The Dame du Palais, originally only Dame, was an historical office in the Royal Court of France. It was a title of a

lady-in-waiting A lady-in-waiting or court lady is a female personal assistant at a court, attending on a royal woman or a high-ranking noblewoman. Historically, in Europe, a lady-in-waiting was often a noblewoman but of lower rank than the woman to whom sh ...

holding the official position of personal attendant on a female member of the French Royal Family. The position was traditionally held by a female member of a noble family. They were ranked between the ''

Première dame d'honneur ''Première dame d'honneur'' ('first lady of honour'), or simply ''dame d'honneur'' ('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 ...

'' and the ''

Fille d'honneur A maid of honour is a junior attendant of a queen in royal households. The position was and is junior to the lady-in-waiting. The equivalent title and office has historically been used in most European royal courts. Role Traditionally, a queen r ...

''. They had previously been styled 'Dames'. The equivalent title and office has historically been used in most European royal courts (Dutch: ''Dames du Palais''; English: ''

Lady of the Bedchamber Lady of the Bedchamber is the title of a lady-in-waiting holding the official position of personal attendant on a British queen regnant or queen consort. The position is traditionally held by the wife of a peer. They are ranked between the Mis ...

''; German: '' Hofstaatsdame'' or '' Palatsdame''; Italian: '' Dame di Corte''; Russian: '' Hofdame'' or '' Statsdame''; Spanish: '' Dueña de honor''; Swedish: ''

Statsfru A lady-in-waiting or court lady is a female personal assistant at a court, attending on a royal woman or a high-ranking noblewoman. Historically, in Europe, a lady-in-waiting was often a noblewoman but of lower rank than the woman to whom sh ...

''). The same title has been used for the equivalent position in the courts of Belgium, Greece and The Netherlands.

History

Dame and Dame d'honneur

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. 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 '

' ('First lady of honour') to distinguish between the principal lady-in-waiting and the group of remaining common (married) ladies-in-waiting. They were third in rank below the Dame d'atours, and above the unmarried ''Fille d'honneur'' ('

maid of honour A maid of honour is a junior attendant of a queen in royal households. The position was and is junior to the lady-in-waiting. The equivalent title and office has historically been used in most European royal courts. Role Traditionally, a queen r ...

').

Dame du Palais

In 1674, the position of Fille d'honneur was abolished, and the 'Dames' were renamed ''Dame du Palais''.Jeroen Frans Jozef Duindam: Vienna and Versailles: The Courts of Europe's Dynastic Rivals, 1550-1780. The Dame du Palais were appointed from the highest ranked nobility of France. Only married women were selected. Their task was function as companions to the queen and attend functions as a part of her entourage. The number were in 1674 set at twelve. The position was abolished with the introduction of the Republic in 1792. It was revived during the

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, with the same original position as the title of a married lady-in-waiting below the 'Première dame d'honneur'. It was last used during the

Second Empire Second Empire may refer to: * Second British Empire, used by some historians to describe the British Empire after 1783 * Second Bulgarian Empire (1185–1396) * Second French Empire (1852–1870) ** Second Empire architecture, an architectural styl ...

List of Dame du Palais to the Queens and Empresses of France

This is an ''incomplete'' list of those who have served as Dame du Palais to the Queen or Empress of France. They also include those prior to 1674, who had the title ''Dame'' (formally Dame d'honneur), because it was the same position under different names. The office was normally shared between twelve women, who served in parallel. If additional Dame du Palais was appointed above the number twelve, they were normally named ''Dame du palais surnuméraire''.

Dame (-d'honneur) to
Eleanor of Austria Eleanor of Austria (15 November 1498 – 25 February 1558), also called Eleanor of Castile, was born an Archduchess of Austria and Infanta of Castile from the House of Habsburg, and subsequently became Queen consort of Portugal (1518–152 ...
1532–1547

* 1532-1534 : Hélène Gouffier de Boisy, dame de Traves * 1532-1537 : Isabeau de Picart d'Estelan, dame du Ris * 1532-1542 : Marie Gaudin * 1532-1543 : Marie d'Acigné, dame de Canaples * 1532-1543 : Jacqueline de la Queille, dame d'Aubigny * 1532-1543 :

Anne Lascaris Anne Lascaris (November 1487 – July 1554), countess of Tende and of Villars, was a French noblewoman. She was the daughter of Jean-Antoine II de Lascaris, comte de Tende and Ventimiglia, lord of Mentone, and his wife Isabeau (or Isabelle) d'An ...

* 1532-1543 :

Françoise de Longwy Françoise () is a French feminine given name (equivalent to the Italian Francesca) and may refer to: * Anne Françoise Elizabeth Lange (1772–1816), French actress * Claudine Françoise Mignot (1624–1711), French adventuress * Françoise Adn ...

* 1532-1543 :

Diane de Poitiers Diane de Poitiers (9 January 1500 – 25 April 1566) was a French noblewoman and prominent courtier. She wielded much power and influence as King Henry II's royal mistress and adviser until his death. Her position increased her wealth and family' ...

* 1532-1543 : Isabelle de Savoie-Villars, comtesse du Bouchage * 1532-1543, 1546-1547 : Louise de Polignac, dame du Vigean * 1533-1543 : Madeleine de Mailly, dame de Roye * 1534-1537 : Anne de La Fontaine, dame de la Mairie (

fille d'honneur A maid of honour is a junior attendant of a queen in royal households. The position was and is junior to the lady-in-waiting. The equivalent title and office has historically been used in most European royal courts. Role Traditionally, a queen r ...

1532 - 1534) * 1534-1542 and 1545-1547 : Marie de Langeac, baronne de Lestrange * 1537-1543 : Claude de Rohan-Gié (fille d'honneur de 1530 à 1537) * 1537-1543 : Marguerite de Savoie-Villars, comtesse de Brienne (fille d'honneur 1533 - 1537) * ?-1538 :

Jeanne d'Angoulême Jeanne d'Angoulême, Countess of Bar-sur-Seine ( – after 1531/1538), ''Dame de Givry'', ''Baroness of Pagny and of Mirebeau'', was an illegitimate half-sister of King Francis I of France and princess Marguerite de Navarre. She was created ''su ...

