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French ladies-in-waiting (3 C, 158 P) French royal favourites ... Pages in category "French courtiers" The following 33 pages are in this category, out of 33 total.
The Château de Versailles, completion of the curial system in France. The French court ("Cour de France" in French), often simply "la cour", refers to the group of people, known as courtiers, who lived in the direct entourage of the king or, under the First and Second Empires, the emperor.
The earliest courtiers coincide with the development of definable courts beyond the rudimentary entourages or retinues of rulers. There were probably courtiers in the courts of the Akkadian Empire where there is evidence of court appointments such as that of cup-bearer which was one of the earliest court appointments and remained a position at courts for thousands of years. [3]
Courtiers from the Abbasid Caliphate (24 P) Austrian courtiers (4 C, 4 P) B. Belgian courtiers (1 C) ... French courtiers (16 C, 33 P) G. German courtiers (3 C, 5 P)
Barbara Bessola (d. after 1690), was a French courtier. She was a member of the German entourage of Maria Anna Victoria of Bavaria when she arrived in France for her wedding with the Dauphin in 1680. In France, she had the office Première femme de Chambre.
Louise Charlotte Françoise de Montesquiou, née de Le Tellier de Louvois-Courtanvaux de Montmirail de Creuzy (25 June 1765 – 29 May 1835), [1] was a French courtier. She served as the royal governess of Napoleon II from 1811 until 1814. Louise was also a lady-in-waiting at the French court.
A large team of royal courtiers and senior advisers have been called upon at Buckingham Palace and Clarence House in the wake of the Queen’s death. ... (left) with the French president Emmanuel ...
Louise Antoinette Lannes, Duchess of Montebello (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 wife of Jean Lannes, one of Napoléon's ablest Marshals, who was nicknamed the Roland of the Grand Armée.