catherine of Aragon.

 

[An Ard Ri]

Elizabeth of Denton was one of Queen Elizabeth of York's ladies at Court.
Anne Hastings, daughter of Sir William Hastings, married to George Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury was a lady in waiting to Queen Catherine of Aragon.

Lady Anne Talbot, Countess of Shrewsbury died in 1520 and had served as a lady-in-waiting to Katherine of Aragon.
Her remains are buried beside her husband and his first wife at Sheffield Cathedral (formerly Church of St. Peter and St. Paul).https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/Anne_Hastings_Portrait.jpg

 

[Blog Real]

"Billed Bladet" published an article about Henriette Obel, the lady-in-waiting of Queen Margrethe II.

https://www.billedbladet.dk/kongeli...d-paa-cayx-det-skal-du-vide-om-henriette-obel

 

[Blog Real]

Who currently holds these positions:

United Kingdom: Lord Chamberlain - Andrew Parker, Baron Parker of Minsmere

Spain: Head of the House of His Majesty the King - Camilo Villarino

Denmark: Court Marshal - Christian Schønau

Sweden: Marshal of the Kingdom - Fredrik Wersäll

Norway: Head of the Court - Olav Heian-Engda

Belgium: Secretary General of the House of His Majesty the King - Dominique Mineur

Netherlands: Grand Master of the Court - Chris Breedveld

Luxembourg: Court Marshal - Paul Dühr

 

[An Ard Ri]

Claude Catherine de Clermont,Duchess de Retz was a lady in waiting to Catherine de Médicis and then was appointed as lady in waiting Marguerite de Valois and layer to Louise de Lorraine ,queen of Henri III.
The duchess was a close confidant of Queen Catherine and was involved in many of the French Court intrigues at the behest of the queen Regent.

Claude Catherine de Clermont,Duchess de Retz (1543-1603)

 

[An Ard Ri]

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.

 

[CyrilVladisla]

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.

 

[An Ard Ri]

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.

 

[CyrilVladisla]

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

 

[An Ard Ri]

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!

 

[Hans-Rickard]

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..

 

[An Ard Ri]

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!

 

[An Ard Ri]

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.

 

[An Ard Ri]

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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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[Blog Real]

Richard Benyon has been Lord Chamberlain of the British Royal Household since 4 November 2024.

Richard Benyon - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[An Ard Ri]

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

 

[An Ard Ri]

The Grand Chamberlain of France was the equivalent of the Office of the UK's Lord Chamberlain.
The Office was established in 1545 by François Ier and it was abolished in 1789 ,the last Office holder before the Revolution was Godefroy de La Tour d'Auvergne,Duc de Bouillon.
It was later briefly revived from 1814 to 1830.

The Arms of the French Grand Chamberlain

 

[xenoma]

Hello, i have a question about these lady's who get these (title ) at the court. I am very busy with the Dynasty of the Romanov's and you have a wikipedia website (in English and Russian ) List of State Ladies of Imperial Russia - Wikipedia
i ask my self what is de differents between the two ? because with some perseon's there stand that she is Maid of Honor but somewhere else she is Lady in Waiting..

Jan

 

[Somebody]

According to the explanation on wikipedia itself - on the page of the maids of honor - the state ladies/ladies in waiting had a higher position than the maids of honor at court. So, the ladies in waiting ate the senior attendants to the queen and the maids of honor the more junior attendants. So, in time of course it is possible that some who starts as maid of honor is later appointed as lady in waiting.

 

[xenoma]

According to the explanation on wikipedia itself - on the page of the maids of honor - the state ladies/ladies in waiting had a higher position than the maids of honor at court. So, the ladies in waiting ate the senior attendants to the queen and the maids of honor the more junior attendants. So, in time of course it is possible that some who starts as maid of honor is later appointed as lady in waiting.

If you look for the descriptions with the two links ad then it's for me not sure when use when.

Фрейлина — Википедия

ru.wikipedia.org

The title was given to unmarried women When appointed as a maid of honor, a girl received a " cipher ", that is, a monogram decorated with diamonds of the royal personage whose retinue she entered. When they got married, this title was removed from them, but they retained the right to be presented to the empress and receive invitations to court ceremonies and balls in the Great Hall of the Winter Palace together with their husbands, regardless of their rank

Придворные дамы Российской империи — Википедия

ru.wikipedia.org

Maid of honor was the most frequently granted title (1881: 189 maids of honor out of 203 court ladies with titles; 1914: 261 out of 280). Only unmarried women could be ladies-in-waiting and chambermaids. Only a few of them were given a higher title upon marriage; the rest were expelled from the court upon marriage. In 1826, Nicholas I established a set of maids of honor - 36 people. Some of the "complete" maids of honor were appointed to "serve" the empresses, grand duchesses and grand princesses (these maids of honor were called retinue ). Educators of the grand duchesses were appointed from the retinue of maids of honor.

 

[Somebody]

It were two distinct functions, so it depended on whether they had been appointed one or the other.

 

[An Ard Ri]

The 4 Mary 's the Scottish lady's in waiting to Mary Queen of Scots
(Mary Seton, Mary Beaton, Mary Fleming and Mary Livingston)
The Four Marys: Mary Queen of Scots’ Ladies in Waiting - Historic UK