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A lady-in-waiting of the Imperial Russian Court (придворные дамы) was a woman of high aristocracy at the service of a woman of the Imperial family. They were organised according to the strict hierarchy of Peter the Great 's table of ranks , following the woman's chin (rank) established on January 24, 1722.
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.
State Ladies or Statsdame at the Russian Imperial Court were the second largest group of court ladies, after maids of honour. This position was officially established during the reign of Paul I, at the coronation of his wife [Maria Feodorovna (Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg). Before that women simply carried portraits of the empress.
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The marriage had been strategically arranged to create a Russian bridgehead into Poland. [6] After her marriage, she could no longer keep her position as maid of honour, which was reserved for unmarried women, but was promoted to the rank of lady-in-waiting, and thus was able to continue to attend court. [7] Her marriage was described as ...
Countess Anastasia Vasilyevna Hendrikova (23 June 1887 – 4 September 1918), was a lady in waiting at the court of Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra.She was arrested by the Bolsheviks and shot to death outside Perm in the autumn of 1918.
Countess Praskovya Aleksandrovna Bruce (Russian: Прасковья Александровна Брюс; née Rumyantseva; 1729–1785) was a Russian lady-in-waiting and noblewoman who was a confidante of Catherine the Great. [1] [2] [3]
Mariya Alekseevna Svistunova, née Rzhevskaya (June 26, 1778, St Petersburg - September 1, 1866, Paris) was a lady-in-waiting at the Russian Court and a convert to Roman Catholicism. She was the daughter of writer Aleksei Andreevich Rzhevsky (1737–1804) and Glafira Ivanovna Rzhevskaya (1758–1826) (née Alymova).