Mother of the Maids (English royal court)

Mother of the Maids was a position at the English royal court. The Mother of the Maids was responsible for the well-being and decorum of maids of honour, young gentlewomen in the household of a queen regnant or queen consort. At the Tudor court, the Mother of Maids or Mother of Maidens was supposed to act to high and impeachable moral standards, so portraying the Queens household as a place of virtue.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.