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A cup-bearer depicted c. 460–450 BC. In Greek mythology, Hebe, the goddess of youth, was the original cup-bearer to the Greek gods of Mount Olympus, serving them nectar and ambrosia. Hebe is the daughter of Zeus and Hera and is described performing her duties as cup-bearer in the Iliad:
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. [1] Historically, in Europe, a lady-in-waiting was often a noblewoman but of lower rank than the woman to whom she attended.
A lady's companion might be taken on by an unmarried woman living on her own, by a widow, a married woman who lived with her husband and sons but had no daughters and desired female company, or by an unmarried woman who was living with her father or another male relation but had lost her mother, and was too old to have a governess.
The daughter of Lord Mountbatten and a first cousin of Prince Philip, Lady Pamela was a bridesmaid at Queen Elizabeth's royal wedding, a lady-in-waiting for the Queen, and joined her on many ...
She was a lady-in-waiting to the Byzantine empress Theodora. [3] Justinian I, Theodora's husband, may have pursued her, as Theodora grew jealous of her. [2] Anastasia, to avoid any trouble, left for Alexandria in Egypt. [2] She arrived at a place called Pempton, near Alexandria, where she founded a monastery which would later be named after her ...
In the Hebrew Bible, Gebirah (/ ɡ ə b ɪər ˈ ɑː / gə-beer-Ah; Hebrew: גְּבִירָה, romanized: gəḇirā, lit. 'lady') is a title ascribed to queen mothers of Israel and Judah . Description
Charlotte Clayton, Baroness Sundon, Woman of the Bedchamber to Queen Caroline. 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.
A fellow lady-in-waiting, Marie de Croix, the widow of Charles de Latre, who had served as butler to the princes until his death in 1510, was appointed to assist Anna in her duties. [ 11 ] She served as Grand Mistress at the Hof van Savoye in Mechelen , Antwerp , for eighteen years, until the marriage of Eleanor of Austria and Manuel I of ...