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Mathurine is noted in the registers of the court with the position Plaisante, [2] which was the title of female jesters of the court in 16th-century France, of which there were evidently several, such as Mademoiselle Sevin, the jester of the queen of Navarre. [3] Mathurine de Vallois is the most known of these female jesters.
By the 16th century they fought alongside their lord in battle in addition to their other duties. Tonga was the first royal court to appoint a court jester in the 20th century; Taufa'ahau Tupou IV, the King of Tonga, appointed JD Bogdanoff to that role in 1999. [29] Bogdanoff was later embroiled in a financial scandal. [30]
Perkeo of Heidelberg, 18th Century jester of Prince Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine; Raja Birbal (c. 16th century), Indian jester of Emperor Akbar of Mughal Empire; Roland the Farter, 12th Century jester of Henry II of England; Russel Erwood (b. 1981), 2nd official resident jester of Conwy in North Wales replacing the jester of 1295 [1] [2]
Thomazina Muliercula (died 1603), also known as “Mrs Tamasin” and “Tomasin de Paris”, was an English jester. She was the Court dwarf and jester of queen Elizabeth I of England between 1577 and 1603. [1] Courtly dance, a painting at Penshurst Place traditionally associated with Thomazina. She was presumably from Paris.
Archibald "Archy" Armstrong (died March 1672) was a native of Cumberland, and according to tradition first distinguished himself as a sheep thief; afterwards he entered the service of James VI and I as a court jester, with whom he became a favourite.
Ferrial was born in France in 1479. In unknown circumstances, Ferrial found purpose in life as the court jester for King Francis I (and perhaps also earlier for Louix XII), who kept him on the court, together with François Bourcier, "governor of Triboulet" and his brother, Nicolas Le Feurial. [2]
Detail of a painting (c. 1570–80) of the King's Fountain, in Lisbon, showing a black Knight of the Order of Saint James, traditionally identified as João de Sá.. João de Sá (fl. 1524–1567), known as Panasco (a nickname that meant rudeness as revealed by clothes or manners), was a black African in the employ of King John III of Portugal, who was eventually elevated from court jester to ...
Coming from an old noble family. Last Balakirev occurs on one of versions, from the Tatar word bala kire (a stubborn child). Since the 16th century, Balakirev lived in the Ryazan principality, and in the 17th century, one of Balakirev was stolnik from the hook, he served in the inner chambers under Alexis of Russia.