Valet de chambre (French pronunciation: [valɛ də ʃɑ̃bʁ]), or varlet de chambre, was a court appointment introduced in the late Middle Ages, common from...

A valet or varlet is a male servant who serves as personal attendant to his employer. In the Middle Ages and Ancien Régime, valet de chambre was a role...

Chambre (French for chamber) may refer to: Chambre des Pairs Chambre des Députés Chambre de bonne Chambre introuvable Valet de chambre Chambre Ardente...

sequence of five Bontemps to hold the position of Premier valet de la Chambre du Roi ("First valet of the king's bedchamber") in uninterrupted succession...

courtier title defined in the Table of Ranks, generally equating to valet de chambre or Groom of the Chamber. Yunker was a term for students of any military...

Guillaume Lebel (1696–1768) or also Le Bel, was first chamber servant, or valet-de-chambre, of king Louis XV of France. He is mainly known in history for his...

serve. Roxy is one-sixteenth black and majority white, and her son Valet de Chambre (referred to as Chambers) is 1/32 black. Roxy is principally charged...

Charles VI of France. Within the year Maloul accepted the position as valet de chambre and court painter to Charles's uncle Philip the Bold, the Duke of Burgundy...

painter with workshop assistants, and was employed as painter and valet de chambre to John III the Pitiless, ruler of the counties of Holland and Hainaut...

(1778–1845) was valet to Napoleon, Emperor of the French. He wrote "Mémoires de Constant, premier valet de chambre de l'empereur, sur la vie privée de Napoléon...

usually shared for the local government and the mob. Valet Valet de chambre Trapito Car guard Franelero Valet boys have taken over Bangsar Baru Government needs...

and other classes at court, although Alexandre Bontemps, the head valet de chambre of Louis XIV, was a late example of a "menial" who managed to establish...

colleagues, asked that we look after his family, and asked that Cléry, his valet-de-chambre, be that of the queen; hurriedly he then said: “my wife.” In addition...

important occasions. It is a local name for the old court position of valet de chambre. To be appointed is an honor. The appointee is an unpaid volunteer...

might be given a place in the household, often by appointing them as valet de chambre or the local equivalent. Among many of these households there are certain...

Kammerjunker, the German and Scandinavian equivalent of the French valet de chambre, a position usually given to young noble men in the service of a princely...

French was still the language of the court, the title was varlet or valet de chambre. In German, Danish and Russian the term was "Kammerjunker" and in Swedish...

father, Anders van Wesel, served as apothecary to Maximilian and later valet de chambre to his successor, Charles V. Anders encouraged his son to continue...

Macbeth). This might be a court appointment as the female equivalent to a valet de chambre. A woman with good manners and high standards of behaviour. From the...

Description du Berry et diocèse de Bourges au XVIe siècle par Nicolas de Nicolay Dauphinois, géographe et valet de chambre du roi Charles IX [...] avec une...

de Provence, brother of King Louis XVI. He returned to Paris, where he was put in charge of Monsieur's cabinet of natural history and made a valet de...

the free dictionary. Varlet (/ˈvɑːrlət/) can refer to: Valet Knight's squire Valet de chambre, a court appointment introduced in the late Middle Ages...

relative merits of marble and alabaster, signed 'Jehan Perreal de Paris, votre Valet de Chambre et paintre indigne.' He was an accomplished designer of tombs...

the service of Philip the Bold on 22 January 1372 as ymagier et valet de chambre de Monseigneur. The next year he moved to Dijon on the command of the...

d'Angoulême, Madame Elisabeth, Sister of Louis XVI, and Cléry, the King's Valet de Chambre, translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley. New York: The Lamb Publishing...

could be a court office in the household of royalty, as a type of valet de chambre. In Switzerland, huissier is the French equivalent of German Weibel...

overseen by Alexandre Bontemps (1626–1701), first valet of the king's bedchamber (premier valet de la chambre du roi), who secured a dowry of 40 000 livres...

family of Charles, Count of Angoulême (1459–96) in Cognac, and made Valet de Chambre to the family in 1484. When the Count of Angoulême died in 1496, Testard...

1883–1901: James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Abercorn Groom of the Robes Valet de chambre ja:公人朝夕人 – the position in Japan For the role of the Groom of the Stool...

separated from the rest of the chambre du roi by a gilded balustrade. He was woken at eight o'clock by his head valet de chambre—Alexandre Bontemps held this...