Lady of the Bedchamber
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Lady of the Bedchamber is the title of a lady-in-waiting holding the official position of personal attendant on a British queen regnant or queen consort. The position is traditionally held by the wife
The Countess of Airlie returns to Buckingham Palace in a carriage in 2008, having attended the State Opening of Parliament in her capacity as lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth II (a position she held from 1973 until the Queen's death in 2022).
Lucy Hay, Countess of Carlisle, Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Henrietta Maria.
Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland, Countess of Castlemaine, was an English royal mistress of the Villiers family and perhaps the most notorious of the many mistresses of King Charles II of Engl
Lady of the Bedchamber
…1663–1667: Katherine Stanhope, Countess of Chesterfield 1663–1673: Barbara Palmer, Countess of Castlemaine 1663–1681: Barbara Howard, Countess of Suffolk…
Portrait attributed to John Greenhill. Dated to no later than 1676.
Barbara Palmer's lack of fortune limited her marriage prospects
Portrait by Sir Peter Lely (c. 1666)
Barbara, Duchess of Cleveland, circa 1705, by Sir Godfrey Kneller