Court Mistress (Danish: hofmesterinde; Dutch: hofmeesteres; German: Hofmeisterin; Norwegian: hoffmesterinne; Swedish: hovmästarinna) or Chief Court Mistress...

political power in the early French court. From the 15th century onward and most importantly in France, chief mistresses gained a semi-official title (French:...

functioning as companion and secretary to her mistress. In courts where polygamy was practiced, a court lady was formally available to the monarch for...

Dowager Duchess of Grafton from 2011) 2021–2022: Position vacant Chief Court Mistress, Dutch, German, Scandinavian and Russian equivalent Camarera mayor...

June 2017) was a courtier at the Royal Court of Sweden from the 1970s to 2015, serving as chief court mistress from 1994 to 2015. Alice Viktoria Tornérhielm...

dɛji]), Duchess of Étampes, (1508 – 1580) was chief mistress of Francis I of France. She became Francis' mistress following his return from captivity in 1526...

Russian noblewoman, philanthropist and court official. She served as Ober-Hofmeisterin (Chief Court Mistress) or senior lady-in-waiting to empress Maria...

Andersdotter (died 1569), was a Swedish courtier. She served as Chief Court Mistress to queen Karin Månsdotter of Sweden. She is known for being a leading...

household. Carola's new Chief Court Mistress (German: Oberhofmeisterin) came from the Werther noble family and instructed her in the court protocol. In March...

noble, courtier and philanthropist. She served as Ober-Hofmeisterin (Chief Court Mistress) to Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia from 1894 until 1910....

marry Anne, the sister of his former mistress. Anne returned to England in January 1522; she soon joined the royal court as one of Queen Catherine's maids-of-honour...

and chief mistress of King Charles VII of France, by whom she bore four daughters. She is considered the first officially recognized royal mistress of...

died between 1602 and 1605) was a Swedish courtier. She served as Chief Court Mistress to queen Catherine Jagellon and, after her death, to Princess Anna...

(1838–1928) was a Russian noblewoman, court official and memoirist. She served as Ober-Hofmeisterin (Chief Court Mistress) to Empress Alexandra Feodorovna...

for a Danish one, headed by her new chamberlain Carl Juel and her Chief Court Mistress Christiane Henriette Louise Juel. Louise and Frederick then travelled...

Huitfeldt was given the Ordre de l'Union Parfaite in 1755 and served as Chief Court Mistress (overhoffmesterinne) to Queen Juliana Maria from 1757-1767. Holst...

particular by court painter Sir Peter Lely. Barbara's first cousin, Elizabeth Villiers (later 1st Countess of Orkney 1657–1733), was the presumed mistress of King...

Liechtenstein, Countess Esterházy von Galántha (1798–1869), Austrian Chief Court Mistress Princess Sophie of Liechtenstein (1837–1899), Princess Consort of...

herself only by her patronymic Elizabeth Carlsdotter. She was raised at the court of her paternal grandmother, Queen dowager Christina. Prior to her marriage...

from 1286 Else Werring (1905–1989), a Norwegian royal hostess and Chief Court Mistress from 1958 Cecilie Christine Schøller (1720–1786), a socialite who...

1570–1617). His wife, Marthe-Louise de la Frenaye (1832–1899), was Chief Court Mistress to the Queen of Saxony. On 7 March 1877 he was granted status as...

Nesle sisters, four of whom would become the mistress of King Louis XV of France. She was his mistress from 1742 until 1744. Marie Anne was born the...

Trolle-Wachtmeister, former Chief Court Mistress, Sweden 13 January 1987: Lennart Ahrén [sv], former Marshal of Royal Court, Sweden 13 January 1987: Sten...

Telescope Marie-Louise Johanna Daisy Teixeira de Mattos: was the Chief Court Mistress for Juliana of the Netherlands Blanche Blackwell: Jamaican heiress...

the married ladies-in-waiting. As the German court model originally included only a Chief Court Mistress and a group of maids of honours, she was often...

Counts of Rosenborg and the Countess of Frederiksborg -- The Queen's Chief Court Mistress (Danish: Overhofmesterinde) (none since 1952) The Prime Minister...

From 1720-36, she was a maid-of-honour (hoffröken) and from 1736-70 Chief Court Mistress (overhofmesterinde) to Princess Charlotte Amalie of Denmark. She...

Maltzan and Countess Augusta von der Goltz. Antoinette served as Chief Court Mistress of Empress Augusta. Together, they were the parents of: Alexander...

Maria Hjärne née Ehrensvärd (1718-1798) was a Swedish courtier, Chief Court Mistress to the queen of Sweden, Sophia Magdalena of Denmark, from 1766 to...

first with the title hovmastarinna ('Court mistress') and from 1825 as overhoffmesterinne ('Chief court mistress'). Initially, her office was purely honorary...