- 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...
- 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.
Bagoas is
mentioned in...
- The Book of the
Courtier (Italian: Il
Cortegiano [il korteˈdʒaːno]) by Bald****are
Castiglione is a
lengthy philosophical dialogue on the
topic of what...
-
William Carey (c. 1495 – 22 June 1528) was a
courtier and
favourite of King
Henry VIII of England. He
served the king as a
Gentleman of the
Privy chamber...
- I, or to see his wife, children, and
stepchildren become influential courtiers in Elizabeth's court. In 1534,
William Stafford secretly wed, as her second...
-
November 1517) of
Kendal in
Westmorland (now ****bria), England, was a
courtier and is best
known as the
father of
Queen Catherine Parr, the
sixth and...
- was an
Italian courtier, diplomat,
soldier and a
prominent Renaissance author.
Castiglione wrote Il
Cortegiano or The Book of the
Courtier, a
courtesy book...
- 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...
- (c. 1482 – 30 June 1528) was a
soldier and one of the most
prominent courtiers during the
reign of
Henry VIII of England.
Compton was born
around 1482...
-
October 1544), also
known as Sir
Richard Cromwell, was a
Welsh soldier and
courtier in the
reign of
Henry VIII who
knighted him on 2 May 1540. He was a maternal...
