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Pages in category "Ladies of the Privy Chamber" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
During the Tudor dynasty (1485–1603), the First Lady of the Bedchamber was called Chief Gentlewoman of the Privy Chamber. She had the highest rank among the Ladies of the bedchamber , and their role was to act as the attendants and companions of the royal woman.
Catherine Carey was born in 1524, the daughter of William Carey of Aldenham in Hertfordshire, Gentleman of the Privy Chamber and Esquire of the Body to Henry VIII, and his wife Mary Boleyn, who had once been a mistress of the king. [3] Catherine was thus Elizabeth I's maternal first cousin. [4]
In the 1970 BBC series The Six Wives of Henry VIII starring Keith Michell as Henry, Sheila Burrell portrayed Lady Rochford. In the 2003 TV drama Henry VIII, Lady Rochford was played by Kelly Hunter. In the film adaptation of Philippa Gregory's novel The Other Boleyn Girl, Jane Boleyn (played by Juno Temple) was a minor character.
The privy chamber was the most influential department in an English royal household. [1] It contained the king's "privy lodging", consisting of bedroom, library, study, and lavatory. What was known as the chamber was later divided into a privy chamber (distinguished from bedchamber in 1559), and outer chamber (often styled presence chamber).
Portrait of "Kat" Ashley. Collection of Lord Hastings. Katherine Ashley (née Champernowne; c. 1502 – 18 July 1565), also known as Kat Ashley or Astley, was the first close friend, governess, and Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth I of England.
At first, the queen was reluctant to make Walsingham and Kildare ladies of her Privy Chamber, but preferred Lucy Russell, Countess of Bedford. [11] Walsingham was made a lady of the Privy Chamber, and Anne Clifford noted that she was a great favourite of Sir Robert Cecil at this time. [12]
Mary Finch became a lady of Queen Mary's privy chamber, and rode on horseback with other women dressed in crimson velvet in her coronation procession. [9] In 1557 she gave the queen a red satin purse containing twelve gold half sovereign coins as a New Years Day gift. [10] She was buried on 20 September 1557 at the Savoy Chapel. [11]