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Lady-in-waiting

A lady-in-waiting is a female personal assistant at a noble court, attending to a queen, a princess or other noblewomen. A lady-in-waiting is often a noblewoman of lower rank (i.e. a lesser noble) than the one she attends to, and is not considered a servant or other commoner.

Some notable ladies-in-waiting in history include:

• Jane Seymour
  • lady-in-waiting to the first two wives of Henry VIII of England and later became his third
  • She died soon after giving birth to the future King Edward VI.

• Jane Parker, Lady Rochford
  • lady-in-waiting to Catherine Howard, the fifth wife of Henry VIII
  • She may have played a role in the downfall of earlier wives of Henry VIII.
  • She was executed along with Queen Catherine at the Tower of London.

• Sarah Jennings
  • a favourite of Princess Anne, later Queen Anne of Great Britain.
  • She married John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, and wielded immense political power until she fell out of favour with the queen.

• Sophie Chotek
  • lady-in-waiting to the Archduchess of Pressburg
  • She later married Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, a frequent guest of the Archduke of Pressburg.
  • She was shot to death along with her husband. Their assassination in Sarajevo triggered World War I.

... if possible, please provide information on other ladies-in-waiting who did not die so tragically.