* 1538-1539 :

Françoise de Brézé Françoise de Brézé (ca. 1518 – 14 October 1577), ''Suo jure'' Countess of Maulévrier, was a French noblewoman and courtier. She served as ''Première dame d'honneur'' to Queen Catherine de' Medici from 1547 until 1560 and was the regent of ...

(fille d'honneur 1534 - 1538) * 1538-1543 :

Jacqueline de Longwy Jacqueline de Longwy, Countess of Bar-sur-Seine (before 1520 – 28 August 1561), Duchess of Montpensier, Dauphine of Auvergne was a French noblewoman, and a half-niece of King Francis I of France. She was the first wife of Louis III de Bourbon, D ...

(fille d'honneur 1533 - 1538) * 1538-1543 :

Jacqueline de Rohan-Gyé Jacqueline de Rohan, Marquise de Rothelin (c. 1520 – 1587) was a French court official and aristocrat. She was the daughter of Charles de Rohan and Jeanne de Saint-Severin, and regent of the Principality of Neufchâtel, Neufchâtel and of Valang ...

(fille d'honneur 1531 - 1536) * 1539-1543 : Charlotte de Brie, dame de Lauzun * 1539-1543 :

Guillemette de Sarrebruck Guillemette de Sarrebruck (circa 1490–1571) was a French court official. She served as Governess of the Children of France, and ''Première dame d'honneur'' to the queen of France, Mary Stuart, from 1559 until 1560. She had the title comtess ...

* 1540-? : Françoise Girard de Chevenon, dame de la Trollière * 1543-? : Jacqueline de Romezolles, dame de Castillon * ?-1543 :

Madeleine de Savoie Madeleine of Savoy (1510–1586) was a French court official, and the wife of constable Anne de Montmorency, a leading soldier and politician, whom she married in 1526. After she was widowed in 1567 she served as '' Première dame d'honneur'' t ...

* 1546-1547 :

Guyonne de Rieux Guyonne de Laval née Renée de Rieux (1524–1567) was a French ''suo jure'' countess of Laval 1547–1567.Malcolm Walsby The Counts of Laval: Culture, Patronage and Religion in Fifteenth and Sixteenth-Century France (Ashgate, Aldershot, 2007) S ...

(fille d'honneur 1533-1543) *

Anne de Pisseleu d'Heilly Anne de Pisseleu d'Heilly (), Duchess of Étampes, (15081580) was chief mistress of Francis I of France. She became Francis' mistress following his return from captivity in 1526. Anne enriched her family and friends through her courtly influen ...

Dame (-d'honneur) to
Catherine de' Medici Catherine de' Medici ( it, Caterina de' Medici, ; french: Catherine de Médicis, ; 13 April 1519 – 5 January 1589) was an Florentine noblewoman born into the Medici family. She was Queen of France from 1547 to 1559 by marriage to King ...
1547–1589

* 1544-1547, 1560-1570 : Marie-Catherine Pierrevive * 1548-1560 : Anne de Clermont, dame de Saint-Aignan * ?-1548 : Claude d'Humières * 1549-? : Marguerite d'Albon, dame d'Apchon * 1549-? : Jacqueline de l'Hospital, dame d'Aisnay * 1549-1560 : Antoinette de Cerisay * ?-1549 : Françoise de Pompadour, dame de Lustrac * 1551-1574 : Marie de Bony, dame d'Ausances * ?-1552 :

Madeleine Buonaiuti Madeleine Buonaiuti (d. 1580), was a French court official.Jean-François Solnon, Catherine de Médicis' She served as ''dame d'atours'' to the queen of France, Catherine de' Medici from 1552, and as such the deputy ''Première dame d'honneur'' in ...

* 1552-? : Louise de Clermont * 1552-? : Hélène de Bissipat, dame de Jamets * 1552-1555, 1573-1585 : Éléonore Stuart d'Albany, comtesse de Choisy * 1552-1560 :

Louise de Brézé Louise de Brézé (1521-1577), Duchess of Aumale and ''Dame d'Anet'', was a French noblewoman of the 16th century, the second daughter of Diane de Poitiers and Louis de Brézé. Biography Louise was born to the influential Norman landowner Loui ...

* 1552-1560, 1568-1574 et 1576-? :

Anne d'Este Anna d'Este (16 November 1531 – 17 May 1607) was an important princess with considerable influence at the court of France and a central figure in the French Wars of Religion. In her first marriage she was Duchess of Counts and Dukes of Aumale, ...

* 1552-1560, 1573-? : Charlotte de Vienne, dame de Curton * 1554-1560 :

Antoinette de Bourbon Antoinette of Bourbon (25 December 1494 – 22 January 1583), was a French noblewoman of the House of Bourbon. She was the wife of Claude of Lorraine, Duke of Guise. Life Antoinette de Bourbon was born on 25 December 1494 at the Chateau de Ha ...

* 1554-1560 : Renée du Quesnay, dame de Moncy * 1554-1560, 1567-1571 et 1573-1575 :

Jeanne de Dampierre Jeanne de Dampierre, née ''de Vivonne'' ( 1511 - 6 April 1583 ) was a French court official. She served as ''Première dame d'honneur'' to the queen of France, Louise of Lorraine, from 1575 until 1583. Life Jeanne de Dampierre was the daughter ...

* ?-1554 : Claude de Saint-Seigne, dame de Dampierre * 1557-1560, 1560-1571 et 1576-1581 : Diane de Valois * ?-1560 : Marguerite de Lustrac, maréchale de Saint-André * ?-1560 :

* ?-1560 :

* ?-1560, 1564-1568 : Hillaire de Marconnay, dame de la Berlandière * 1560-1564 :

* 1560-1566 : Claude Gouffier, comtesse de Charny * 1560-1567 : Clarice Strozzi, comtesse de Tende (fille d'honneur 1554 - 1560) * 1560-1570 :

(

1547 - 1559) * 1560-1571, 1576-1581 : Françoise Robertet, dame de Rostaing et de la Bourdaisière * 1564-? : Françoise de Warty, dame de Pequigny * 1564-1571 : Anne de Montpensier, duchesse de Nevers * 1564-1571 : Louise de Montberon, dame de Sansac * 1564-1571, 1576-? : Diane de Clermont, dame de Montlaur * 1564-1574 : Marie Morin (spouse of

Michel de l'Hospital Michel may refer to: * Michel (name), a given name or surname of French origin (and list of people with the name) * Míchel (nickname), a nickname (a list of people with the nickname, mainly Spanish footballers) * Míchel (footballer, born 1963), S ...

