19th-century depiction of servants in the Ottoman Imperial Harem: the Chief Black Eunuch (left), a court dwarf (middle) and the Chief White Eunuch (right).
Several dwarfs to have had their histories recorded were employed as court dwarfs. They were owned and traded amongst people of the court, and delivered as gifts to fellow kings and queens.[1]
Several dwarfs to have had their histories recorded were employed as courtdwarfs. They were owned and traded amongst people of the court, and delivered...
Palatine Sebastian de Morra, (died 1649) courtdwarf and jester to King Philip IV of Spain Don Diego de Acedo, courtdwarf and jester to Philip IV of Spain Roulandus...
The following is a list of people who are known for their dwarfism and who have been open about it. While these people are not known for being the shortest...
Ferry (known as Bébé) (1741–1764) was a French dwarf who became renowned throughout Europe as the courtdwarf of King Stanisław Leszczyński. Nicolas Ferry...
other sources Giovanni Clementi; 1702–1735) was a notable jester and courtdwarf of Elector Palatine Charles III Philip in Heidelberg. As guardian of...
Hudson (1619 – c. 1682) was a courtdwarf of the English queen Henrietta Maria of France. He was famous as the "Queen's dwarf" and "Lord Minimus" and was...
Dwarfism is a condition wherein an organism is exceptionally small, and mostly occurs in the animal kingdom. In humans, it is sometimes defined as an adult...
ancient Egypt, especially during the Early Dynastic and Old Kingdom periods, dwarfs and pygmies were seen as people with celestial gifts. They were treated...
Helena Antonia (1579 – d. after 1621) was a bearded female courtdwarf of Maria of Austria, Holy Roman Empress and was a favorite of Margaret of Austria...
Bronzino of Nano Morgante (nickname of Braccio di Bartolo) the famed courtdwarf of Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany who is also immortalized...
Balthasar Charles With a Dwarf is a 1631 portrait by Diego Velázquez of Balthasar Charles, Prince of Asturias and a courtdwarf. It is now in the Museum...
XII and Francis I of France Madame d'Or, (d. after 1429), was a French courtdwarf jester Mathurine de Vallois a.k.a. Mathurine la Folle (Mathurine the...
name "Jeffery Hudson", based on Sir Jeffrey Hudson, a 17th-century dwarf in the court of queen consort Henrietta Maria of England. The novel would prove...
where polygamy was permitted. In pre-Islamic Assyria and Persia, most royal courts had a harem, where the ruler's wives and concubines lived with female attendants...
(1847–1909), cricketer Sir Jeffrey Hudson (1619 – c. 1682) became a royal courtdwarf. Tom Marshall – artist and photo colouriser, grew up in Oakham. Thomas...
Tamasin” and “Tomasin de Paris”, was an English jester. She was the Courtdwarf and jester of queen Elizabeth I of England between 1577 and 1603. She...
heavy as in Europe (with 1/12 ratio, it should be 1,728). The queen's courtdwarf, the shortest native on record, is not quite thirty feet tall, which...
Tragedy of Tragedies A tiny creation of Merlin, later becomes Arthur's courtdwarf and an honorary knight Tor† Le Morte d'Arthur Son of King Ars, adopted...
Drunken Silenus, c. 1616 (Alte Pinakothek, Munich) In the Renaissance, a courtdwarf posed for the Silenus-like figure astride a tortoise at the entrance...
Dosieczka, Doska and Dvärginnan Dorothea ('Dorothea the Female Dwarf'), was a Polish Courtdwarf in service of the queen of Sweden, Catherine Jagiellon. Dorothea...
able to conspire with other Spanish nobles to remove Olivares from the court in 1643, and for a brief period she held considerable influence over Philip;...
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