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45:('lady of honour'), was an office at the royal court of France. It existed in nearly all French courts from the 16th-century onward. Though the tasks of the post shifted, the dame d'honneur was normally the first or second rank of all ladies-in-waiting. The dame d'honneur was selected from the members of the highest
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The task of the dame d'honneur was to supervise the female courtiers, control the budget, order necessary purchases, and organize the annual account and staff list; she supervised the daily routine and attended both ordinary and ceremonial court functions, as well as escorting and introducing those
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The term Dame d'honneur has also been used as a general term for a (married) French lady-in-waiting. Initially, the married ladies-in-waiting who attended the queen of France had the title Dame. This was simply the title of a married lady-in-waiting, who was not the principal lady-in-waiting.
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From 1523, the group of 'Dame', (married) ladies-in-waiting who attended the court as companions of the queen had the formal title Dame d'honneur ('Lady of Honour', commonly only 'Dame'), hence the title 'Première dame d'honneur' ('First lady of honour') to distinguish between the principal
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The
Household of the wife of the heir to the throne were normally appointed one year before the royal bride arrived to France, so that they could be a part of the royal welcome entourage.
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For the first years in France, before her
Spanish entourage was sent back to Spain, Anne had both a French and a Spanish office holder in several posts of her court.
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lady-in-waiting and the group of remaining (married) ladies-in-waiting. In 1674, the position of Fille d'honneur was abolished, and the 'Dames' were renamed
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Though the office was commonly only referred to as "Dame d'honneur", this list use the full title of "Première dame d'honneur".
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Duindam: Vienna and Versailles: The Courts of Europe's Dynastic Rivals, 1550-1780.
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seeking audience with the queen. She had the keys to the queen's personal rooms in her possession.
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Caroline zum Kolk, "The
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Household of the Queen of France in the Sixteenth Century", in:
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Politics of Female Households: Ladies-in-waiting across Early Modern Europe
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Pignatelli d'Egmont, duchess de Chevreuse (deputy)
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Clermont, Duchess of Brancas
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Susanne de Béthune, Duchess of Lude
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When the Dame d'honneur was absent, she was replaced by the
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Beatrix Pacheco d'Ascalona, comtesse de Montbel d'Entremont
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The position of Dame d'honneur was revived during the
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The Eagle in Splendour: Inside the Court of Napoleon
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607:Laure Auguste de Fitz-James, Princess of Chimay
486:Christine-Zoë de Montjoye, marquise de Dolomieu
470:Louise Antoinette Lannes, Duchess of Montebello
432:Laure-Auguste de Fitz-James, Princess de Chimay
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95:Surintendante de la Maison de la Reine
141:to the queens and empresses of France
601:Anne d'Arpajon, Countess of Noailles
41:('first lady of honour'), or simply
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748:Eugénie. An empress and her empire
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57:The office was created in 1523.
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266:(jointly with de Cipierre)
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516:premières dames d'honneur
216:Guillemette de Sarrebruck
139:premières dames d'honneur
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445:Joséphine de Beauharnais
257:(jointly with de Randan)
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337:Marie-Claire de Fleix
159:Louise de Montmorency
104:Marie Anne de Bourbon
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884:Government of France
656:Chief Court Mistress
652:, Spanish equivalent
646:, British equivalent
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353:Susanne de Navailles
331:Catherine de Brassac
223:Elisabeth of Austria
191:Jacqueline de Longwy
176:Catherine de' Medici
32:Countess de Noailles
690:The Court Historian
677:The Court Historian
508:Marie-Anne Walewska
359:Julie de Montausier
319:Charlotte de Lannoy
248:Jeanne de Dampierre
909:French royal court
613:Geneviève d'Ossun
520:dauphine of France
502:Pauline de Bassano
493:Eugénie de Montijo
282:Antoinette de Pons
254:Louise de Cipierre
239:Louise of Lorraine
232:Madeleine of Savoy
185:Françoise de Brézé
165:Jeanne d'Angoulême
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