) * 1564-1576, 1581-? : Louise d'Avaugour, baronne de Clermont-Lodève * 1564-1583 : Louise d'Halluin, dame de Cipierre * 1565-1571 : Henriette de Nevers (1542-1601) * 1566-1569, 1573-1574 : Françoise d'Orléans (1549-1601) * 1567-? :

Claude Catherine de Clermont Claude Catherine de Clermont- Tonnerre de Vivonne (1543 – 18 February 1603), lady of Dampierre, countess and duchess of Retz, was a French courtier, writer and salon host. Life Family and private life Claude Catherine de Clermont was born ...

* 1567-? : Gabrielle de Rochechouart, dame de Lansac * 1567-1571 : Antoinette de La Marck, maréchale de Damville puis duchesse de Montmorency (fille d'honneur 1560) * 1567-1571, 1573-1574 et 1576-1577 : Charlotte Picart d'Esquetot, maréchale de Brissac * 1567-1571, 1576-? : Marguerite de Conan, dame d'Acerac * 1567-1574, 1583 : Madeleine de Luxembourg, dame de Royan puis de La Chapelle aux Ursins (fille d'honneur 1560 - 1564) * 1567-1580 : Jeanne d'Halluin (fille d'honneur 1547 - 1557) * 1568-1569 : Laudamine de Médicis, maréchale de Strozzi * 1568-1569, 1573-1578 : Antoinette de La Tour-Landry, duchesse de Rouannois * 1569-?, 1573-1574 et 1578-? : Françoise de la Baume, maréchale de Tavannes * 1569-1571 :

Catherine de Clèves Catherine of Cleves (or of Nevers), Countess of Eu (1548 – 11 May 1633) was the wife of Henry I, Duke of Guise and the matriarch of the powerful and influential House of Guise. By marriage, she was Duchess of Guise from 1570 to 1588, and D ...

* 1569-1574, 1577-1581 :

Charlotte de Sauve Charlotte de Beaune Semblançay, Viscountess of Tours, Baroness de Sauve, Marquise de Noirmoutier (26 October 1551 – 30 September 1617) was a French noblewoman and a mistress of King Henry of Navarre, who later ruled as King Henry IV of France ...

* ?-1570 :

* 1571-1578 : Hélène Bon, dame de la Tour * 1572-? : Anne Cabrianne, dame de Lignerolles * 1573-? : Claude Gontault, dame de Saint-Sulpice * 1573-? : Marie de L'Aubépine, dame de Pinart * 1573-? : Claude de la Tour, dame de Tournon * 1573-?, 1583-? : Claude Robertet, dame des Arpentis * 1573-1574, 1585-? : Marie de La Chastre, dame de l'Aubépine * 1573-1576 : Françoise de Ramefort, dame de Boisbenest * 1573-1576, 1585-? : Louise Jay, vicomtesse de la Guerche * 1573-1589 : Madeleine de L'Aubépine * 1574-? : Marie Porret, dame de la Guesle * 1574-1577 : Anne de Pisseleu, baronne de Lucé * 1574-1578 : Nicole le Roy sénéchale d'Agenois puis maréchale de Cossé * 1576-? :

Jeanne de Gontaut Jeanne de Gontaut, Countess of Noailles (c. 1520 26 September 1586), was a French noblewoman and the wife of Antoine de Noailles, Admiral of France and French Ambassador to England from 1553 to 1556. Following her husband's death in 1562, Jeanne be ...

* 1576-? : Lucrèce Cavalcanti, générale d'Elbenne * 1576-? : Renée de Coesmes, baronne d'Avaugour * 1576-? : Françoise d'O, dame de Maintenon * 1576-? : Gabrielle de Sado, vicomtesse de Tours * 1576-? : Anne de Thou, dame de Cheverny * 1576-1578 : Françoise de Rye, comtesse de Charny * 1576-1578, 1583-? : Françoise de Maridor, dame de Lucé * 1576-1583 : Claude de Pierres, dame de Marigny * 1577-? : Renée de Cossé-Brissac, dame de Mery * 1577-? : Jeanne de Gaignon, dame de Chadieu * 1578-? : Charlotte de Chabannes, dame de Moÿ * 1578-1584 : Claude de L'Aubépine, dame de Chemerault * 1578-? : Claude d'Ognies, dame d'Applaincourt * 1578-? : Marguerite de Rostaing, dame de Cousan * 1578-? : Anne de Warty, dame de Sénarpont * ?-1578, 1581-? : Madeleine d'Ognies, dame de Castelpers * 1579-? : Anne de Carnazet, dame de Crèvecœur * 1579-? : Jeanne des Essars, dame de Cigogne * 1579-? : Madeleine le Roy, dame de Rouville * 1579-? : Jeanne de Moy, comtesse de Chateauvillain * 1581-? : Marie II de Saint-Pol * 1581-? : Renée d'Anjou-Mézière * 1581-? : Madeleine de Cossé-Brissac, comtesse puis marquise de Choisy * 1581-? : Renée du Prat, marquise de Curton * 1581-? : Laure de Saint Martin, dame de Biragues * 1581-1582 : Henriette de Savoie-Villars * 1582-1586 :

Filippa Duci Filippa Duci (french: Philippe Desducs; 1520, Moncalieri, Piedmont – before October 1586, near Tours), dame de Couy, was a French (originally Italian) courtesan. She was the mother of Diane de France. Life Her father was Gian Antonio Duci. Duri ...

