Première dame d'honneur ('first lady of honour'), or simply dame d'honneur ('lady of honour'), was an office at the royal court of France. It existed in...
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Dame d'honneur or Dame d’honneur was a common title for two categories of French ladies-in-waiting, who are often confused because of the similarity. Dame...
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1912), was a French courtier and royal mistress. She served as Première dame d'honneur to Empress Eugénie de Montijo in 1868–1870, and was the last to...
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Maulévrier, was a French noblewoman and courtier. She served as Première dame d'honneur to Queen Catherine de' Medici from 1547 until 1560 and was the...
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the highest French nobility. They were ranked between the Première dame d'honneur and the Dame du Palais. At least from the Isabeau of Bavaria's tenure...
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queen had the formal title Dame d'honneur ('Lady of Honour', commonly only 'Dame'), hence the title 'Première dame d'honneur' ('First lady of honour')...
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Madeleine of Savoy (1510–1586) was a French court official, Première dame d'honneur to the queen of France, Elisabeth of Austria, from 1570 until 1574...
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(February 26, 1782 in Paris – July 3, 1856 in Paris) was a French courtier, dame d'honneur (Mistress of the Robes) to Empress Marie Louise of France, and the second...
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a French courtier. She served as the principal lady in waiting, or dame d'honneur (Mistress of the Robes), to Empress Joséphine in 1804–09. She was born...
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Montpensier, and the mother of his six children. She had the office of Première dame d'honneur to the queen dowager regent of France, Catherine de' Medici, from...
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arrival of the dauphine, as did the première dame d'honneur Anne de Noailles, comtesse de Noailles and the dame d'atour Amable-Gabrielle de Villars....
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Lady-in-waiting (redirect from Dame di Corte)
composed of one Dame d'honneur, followed by several ladies-in-waiting with the title Dame du Palais, in turn ranking above the Première femme de chambre...
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- 16 January 1632) was a French court official. She served as Première dame d'honneur to the queen of France, Marie de' Medici, from 1600 until 1632...
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1618) was a Spanish and later French court official. She served as Première dame d'honneur to the queen of France, Anne of Austria, from 1615 until 1618....
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revolution, with Adélaïde de La Rochefoucauld as Première dame d'honneur, Émilie de Beauharnais as Dame d'atour, and the wives of his own officials and...
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in rank above the première dame d'honneur. Whenever the surintendante was absent, she was replaced by the première dame d'honneur. The post of surintendante...
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de Navailles (1625-1700) was a French courtier. She served as Première dame d'honneur to the queen of France, Maria Theresa of Spain, from 1660 until...
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courtier. She served as dame d'atour to the queen of France, Marie Antoinette, from 1781 until 1791, and as première dame d'honneur from 1791 until 1792...
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girl. Her daughter Françoise managed the Queen's household as première dame d'honneur (chief lady-in-waiting). The King's adoration for Diane caused...
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the positions superintendent of the household of the queen and Première dame d'honneur, respectively, in order to keep the queen and her household under...
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1794) was a French noblewoman and court official. She served as the dame d'honneur of two Queens of France, Marie Leszczyńska and Marie Antoinette. She...
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Rochefoucauld (1588–1677) was a French courtier. She served as Première dame d'honneur to the queen of France, Anne of Austria, from 1626 until 1638,...
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Beauclerk, Duchess of St Albans dates unknown: Lady Jane Hamilton Première dame d'honneur, French equivalent Camarera mayor de Palacio, Spanish equivalent...
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Mirandole (1533–1607) was a French court official. She served as Première dame d'honneur to the queen of France, Louise of Lorraine, from 1583 until 1601...
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official. She served as Governess of the Children of France, and Première dame d'honneur to the queen of France, Mary Stuart, from 1559 until 1560. She...
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served as royal governess of Louis, Grand Dauphin in 1661–1664, and Première dame d'honneur to the queen of France, Queen Marie Thérèse, from 1664 until 1671...
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the Dauphines maids-of-honour, serving under the Première dame d'honneur Anne de Richelieu and the Dame d'atour Madeleine de Laval-Bois-Dauphin. She was...
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Philippes de Montespedon (redirect from Philippe de Montespédon, Dame de Beaupreau)
Roche-sur-Yon, Dame de Chemillé and Dame de Beaupreau (d. 1578), was a French princess and courtier. She was Première dame d'honneur to the queen dowager...
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Montmorency (1571–1654) was a French court official. She served as Première dame d'honneur to the queen of France, Anne of Austria, from 1615 until 1624....
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Russian equivalent Camarera mayor de Palacio, Spanish equivalent Première dame d'honneur, French equivalent Surintendante de la Maison de la Reine, French...
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