Courtier
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A courtier is a person who attends the royal court of a monarch or other royalty. The earliest historical examples of courtiers were part of the retinues of rulers. Historically, the court was the cen
Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester was a courtier favoured by Elizabeth I.
Alexandre Bontemps
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Alexandre Bontemps was the valet of King Louis XIV and a powerful figure at the court of Versailles, respected and feared for his exceptional access to the King. He was the second of a sequence of fiv
The Chateau of Marly, Louis's holiday home; one of Bontemps's responsibilities
Louis XIV by Hyacinthe Rigaud