Famous lady-in-waitings
female personal assistant at a court, royal or feudal, attending on a queen, a princess, or a high-ranking noblewoman
123 people
Murasaki Shikibu
0973
– 1014
· Age 41
Deceased
Anne Boleyn
1507
– 1536
· Age 29
Deceased
Sei Shōnagon
0966
– 1025
· Age 59
Deceased
Madame de Pompadour
1721
– 1764
· Age 42
Deceased
Catherine Howard
1524
– 1542
· Age 18
Deceased
Jane Seymour
1508
– 1537
· Age 29
Deceased
Catherine Parr
1512
– 1548
· Age 36
Deceased
Madame de Lafayette
1634
– 1693
· Age 59
Deceased
Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg
1868
– 1914
· Age 46
Deceased
Mary Boleyn
1499
– 1543
· Age 44
Deceased
Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
1623
– 1673
· Age 50
Deceased
Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine
1863
– 1950
· Age 87
Deceased
Anne, Duchess of York
1637
– 1671
· Age 34
Deceased
Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough
1660
– 1744
· Age 84
Deceased
Agnès Sorel
1422
– 1450
· Age 28
Deceased
Madame de Montespan
1640
– 1707
· Age 66
Deceased
Yekaterina Dashkova
1743
– 1810
· Age 66
Deceased
Marie Thérèse of Savoy, Princesse de Lamballe
1749
– 1792
· Age 42
Deceased
Louise de La Vallière
1644
– 1710
· Age 65
Deceased
Julia, Princess of Battenberg
1825
– 1895
· Age 69
Deceased
Yolande de Polastron
1749
– 1793
· Age 44
Deceased
Izumi Shikibu
0976
– 1033
· Age 57
Deceased
Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury
1473
– 1541
· Age 67
Deceased
Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland
1640
– 1709
· Age 68
Deceased
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Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire
1480
– 1538
· Age 58
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q715222