Search results

Results 1 – 20 of 10,121
Advanced search

Search in namespaces:

There is a page named "The Courtier" on Wikipedia

View (previous 20 | ) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500)
  • Thumbnail for Courtier
    A courtier (/ˈkɔːrtiər/) is a person who attends the royal court of a monarch or other royalty. The earliest historical examples of courtiers were part...
    10 KB (1,114 words) - 16:00, 16 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for The Book of the Courtier
    The Book of the Courtier (Italian: Il Cortegiano [il korteˈdʒaːno]) by Baldassare Castiglione is a lengthy philosophical dialogue on the topic of what...
    15 KB (1,994 words) - 01:56, 28 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Bagoas (courtier)
    was a eunuch in the court of the Persian Empire in the 4th century BC. Bagoas was a courtier of Darius III and later of Alexander the Great. He is mentioned...
    9 KB (926 words) - 20:36, 18 June 2024
  • joined the Household of the Duke of Edinburgh as Private Secretary, initially on a part-time basis. He also became Equerry to the Duke and the Duchess...
    8 KB (696 words) - 17:17, 13 December 2023
  • Maeve Courtier-Lilley is a Welsh television and film actress. She attended school at Ysgol Gymraeg Aberystwyth. She appeared in stage productions and pantomime...
    6 KB (399 words) - 20:57, 13 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Richard Pole (courtier)
    Knight of the Garter and was married to Margaret Plantagenet, a member of the House of York. The marriage reinforced the Tudor alliance between the houses...
    7 KB (923 words) - 15:46, 23 July 2023
  • was a gentleman at the court of Henry VIII of England. Howard was the second son of Lord Edmund Howard and Joyce Culpeper, and the elder brother of Sir...
    5 KB (253 words) - 20:20, 18 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Mary Morrison (courtier)
    The Honourable Dame Mary Anne Morrison GCVO (born 17 May 1937) is a former lady-in-waiting to Elizabeth II, and was a Woman of the Bedchamber from 1960...
    4 KB (278 words) - 22:34, 15 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Thomas Parr (courtier)
    England, was a courtier and is best known as the father of Queen Catherine Parr, the sixth and final wife of King Henry VIII. Thomas was the eldest son of...
    14 KB (1,416 words) - 05:02, 29 March 2024
  • to King Henry VIII in 1518. Arthur was among the courtiers who traveled to France for the Field of the Cloth of Gold in May 1520 where he earned prizes...
    5 KB (642 words) - 21:07, 8 October 2023
  • Private Secretary to the Duke of Edinburgh from 1957 to 1970. Orr was educated at Harrow School, and Gordonstoun School, and the Royal Military College...
    3 KB (217 words) - 16:46, 9 January 2023
  • a black 19-year-old, was run over by a Jeep driven by Russell Courtier, a member of the European Kindred gang, outside a 7-Eleven convenience store in...
    5 KB (318 words) - 08:37, 25 November 2023
  • October 1933) was the Lord Lieutenant of Hereford and Worcester from 1977, then (after the historic counties were restored) from 1998 the Lord Lieutenant...
    6 KB (316 words) - 20:12, 13 July 2024
  • English courtier who was Groom of the Stool in the privy chamber of King Henry VIII. While a close servant of the King, he also supported the faction...
    20 KB (2,219 words) - 19:02, 16 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for William Carey (courtier)
    was a courtier and favourite of King Henry VIII of England. He served the king as a Gentleman of the Privy chamber, and Esquire of the Body to the King...
    11 KB (1,132 words) - 05:52, 27 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Adrian Stokes (courtier)
    English courtier and politician. Stokes was probably a younger son of a gentry family from Prestwold, Leicestershire. He became Master of the Horse to...
    5 KB (510 words) - 05:27, 3 January 2024
  • current member of the Royal Households of the United Kingdom. From 6 January 2006 to December 2018, he served as Comptroller of the Lord Chamberlain's...
    4 KB (397 words) - 17:17, 6 January 2024
  • landowner, courtier, a Justice of the Peace, Deputy Lieutenant, and High Sheriff of Leicestershire in 1864. He succeeded his father in the Court post...
    4 KB (362 words) - 23:42, 11 October 2023
  • living to see the reign of his first wife's niece, Elizabeth I, or to see his wife, children, and stepchildren become influential courtiers in Elizabeth's...
    16 KB (1,770 words) - 08:56, 26 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Thomas Metcalfe (courtier)
    Thomas Metcalfe was the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster between 7 July 1483 - 13 September 1486. He was a Privy Councillor in 1460. He was a trusted...
    2 KB (246 words) - 00:00, 14 February 2024
View (previous 20 | ) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500)