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The earliest courtiers coincide with the development of definable courts beyond the rudimentary entourages or retinues of rulers. There were probably courtiers in the courts of the Akkadian Empire where there is evidence of court appointments such as that of cup-bearer which was one of the earliest court appointments and remained a position at courts for thousands of years. [3]
Elizabeth Darrell (born c. 1513 – c. 1556) was the long-term mistress and muse of Sir Thomas Wyatt.They had one surviving child, Francis. [1] Wyatt was married to Elizabeth Brooke, Lady Wyatt whom he had accused of committing adultery, resulting in their separation. [1]
Anne Shelton (courtier) John Shelton (courtier) Henry Sidney; Philip Sidney; Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset; Will Sommers; Elizabeth Southwell (courtier) Richard Southwell (courtier) John Spencer (courtier) William Stafford (conspirator) William Stafford (courtier) Benjamin C. Stephenson; Adrian Stokes (courtier) Henry Streatfeild (courtier)
A younger son of a Yorkshire family, little is known of Henry Wyatt before he adopted the cause of Henry Tudor, later to become king Henry VII.Many myths and assumptions have been woven around his privations in prison as a supporter of the Tudor party's opposition to Richard III in the years 1483–85, and are still to be found recounted as facts.
Jan Mostaert [1] (c. 1475 – 1552/1553) was a Dutch Renaissance painter who is known mainly for his religious subjects and portraits. One of his most famous creations was the Landscape with an Episode from the Conquest of America. There are very few details about the life of Jan Mostaert that are known with any certainty.
Sometimes called the first complete medieval work of political theory, [1] it belongs, at least in part, to the genre of advice literature addressed to rulers known as "mirrors for princes", but also breaks from that genre by offering advice to courtiers and bureaucrats. [2]
Known to his friends as Eddie, the duke was once one of Britain’s most eligible bachelors, and previously ran a bottled gas company and a joinery business and was a keen racing driver. He is ...
William Brereton, c. 1487/1490 – 17 May 1536, was a member of a prominent Cheshire family who served as a courtier to Henry VIII.In May 1536, Brereton was accused of committing adultery with Anne Boleyn, the king's second wife, and executed for treason along with her brother George Boleyn, Henry Norris, Francis Weston and a musician, Mark Smeaton.