Lady-in-waiting
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A lady-in-waiting or court lady is a female personal assistant at a court, attending on a royal woman or a high-ranking noblewoman. Historically, in Europe, a lady-in-waiting was often a noblewoman bu
Princess Tatiana Alexandrovna Yusupova, a lady-in-waiting of the Imperial Court of Russia
Tang dynasty court ladies on A Palace Concert painting
Marie Louise of Savoy-Carignan, Princesse de Lamballe was chief lady-in-waiting to Queen Marie Antoinette of France
The Countess of Airlie (right), a Lady of the Bedchamber, accompanying Queen Elizabeth II as her lady-in-waiting (March 2005).
Henry VIII
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Henry VIII was King of England from 22 April 1509 until his death in 1547. At the same time, he was Lord of Ireland until 18 June 1542, after which he was also King of Ireland.
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…Lady Mary Boleyn (с. 1499/1500–1543) Four of Henry VIII's queens consort: Lady Anne Boleyn (c. 1501/07–1536) Jane Seymour (c. 1508–1537) Catherine Howard (с. 1523–1542) Catherine Parr (1512–1548) Jane Boleyn…
Portrait by Meynnart Wewyck, 1509
The meeting of Francis I and Henry VIII at the Field of the Cloth of Gold in 1520
Henry (left) with Pope Leo X (centre) and Emperor Charles V (right); painting by unknown artist c. 1520