Princess Der Ling

Princess Der Ling

male, deceased (1944)
historian, noblewoman, minister, chinese, princess, qing dynasty…lady-in-waiting, Two Years in the Forbidden City
Princess Der Ling was a Manchu noblewoman, the daughter of Lord Yu Keng (裕庚). Lord Yu Keng was a member of the Chinese Plain White Banner Corps (正白旗...

Mark Smeaton

male, deceased (1536)
henry viii, flemish, organ, cardinal wolsey, lute, tudor…lady-in-waiting
Mark Smeaton (ex. 17 May 1536) was one of four men executed for alleged adultery with Queen Anne Boleyn. Smeaton was a handsome musician and dancer...
Francis Dereham

Francis Dereham

male, deceased (1541)
executed under the Tudors, executed by hanging, drawing and quartering, House of Tudor, secretary, affair, English…lady-in-waiting
Francis Dereham (died 10 December, 1541) was most famous for his affair with Queen Catherine Howard, fifth wife of Henry VIII of England. This...
Anna Vyrubova

Anna Vyrubova

female, deceased (1964)
Alexandra Fyodorovna, memoirist, Nicholas II, Taneyeva, lady-in-waiting, tsaritsa
Anna Alexandrovna Vyrubova, née Taneyeva, was a lady-in-waiting, best friend and confidante to Tsaritsa Alexandra Fyodorovna.
Lettice Knollys

Lettice Knollys

female, deceased (1634)
Women of the Tudor period, Lady Mary Boleyn, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, lady-in-waiting, Treasurer of the Household, Earl of Essex…Penelope Devereux, Lady Rich, The Lady Lettice Knollys, Countess of Leicester, Lady Catherine Carey
Lettice Knollys, Countess of Leicester (1540 - 25 December, 1634) was born in Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire. Her father was Sir Francis Knollys, a...
Sophie Buxhoeveden

Sophie Buxhoeveden

female, deceased (1956)
Russian, Russian nobility, ladyinwaiting, expatriate, Buxhoeveden, lady-in-waiting
Baroness Sophie Buxhoeveden, also known as Sophia Karlovna Buxhoeveden, was a lady in waiting to Tsarina Alexandra of Russia. She was the author of...

Elizabeth Seymour

female, deceased (1563)
lady-in-waiting, Thomas Seymour, House of Tudor, Queen consort, ladyinwaiting, henry viii
Elizabeth Seymour was one of the many children and the second daughter of Sir John Seymour, her sisters being Jane Seymour, later Jane, Queen...
Margaret Lee

Margaret Lee

female, deceased (1543)
Calais, France, lady-in-waiting, ladies-in-waiting, Thomas Wyatt, henry viii
Margaret Lee (nee Wyatt) (1506(?)-1543(?)) was a sister of poet Thomas Wyatt, and favourite of Queen Anne Boleyn, second wife of King Henry VIII of...
Elizabeth Raleigh

Elizabeth Raleigh

female, deceased (1647)
Women of the Tudor period, Elizabeth I, sir walter raleigh, elizabeth, tudor, bess…lady-in-waiting
Elizabeth ("Bess") Raleigh, or Elizabeth Throckmorton (April 16, 1565 - c. 1647), also Elizabeth Throgmorton, was Sir Walter Raleigh's wife, and a...
Queen Draga

Queen Draga

male, deceased (1903)
Aleksandar Obrenović, death by firearm in Serbia, Assassinated Serbian, Gornji Milanovac, lady-in-waiting, House of Obrenović
Draga Mašin (September 23, 1861 in Gornji Milanovac – June 11, 1903 in Belgrade), also known as Queen Draga, was a former lady-in-waiting to Nat...