* 1583-? : Jeanne de Coesme * 1583-? : Diane de La Marck * 1583-? : Marguerite de La Chastre, dame de Saint-Nectaire * 1583-? : Julienne d'Arquenay, dame de Rambouillet * 1583-? : Hélène de Clermont, dame de Gramont * 1583-? : Charlotte des Ursins, marquise de Mosny * 1584-? : Charlotte de Moÿ, dame d'Esneval * 1585-? : Marie de Moy, dame de la Gruthuse * 1585-? : Anne de Barbanson, dame de Nantouillet * 1585-? : Anne Chabot, dame de Piennes * 1585-? : Anne Hurault, dame de Bury * 1585-? : Catherine de Marcilly, dame de Ragny * 1585-? : Anne Robertet, dame de la Chastre * 1585-? : Charlotte de Villequier, dame d'O *

Jacqueline de Rohan, Marquise de Rothelin Jacqueline de Rohan, Marquise de Rothelin (c. 1520 – 1587) was a French court official and aristocrat. She was the daughter of Charles de Rohan and Jeanne de Saint-Severin, and regent of the Neufchâtel and of Valangin during the minority of h ...

Dame (-d'honneur) to Mary Stuart 1559–1560

''Mary Stuart left France for Scotland in 1561, after which almost all of her ladies-in-waiting chose to remain in France.'' Francoise Babou de La Bourdaisiere

* 1560 :

* 1560 : Marie-Catherine Pierrevive * 1560 :

Françoise Babou de la Bourdaisière Françoise () is a French feminine given name (equivalent to the Italian Francesca) and may refer to: * Anne Françoise Elizabeth Lange (1772–1816), French actress * Claudine Françoise Mignot (1624–1711), French adventuress * Françoise Adn ...

* 1560 :

* 1560 : Louise de Rieux, marquise d'Elbeuf * 1560 : Diane de Valois * 1560 :

* 1560 : Marguerite de Lustrac, maréchale de Saint-André * 1560 : Marie de Beaucaire, dame de Martigues * 1560 : Marguerite Bertrand, marquise de Trans * 1560 : Antoinette de Cerisay * 1560 : Marie de Gaignon, dame de Boisy * 1560 : Anne Hurault, dame de Carnavalet * 1560 : Antoinette de La Marck, maréchale de Damville puis duchesse de Montmorency * 1560 : Anne Le Maye, dame de Dannemarie * 1560 : Hillaire de Marconnay, dame de la Berlandière * 1560 : Françoise Robertet, dame de la Bourdaisière * 1560 : Louise d'Halluin, dame de Cipierre

Dame (-d'honneur) to
Elisabeth of Austria, Queen of France Elisabeth of Austria (5 July 1554 – 22 January 1592) was Queen of France from 1570 to 1574 as the wife of King Charles IX. A member of the House of Habsburg, she was the daughter of Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor, and Maria of Spain. Ea ...
1570–1575

* 1572-? : Renée de Cossé, dame de Meru * 1572-? : Françoise de Rye, comtesse de Charny * 1572-1573 : Antoinette de La Tour-Landry, duchesse de Rouannois * 1572-1573 : Jacqueline d'Averton, comtesse de Mauleuvrier * 1573-? : Françoise d'Orléans (1549-1601) * 1573-? : Gabrielle de Rochechouart, dame de Lansac * 1573-? : Jeanne de Montmorency, duchesse de Thouars * ?-1573 : Marie de Montmorency, comtesse de Candalle * 1574-? : Renée de Savoie-Tende * ?-1574 : Anne de Daillon, dame de Ruffec * ?-1574 : Marguerite de Bourbon-Vendôme * ?-1574 :

* Renée d'Anjou-Mézière *

* Françoise de Bourbon-Vendôme * Marie II de Saint-Pol *

* Henriette de Nevers (1542-1601) *

* Marie de Clèves (1553-1574) * Diane de Valois *

Catherine de Lorraine (1552-1596) Catherine of Lorraine may refer to: * Catherine of Lorraine, Margravine of Baden-Baden (1407–1439), daughter of Charles II, Duke of Lorraine * Catherine de Lorraine (1552–1596), daughter of Francis, Duke of Guise and wife of Louis, Duke of Mo ...

* Alphonsine Strozzi * Antoinette de La Marck, maréchale de Damville puis duchesse de Montmorency * Catherine de Silly, dame de Brion * Diane de Clermont, dame de Monlaur * Marie de Beaucaire, dame de Martigues * Hélène Bon, dame de la Tour * Françoise du Bouchet, maréchale de Cossé * Anne Chabot, dame de Piennes * Jeanne Chasteigner, dame de Villeparisis * Renée de Coesme, dame d'Avangour * Marguerite de Conan, dame d'Acerac * Françoise de Cosdun, dame de la Barbelinière * Charlotte d'Esquetot, maréchale de Brissac * Louise de Montberon, dame de Sansac * Françoise Robertet, dame de la Bourdaisière * Jeanne de Vivonne, dame de Dampierre

Dame (-d'honneur) to
Louise of Lorraine Louise of Lorraine (french: Louise de Lorraine-Vaudémont; 30 April 1553 – 29 January 1601) was Queen of France as the wife of King Henry III from their marriage on 15 February 1575 until his death on 2 August 1589. During the first three mon ...
1575–1601

* 1575-1590 :

