Formal Court Titles
At several monarchs' courts, various functions bear titles containing such rank designations as gentleman (suggesting it is to be filled by a member of the lower nobility, or a commoner who will be ennobled, while the highest posts are often reserved for the higher nobility). In English, the terms for the English/Scottish/British court (equivalents may include Lady for women, Page for young men) include:
- Gentleman at Arms
- Gentleman-in-waiting
- Gentleman of the bedchamber
- Gentleman of the Chapel Royal
- Gentleman-usher
In France, gentilhomme
- ... rendered as "gentleman-in-ordinary"
- ... as gentleman of the bed-chamber
In Spain, e.g., Gentilhombre de la casa del prÃncipe, "gentleman of the house of the prince"
Such positions can occur in the household of a non-member of a ruling family, such as a prince of the church:
- Gentiluomo of the Archbishop of Westminster
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