| Ladies-in-Waiting | |
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| Location: | Europe |
| Individuals: | Greer Castleroy Lady Kenna |
| Affiliations: | Kingdom of France |
| Episode: | Pilot |
| GALLERY | |
Ladies-in-waiting are women that have been handpicked to serve a queen as her servants and loyal supporters. They are notoriously young and beautiful women who are most often unwed, and of the queen's own age. Women of this position are usually of noble birth. They are also known to the queen as her confidants and friends, which led to the queen sometimes having relatives to fill the position. Although royal women usually have ladies-in-waiting, noblewomen can have them too.
In the Series[]
Queen Mary's Ladies[]
- Lady Kenna (Away)
- Lady Lola †
- Lady Aylee †
- Greer Castleroy
- She had Greer's ladies work for her as well.
Queen Catherine's Ladies[]
- Natalia
- Beatrice
- Lady Charlotte (The Flying Squad)
- Lady Gabrielle (The Flying Squad)
- Lady Marie (The Flying Squad)
- Lady Patrice (The Flying Squad)
- Penelope (In-Training)
Other[]
- Natalia (Queen Leeza's lady-in-waiting)
- Alexandra (Princess Claude's lady-in-waiting)
- Annabelle Breton (Queen Elizabeth's lady-in-waiting)
Clips[]
Historical Notes[]
- Mary, Queen of Scots' ladies-in-waiting took a vow not to enter the married state before Mary herself had found and married herself a husband.
- Mary Seton's and Mary Beton's mothers were French-born ladies-in-waiting to Mary of Guise
- Queen Elizabeth's mother, Anne Boleyn, was a lady-in-waiting for Catherine of Aragon while she was secretly seeing her husband, King Henry VIII.
- King Henry's II mistress, Filippa Duci, had his 1st child in 1538. 44 years later their daughter became a lady-in-waiting to his wife, Catherine de' Medici.
- King Henry had another mistress, Lady Janet Stewart, who was Mary, Queen of Scots' half-niece, and had an illegitimate son with him. She then had a daughter, Mary Fleming, who became one of "The Four Marys" as a lady-in-waiting to Queen Mary.
- Lady Lennox was a lady-in-waiting to King Henry's second wife, Anne Boleyn, and Chief Lady to his fifth wife, Catherine Parr.