* 1577-? : Catherine de Lorraine, duchesse de Mercœur * 1577-? : Marie de Luxembourg (1562-1623) * 1577-? : Marguerite de Conan, dame d'Acerac * 1577-? : Jeanne de Cossé-Brissac, dame de Saint-Luc * ?-1577 : Diane de Cossé, comtesse de Mansfeld * ?-1577 : Charlotte Picart d'Esquetot, dame de Brissac * 1578-? : Hélène Bon, dame de la Tour * 1578-? : Françoise de la Baume, dame de Carnevenoy * 1579-? : Isabeau de Sorbières, dame de Saint-Germain * 1579-? : Renée d'Averton, dame de Sérillac * 1579-? : Anne de Daillon, dame d'Estissac * 1579-? : Jacqueline de la Chapelle, dame de Malicorne * 1579-? : Gilberte de Marconnay, dame de Montmorin * 1579-? : Françoise de Rochechouart, dame de Richelieu * 1579-? : Catherine Tournabon, dame d'Elbenne * 1580-? : Sylvie de la Rochefoucault, dame de Champdenier * 1580-? : Antoinette de La Tour, comtesse de Chasteauvillain * 1580-? : Jacqueline d'Aumont, dame d'Allègre * 1580-? : Madeleine de Bouillé, vicomtesse de Rochechouart * 1580-? : Suzanne de la Porte, dame de Richelieu * 1580-1581 : Renée d'Anjou-Mézière * 1580-1587 : Françoise de Laval, dame de Lenoncourt * 1582-? : Marie Gentian, dame de Miron * 1582-? : Jeanne de Lenoncourt, dame de Boisdauphin * 1582-? : Marguerite de Lorraine, duchesse de Joyeuse * 1582-? : Marie d'Elbeuf, duchesse d'Aumale * 1582-? : Marie de Beaucaire, dame de Martigues * 1582-? : Antoinette de La Marck, maréchale de Damville puis duchesse de Montmorency * 1582-? : Anne de Rostaing, dame de Sourdis * 1582-? : Héliette de Vivonne, dame de Fontaines-Chalandray * 1582-? : Henriette de Savoie-Villars * 1582-1583 : Jeanne de Coesme * 1582-1586 : Diane de Lorraine, duchesse de Piney * 1583-? : Diane de Valois * 1583-? :

* 1584-? :

Antoinette de Pons Antoinette de Pons-Ribérac, comtesse de La Roche-Guyon and marquise de Guercheville (1560 - 16 January 1632) was a French court official. She served as ''Première dame d'honneur'' to the queen of France, Marie de' Medici, from 1600 until 1632. S ...

* 1584-? : Catherine du Val, dame de Rothelin * 1584-? : Catherine de la Marche, dame de Champvallon * 1584-? : Claude de L'Aubépine, dame de Chemerault * 1585-? :

* 1585-? :

* 1585-? : Marguerite de Dinteville * 1585-? : Charlotte de Beaucaire, dame de Viverots * 1585-? : Anne de Batarnay, dame de la Vallette * 1585-? : Marie d'Allègre, dame de la Fayette * 1585-? : Gabrielle de Crevant, dame de Montigny * 1585-? : Françoise du Plessis, dame du Cambout * 1585-? : Anne Hurault, marquise de Nesle * 1585-1586 : Catherine de Nogaret, dame du Bouchage * ?-1585 : Anne de Thou, dame de Cheverny * ?-1586 :

* 1587-? : Christine d'Aguerres, comtesse de Saulx * 1587-? : Claude de Pierres, dame de Marigny * 1588-? : Marguerite Claude de Gondi, marquise de Maignelers * 1588-? : Isabelle de la Rochefoucault, dame de Randan * 1589-? : Jacquette de Montberon, dame de Bourdeilles *

* Henriette de Nevers (1542-1601) * Marie II de Saint-Pol * Françoise d'Orléans (1549-1601) * Jeanne de Laval (1549-1586) * Gabrielle de Rochechouart, dame de Lansac * Catherine de Marcilly, dame de Ragny * Marie d'Arconna * Anne Chabot, dame de Piennes * Jeanne Chastaigner, dame de Schomberg * Antoinette du Chastellet, dame de la Bastide * Hélène d'Illiers, dame d'O * Françoise de La Marck, dame de Villequier * Françoise Robertet, dame de la Bourdaisière * Françoise de Rye, comtesse de Charny * Marguerite de Saluces, maréchale de Bellegarde * Catherine de Silly, dame de Brion * Diane de Vivonne, dame de Larchant

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Marie de' Medici Marie de' Medici (french: link=no, Marie de Médicis, it, link=no, Maria de' Medici; 26 April 1575 – 3 July 1642) was Queen of France and Navarre as the second wife of King Henry IV of France of the House of Bourbon, and Regent of the Kingdom ...
1600–1632

* Louise Marguerite of Lorraine * Charlotte des Essarts *

Charlotte-Marguerite de Montmorency Charlotte Marguerite de Montmorency (11 May 1594 – 2 December 1650) was an heiress of one of France's leading ducal families, and Princess de Condé by her marriage to Henri de Bourbon. She almost became a mistress of Henry IV of France, b ...

Dame (-d'honneur) to
Anne of Austria Anne of Austria (french: Anne d'Autriche, italic=no, es, Ana María Mauricia, italic=no; 22 September 1601 – 20 January 1666) was an infanta of Spain who became Queen of France as the wife of King Louis XIII from their marriage in 1615 unti ...
1615–1666

* Louise Marguerite of Lorraine

Dame du Palais to
Maria Theresa of Spain Maria Theresa of Spain ( es, María Teresa de Austria; french: Marie-Thérèse d'Autriche; 10 September 1638 – 30 July 1683) was Queen of France from 1660 to 1683 as the wife of King Louis XIV. She was born an Infanta of Spain and Portugal a ...
1660–1683

''The Dame (-d'honneur) were renamed Dame du Palais in January 1674.'' * Madame la Duchesse d’Uzais * Louise Antoinette Thérèse de la Châtre, Duchesse la Marêchale de Humiéres *

Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart, Marquise de Montespan Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart de Mortemart, Marquise of Montespan (; Madame de Montespan; 5 October 1640 – 27 May 1707) was the most celebrated ''maîtresse-en-titre'' of King Louis XIV, by whom she had seven children.Lisa Hilton, ''At ...

* Marguerite-Louise-Suzanne de Béthune Sully, Madame la Comtesse de Guiche, prêsentement Duchesse du Lude *

Elizabeth, Countess de Gramont Elizabeth, comtesse de Gramont (''née'' Hamilton; 1641–1708), was an Irish-born courtier, first after the Restoration at the court of Charles II of England in Whitehall and later, after her marriage to Philibert de Gramont, at the court ...

in 1667- * Anne de Rohan-Chabot, Madame la Princesse de Soubize in 1674- * Marie-Françoise de Villars-Brancas, Madame la Princesse de Harcourt in 1667-1683 * Jeanne Marie Thérèse Colbert, Madame la Duchesse de Chevreuse * Marie d'Albret, Madame d’Albret * Marie Françoise de Bournonville, Madame la Duchesse de Noailles * Madame la Marquise de la Valiére * Marie Louise Claire D'Albert de Luynes, Madame la Princesse de Tingry, in 1679-1683 * Jeanne Angélique Rocque (de Varengeville), duchess de Villars * Henriette Louise Colbert, Madame la Duchesse de Beauvilliers * Isabelle de Ludres * Françoise-Madeleine-Claude de Warignies, comtesse de Saint-Géran * Louise Gabrielle de La Baume Le Blanc, comtesse de Plessis-Praslin puis duchesse de Choiseul *

Louise Boyer Anne ''Louise'', Duchess of Noailles (1632–22 May 1697), was a French courtier. She served as ''dame d'atour'' to the queen dowager of France, Anne of Austria, from 1657 until 1666. The daughter of Antoine Boyer, Lord of Sainte-Geneviève ...

