Saint-Aignan. As First Gentleman of the King's Bedchamber (Premier gentilhomme de la Chambre du roi) in 1666 (a high privilege whose recipient was in charge...

reign of François, and around 1520 he was established as premier gentilhomme de la chambre du roi (first gentleman of the king's chamber), giving him privileged...

position of First Gentleman of the Bedchamber to the king (Premier gentilhomme de la chambre du Roi). The d'Aumont family became extinct in 1888 with Louis...

Mémoires de Roger de Rabutin, comte de Bussy, lieutenant-général des armées du roi, Mestre de camp général de la cavalerie légère [Memories of Roger de Rabutin...

Premier Gentilhomme de la Chambre du Roi, which had become a family sinecure. In 1725 he married his cousin, Marie Hortense de La Tour d'Auvergne (1704–1788)...

last detail of design and order. At the king's lever, the premier gentilhomme de la chambre (First Gentleman of the Bedchamber), controller of the Menus-Plaisirs...

Antoine de La Fosse (alias Sieur d'Aubigny; 1653 or 1658 – 2 November 1708) Premier gentilhomme de la Chambre [fr], was a French playwright who wrote...

was made a gentilhomme de la chambre du roi (gentleman of the king's chamber) granting him a degree of privileged access to the king. La Rochepot accompanied...

June 2011). Journal de Papillon de La Ferte, Intendant Et Controleur de L'Argenterie, Menus-Plaisirs Et Affaires de La Chambre Du Roi (1756-1780) (in French)...

Brittany, the governorship of Franche-Comté and the post of premier gentilhomme de la chambre du roi. In 1755, he was made governor of Château Trompette. In...

having a very successful military career, he was created Premier gentilhomme de la Chambre du Roi, "First Gentleman of the King's Bedchamber". He had returned...

of Béarn ("Conseiller à la Chambre criminelle") (1595), Attorney in charge of Impounds ("Maître de Fourrière") for Catherine de Navarre (1596-1599), Attorney...

and divisions of past decades. When he became surintendant de la musique de la chambre du roi in 1661, the Great Violins also came under Lully's control...

established Épernon and Joyeuse as co-holders of the office of premier gentilhomme de la chambre du roi. Joyeuse was established to the office through the dispossession...

capacities, including Premier Gentilhomme de la Chambre du Roi and as Governor of Paris. In 1666, he assumed by Royal Licence the name de Villequier, and was...

et de Chevalerie, Paris, 1648), he was a member of the parliament in Paris and the member of the Order of Saint Michael (gentilhomme de la Chambre du Roi...

Châteauvieux travelled with Anjou to the Commonwealth, serving him as a gentilhomme de la chambre during his tenure in the country. Châteauvieux remained with the...

against the Bastille" as he would jokingly remark to the Premiers Gentilhommes de la Chambre to whom he reported, reassuring them that otherwise it would...

office for the more prestigious office of gentilhomme de la chambre du roi (gentleman of the king's chamber). La Roche-Guyon was alienated from the king...

Titres Pontificaux, nomination de Louis-Désiré, Marquis de Montholon-Sémonville (1785–1863), Gentilhomme de la chambre du Roi Louis XVIII, en tant que Prince...

gentilhomme de la chambre du roi. He would, however, refuse take the oath required for the role at the hands of François d'O, the premier gentilhomme...

chevalier de l'Ordre de Saint-Michel, the second highest order of French chivalry. This was followed by elevation as a gentilhomme de la chambre du roi the...

and after surrendering his abbeys, gentilhomme de la chambre du roi (gentleman of the king's chamber) and capitaine de cinquante hommes d'armes (captain...

Henri II de Bourbon, prince de Condé (until c.1606), and then passed into the service of king Henry IV of France as "secrétaire de la chambre du roi". Nervèze...

was made first gentleman of the royal bedchamber (premier gentilhomme de la chambre du roi) in 1630. Louis XIV elevated him in 1663 to the title of Duke...

Dauphin, son of the duke of Montpensier. By 1569 he was a gentilhomme ordinaire de la chambre du roi. Richelieu saw his first military service during the third...

purchased from the court of Louis XIII the posts of "valet de chambre ordinaire et tapissier du Roi" ("valet of the King's chamber and keeper of carpets and...

position of Premier Gentilhomme de la Chambre by the duke, a key role in his household. He travelled with Anjou for the conduct of the siege of La Rochelle...

d'histoire du Québec, 1534–2008. Éditions Trois-Pistoles. ISBN 978-2-89583-183-9. Binot, Guy (2004). Pierre Dugua de Mons: gentilhomme royannais, premier colonisateur...

Blacas (Duc de Blacas) on 30 April 1821. After his death, the new king, Charles X, chose him to be one of his premier gentilhommes de la chambre. Blacas was...