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A lady-in-waiting (alternatively written lady in waiting) or court lady is a female personal assistant at a court, attending on a royal woman or a high-ranking noblewoman. Historically, in Europe, a lady-in-waiting was often a noblewoman but of lower rank than the woman to whom she attended.
- Mary Hamilton (lady in waiting)
Mary Hamilton, or Maria Danilovna Gamentova (died 14 March...
- Anne Basset (lady-in-waiting)
Anne Basset (1520 – before 1558) was an English...
- Mary Hamilton (lady in waiting)
Mary Hamilton, or Maria Danilovna Gamentova (died 14 March 1719), was the lady-in-waiting of Empress Catherine I of Russia and a royal mistress of Tsar Peter the Great of Russia. She was executed for abortion, infanticide, theft and slander of Empress Catherine.
lady-in-waiting, in European history, a woman of noble birth who serves a female monarch as a member of the royal household. Any noble woman performing personal service for a queen is often referred to as a lady-in-waiting, although exact titles differ depending on a woman’s particular office or marital status, as well as the language being used.
A lady-in-waiting (also called waiting maid) is a female personal helper at a noble court. A lady in waiting would be in charge of waking, dressing and accompanying a lady in her daily activities She helps a queen, a princess, or other noblewoman.
Despite its madcap romps, “Lady in Waiting” can make for sobering reading, and the downside of this privileged life, with its potential for tragedy, looms over three of Glenconner’s five ...
In the Royal Household of the United Kingdom the term Woman of the Bedchamber is used to describe a woman (usually a daughter of a peer) attending either a queen regnant or queen consort, in the role of lady-in-waiting.
Anne Basset (1520 – before 1558) was an English lady-in-waiting of the Tudor period, reputed to have been the mistress of King Henry VIII.