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Marie Leszczyńska Maria Karolina Zofia Felicja Leszczyńska (; ; 23 June 1703 – 24 June 1768), also known as Marie Leczinska, was Queen of France as the wife of King Louis XV from their marriage on 4 September 1725 until her death in 1768. The daughter of Stanis ...
1725–1768

''Many of the Dame du Palais of Marie Leszczyńska were transferred to the court of Marie Antoinette in 1770 with the title Dame pour accompanger, and became Dame du Palais again when Marie Antoinette became queen in 1774.'' * 1725–1740: Marie-Adélaïde de Gramont, duchesse de Biron, dite duchesse de Gontaut * 1725–1728: Henriette-Julie de Durfort, comtesse d’Egmont * 1725–1740: Marie-Françoise de Rochechouart-Mortemart, princesse de Chalais * 1725–1737: Julie-Christine-Régine Gorge d’Antraigues, duchesse de Béthune-Charost * 1725–1746: Garcie-Joséphine-Pétronille de Salcedo, comtesse de Mérode * 1725–1741: Edmée-Charlotte de Brenne, marquise de Matignon * 1725–1729: Armande Félice de La Porte Mazarin, marquise de Nesle * 1725–1726: Agnès Berthelot de Pléneuf, marquise de Prie * 1725–1741: Marie-Marguerite de Tourzel d’Alègre, marquise de Rupelmonde * 1725–1727: Jeanne-Angélique Rocque de Varengeville, duchesse de Villars * 1725–1757: Françoise-Gillette de Montmorency-Luxembourg, duchesse d' Antin * 1725–1729:

Marie Isabelle de Rohan, Duchess of Tallard Marie Isabelle de Rohan (Marie Isabelle Gabrielle Angélique; 17 January 1699 – 5 January 1754) was a French noblewoman and grand daughter of Madame de Ventadour. Marie Isabelle was the governess of the children of Louis XV and his consort ...

* 1726–1734: Marie-Josèphe de Boufflers, duchesse d'Alincourt * 1727–1742:

Amable-Gabrielle de Villars Amable-Gabrielle de Villars (1706-1771), was a French court official. She served as the ''dame d'atour'' to queen Marie Leszczyńska from 1742 to 1768, and to queen Marie Antoinette from 1770 to 1771. Life She was the daughter of Adrien Maurice ...

* 1728–1739: Henriette Fitzjames, marquise de Renel * 1729–1757: Catherine-Éléonore-Eugénie de Béthisy de Mézières, princesse de Montauban * 1729–1742:

Louise Julie de Mailly Louise Julie de Mailly-Nesle, comtesse de Mailly (; 1710–1751) was the eldest of the five famous ''de Nesle'' sisters, four of whom would become the mistress of King Louis XV of France. She was his mistress from 1732 until 1742, and his offici ...

* 1734–1749: Madeleine-Angélique de Neufville de Villeroy, duchesse de Boufflers, puis de Luxembourg * 1737–1745: Marthe-Élisabeth de La Rochefoucauld de Roye, duchesse d'Ancis * 1737–1762: Laure Fitz-James, marquise de Bouzols * 1739–1768: Anne-Madeleine-Françoise d'Auxy de Monceaux Fleury * 1740–1768: Marie-Élisabeth Chamillart, marquise de Talleyrand * 1741–1751: Marie-Chrétienne-Christine de Gramont, comtesse de Rupelmonde * 1741–1762: Victoire-Louise-Joseph Goyon de Matignon, duchesse de Fitz-James * 1742–1744:

Marie Anne de Mailly Marie Anne de Mailly-Nesle, duchesse de Châteauroux (; 5 October 1717 – 8 December 1744) was the youngest of the five famous ''de Nesle'' sisters, four of whom would become the mistress of King Louis XV of France. She was his mistress from ...

* 1742–1766:

Hortense Félicité de Mailly Hortense is a French language, French feminine given name that comes from Latin meaning ''gardener''. It may refer to: Persons * Hortense Allart (1801–1879), Italian-French feminist writer and essayist * Hortense de Beauharnais (1783–1837), ...

* 1745–1748: Hélène-Françoise-Angélique Phélypeaux de Pontchartrain, duchesse de Nivernais * 1746–1753: Marie-Françoise-Casimire de Froulay de Tessé, comtesse de Saulx * 1747–1768: Marie-Anne-Philippine-Thérèse de Montmorency-Logny, duchesse de Boufflers * 1748–1768: Louise-Félicité de Bréhan de Plélo, duchesse d'Agénois puis d'Aiguillon * 1749–1752: Alise-Tranquille de Clermont-Tonnerre, marquise de Montoison (''dame du palais surnuméraire'') * 1753–1759: Anne-Marguerite-Gabrielle de Beauvau-Craon, duchesse de Mirepoix * 1751–1768: Marie-Louise-Sophie de Faoucq de Garnetot, comtesse de Gramont * 1756–1764:

Madame de Pompadour Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour (, ; 29 December 1721 – 15 April 1764), commonly known as Madame de Pompadour, was a member of the French court. She was the official chief mistress of King Louis XV from 1745 to 1751, and rema ...

* 1757–1768: Marie-Anne-Julie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, comtesse de Clermont-Tonnerre * 1757–1768: Marie-Émilie FitzJames, marquise d'Escars * 1759–1768: Marie-Éléonore de Lévis de Châteaumorand, comtesse de Tavannes * 1762–1768: Laure-Auguste de Fitz-James, Princess de Chimay * 1762–1766: Marie-Hélène-Charlotte Caillebot de La Salle, vicomtesse de Beaune * 1763–1768: Marie-Madeleine de Rosset de Fleury, duchesse de Beauvilliers * 1764–1768: Gabrielle Pauline d'Adhémar * 1766–1768: Marie-Paule-Angélique d'Albert de Luynes, duchesse de Chaulnes * 1767–1768: Louise-Charlotte de Duras (''dame du palais surnuméraire'')

Dame du Palais to
Marie Antoinette Marie Antoinette Josèphe Jeanne (; ; née Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna; 2 November 1755 – 16 October 1793) was the last queen of France before the French Revolution. She was born an archduchess of Austria, and was the penultimate child a ...
1774–1792

''Many of the Dame du Palais of Marie Antoinette were transferred to her from the former court of Marie Leszczyńska in 1770. They had the title Dame pour accompanger when Marie Antoinette was Dauphine, and became Dame du Palais again when Marie Antoinette became queen in 1774.'' Louise d'Esparbès de Lussan

* 1774–1791: Louise-Charlotte de Duras * 1774–1775: Laure-Auguste de Fitz-James, Princess de Chimay * 1774-1789: Guyonne-Élisabeth-Josèphe de Montmorency-Laval, Duchesse de Luynes * 1774–1788: Guyonne-Marguerite-Philippine-Élisabeth de Durfort, Vicomtesse de Choiseul-Praslin * 1774–1781: Louise-Adélaïde-Victoire de Durfort de Civrac, Marquise de Clermont-Tonnerre * 1774–1789: Madeleine-Suzanne-Adélaïde Voyer d'Argenson de Paulmy, Duchesse de Luxembourg * 1774–1785: Marie-Éléonore de Lévis de Châteaumorand, Comtesse de Tavannes * 1774–1780: Marie-Elisabeth Chamillart, Marquise de Talleyrand * 1774–1788: Marie-Louise-Sophie de Faoucq de Garnetot, Comtesse de Gramont * 1774–1786: Marie-Madeleine de Rosset de Fleury, Duchesse de Beauvilliers * 1774–1781: Marie-Paule-Angélique d'Albert de Luynes, Duchesse de Chaulnes * 1775–1792: Colette-Marie-Paule-Hortense-Bernardine de Beauvilliers de Saint-Aignan, Marquise de La Roche-Aymon * 1778–1789: Gabrielle Pauline d'Adhémar * 1778–1789: Adélaïde-Félicité-Étienette de Guinot de Monconseil, Princesse d'Hénin * 1780–1782:

Thérèse-Lucy de Dillon Thérèse-Lucy de Dillon née ''de Rothe'' (1751 – September 1782), was a French countess and courtier, lady-in-waiting to queen Marie Antoinette of France in 1780–82. She belonged to the intimate circle of friends of the queen and was for a wh ...

(''dame du palais surnuméraire'') * 1780–1789: Alexandrine-Victoire-Éléonore de Damas d'Antigay, Comtesse de Talleyrand * 1781–1789: Marie-Sylvie-Claudine de Thiard de Bissy, Duchesse de Fitzjames * 1781–1789: Marie-Thérèse-Josèphe de Castellane, Princesse de Berghes * 1782–1789:

Louise de Polastron Marie Louise d’Esparbès de Lussan, by marriage vicomtesse then comtesse de Polastron (Bardigues, 19 October 1764 – London, 27 March 1804) was a French lady-in-waiting, known as the mistress of the comte d’Artois, who later reigned as Charl ...

* 1784–1789: Marie-Louise de Bonnières de Souastre de Guisnes, Comtesse de Juigné * 1785–1789: Gabrielle-Charlotte-Éléonore de Saulx-Tavannes, Vicomtesse de Castellane * 1786–1792:

Louise-Emmanuelle de Châtillon, Princesse de Tarente Louise-Emmanuelle de Châtillon, known as ''Princesse de Tarente'' (1763-1814) was a French noble, memoirist and court official. She served as lady-in-waiting (''Dame du Palais'') to queen Marie Antoinette of France from 1782 to 1792. Her memoi ...

* 1787–1789:

Henriette-Lucy, Marquise de La Tour du Pin Gouvernet Henriette-Lucy, Marquise de La Tour-du-Pin-Gouvernet (25 February 1770, Paris – 2 April 1853, Pisa) (also known as Lucie) was a French aristocrat famous for her posthumously published memoirs entitled ''Journal d'une femme de 50 ans''. The mem ...

(''dame du palais surnuméraire'') * 1788–1789: Gabrielle-Charlotte-Eugénie de Boisgelin, Comtesse de Gramont d'Aster * 1788–1792: Madeleine-Angélique-Charlotte de Bréhan, Duchesse de Maillé

Dame du Palais to
Joséphine de Beauharnais Josephine may refer to: People * Josephine (given name), a given name (including a list of people with the name) * Josephine (singer), a Greek pop singer Places Josephine, Texas, United States Mount Josephine (disambiguation) * Josephine Count ...
1804–1814

* 1804–1809:

Jeanne Charlotte du Lucay Jeanne may refer to: Places * Jeanne (crater), on Venus People * Jeanne (given name) * Joan of Arc (Jeanne d'Arc, 1412–1431) * Joanna of Flanders (1295–1374) * Joan, Duchess of Brittany (1319–1384) * Ruth Stuber Jeanne (1910–2004), Americ ...

* 1804–1809:

Madame de Rémusat Claire Élisabeth Jeanne Gravier de Vergennes de Rémusat (5 January 1780 – 16 December 1821) was a French woman of letters. She married at sixteen, and was attached to the Empress Josephine as ''dame du palais'' in 1802. Life Talleyrand wa ...

* 1804–1809: Elisabeth Baude de Talhouët * 1804–1809: Madame Lauriston * 1804–1809: Madame d'Arberg * 1804–1809: Marie Antoinette Duchâtel * 1804–1809: Sophie de Segur * 1804–1809: Madame Séran * 1804–1809: Madame Colbert * 1804–1809: Madame Savary * 1804–1809: Aglaé Louise Auguié Ney * 1804–1809:

Élisabeth de Vaudey Élisabeth-Antoinette Le Michaud d'Arçon de Vaudey (27 October 1773, in Besançon – 1833?) was a French lady-in-waiting (''Dame du Palais''). She was famous for her affair with the French Emperor Napoleon, which was a cause of a violent scene be ...

Dame du Palais to
Marie Louise Marie Louise or Marie-Louise may refer to: People Marie Louise of Orléans (1662–1689), daughter of Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, queen consort of Charles II of Spain Marie Louise of Hesse-Kassel (1688–1765), daughter of Charles I, Landgrave ...
1810–1814

Adélaïde de Saint-Germain, comtesse de Montalivet

* 1810-1813 : Aglaé Auguié * 1810-1814 : Marie Madeleine Lejéas-Carpentier, duchesse de Bassano * 1810-1814 : Comtesse de Montmorency * 1810-1814 : Madame Mortemart * 1810-1814 : Madame de Bouille * 1810-1814 : Élisabeth Baude de Talhouët * 1810-1814 : Madame Lauriston * 1810-1814 : Marie-Antoinette Duchâtel * 1810-1814 : Madame Peron * 1810-1814 : Madame Lascaris * 1810-1814 : Madame Noailles * 1810-1814 : Madame Ventimiglia * 1810-1814 : Madame Gentili * 1810-1814 : Madame Canisy * 1810–1814: Anna Pieri Brignole Sale * 1810-1814 : Adélaïde de Saint-Germain * 1810-1814 : Dorothée de Courlande

Dame du Palais to
Eugénie de Montijo ''Doña'' María Eugenia Ignacia Agustina de Palafox y Kirkpatrick, 19th Countess of Teba, 16th Marchioness of Ardales (5 May 1826 – 11 July 1920), known as Eugénie de Montijo (), was Empress of the French from her marriage to Emperor Napo ...
1853–1870

* 1853–1870: Adrienne de Villeneuve-Bargemont * 1853–1870: Anne Eve Mortier de Trévise * 1853–1870: Claire Emilie MacDonnel * 1853–-1870: Jane Thorne * 1853–1864: Louise Poitelon du Tarde * 1853–1870:

Nathalie de Ségur Nathalie de Ségur, baronne de Malaret (1 May 1827 – 12 March 1910) was a French courtier. She served as lady-in-waiting (''dame de Palais'') to the empress of France, Eugénie de Montijo. Life She was the daughter of Eugène Henri Raymond, C ...

* 18??–18??:

Mélanie de Pourtalès Mélanie de Pourtalès, Countess Edmond de Pourtalès ('' née'' Louise Sophie Mélanie Renouard de Bussière) (26 March 1836 – 5 May 1914) was a French ''salonnière'' and courtier. Early life She was born on 26 March 1836 at the Château de ...

* 1866–1870: Amélie Carette

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Mathieu da Vinha Mathieu da Vinha (born 15 March 1976) is a 21st-century French historian. He is the author of several studies or biographies relating to life under the reign of king Louis XIV. A research associate, he is the scientific director of the Palace of Ve ...

& Raphaël Masson: ''Versailles: Histoire, Dictionnaire et Anthologie'' * http://www.chateauversailles-recherche-ressources.fr/jlbweb/jlbWeb {{portal bar, history, France Ancien Régime Ancien Régime office-holders Government of France French monarchy Court titles in the Ancien Régime Gendered occupations French ladies-in-waiting French royal court

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Dame and Dame d'honneur

Dame du Palais

List of Dame du Palais to the Queens and Empresses of France

Dame (-d'honneur) to Eleanor of Austria Eleanor of Austria (15 November 1498 – 25 February 1558), also called Eleanor of Castile, was born an Archduchess of Austria and Infanta of Castile from the House of Habsburg, and subsequently became Queen consort of Portugal (1518–152 ... 1532–1547

Dame (-d'honneur) to Catherine de' Medici Catherine de' Medici ( it, Caterina de' Medici, ; french: Catherine de Médicis, ; 13 April 1519 – 5 January 1589) was an Florentine noblewoman born into the Medici family. She was Queen of France from 1547 to 1559 by marriage to King ... 1547–1589

Dame (-d'honneur) to Mary Stuart 1559–1560

Dame (-d'honneur) to Marie de' Medici Marie de' Medici (french: link=no, Marie de Médicis, it, link=no, Maria de' Medici; 26 April 1575 – 3 July 1642) was Queen of France and Navarre as the second wife of King Henry IV of France of the House of Bourbon, and Regent of the Kingdom ... 1600–1632

Dame (-d'honneur) to Anne of Austria Anne of Austria (french: Anne d'Autriche, italic=no, es, Ana María Mauricia, italic=no; 22 September 1601 – 20 January 1666) was an infanta of Spain who became Queen of France as the wife of King Louis XIII from their marriage in 1615 unti ... 1615–1666

Dame du Palais to Marie Leszczyńska Maria Karolina Zofia Felicja Leszczyńska (; ; 23 June 1703 – 24 June 1768), also known as Marie Leczinska, was Queen of France as the wife of King Louis XV from their marriage on 4 September 1725 until her death in 1768. The daughter of Stanis ... 1725–1768

Dame du Palais to Marie Antoinette Marie Antoinette Josèphe Jeanne (; ; née Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna; 2 November 1755 – 16 October 1793) was the last queen of France before the French Revolution. She was born an archduchess of Austria, and was the penultimate child a ... 1774–1792

Dame du Palais to Marie Louise Marie Louise or Marie-Louise may refer to: People *Marie Louise of Orléans (1662–1689), daughter of Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, queen consort of Charles II of Spain *Marie Louise of Hesse-Kassel (1688–1765), daughter of Charles I, Landgrave ... 1810–1814

Dame du Palais to Eugénie de Montijo ''Doña'' María Eugenia Ignacia Agustina de Palafox y Kirkpatrick, 19th Countess of Teba, 16th Marchioness of Ardales (5 May 1826 – 11 July 1920), known as Eugénie de Montijo (), was Empress of the French from her marriage to Emperor Napo ... 1853–1870