Istana-istana di Jerman pada Awal Abad Kiwari ditata mengikuti tatanan majelis istana Kekaisaran Austria.<ref name="Akkerman Houben date?, page?"/><!--ThisTatanan courtmajelis modelistana dividedsemacam theini ladies-in-waitingmemilah inpara aperwara chiefmenjadi lady-in-waitingseorang namedperwara {{lang|de|ketua yang disebut ''Oberhofmeisterin}}'' (wanita sepuh yang bersemenda atau sudah menjanda) whodan supervisedbertugas themenyelia {{lang|de|para ''Hoffräulein}}'' (MaidsDayang of HonourKehormatan), ofyang whichsatu oneatau ordua twodi couldantaranya bedapat promoteddipromosikan tomenduduki thejabatan middlemenengah rankyang ofdisebut {{lang|de|''Kammerfräulein}}'' (MaidDayang ofKehormatan HonourBilik of the ChamberPeraduan).<ref name="Akkerman Houben date?, page?"/> TheTatanan Germanmajelis princelyistana courtspara inpangeran turnJerman becamekemudian thehari roleditiru model of the Scandinavian courts ofdi Denmark anddan SwedenSwedia inpada theabad 16th centuryke-16.<ref name="Persson 1999"/>
AfterSesudah the end of the Germanriwayat [[HolyKekaisaran RomanRomawi EmpireSuci]] inbangsa 1806,Jerman andtamat thepada establishmenttahun of1806, severaldan minorbeberapa Kingdomskerajaan inkecil Germany,berdiri thedi postJerman, ofjabatan {{lang|de|''Staatsdame}}'' (marriedperwara ladies-in-waitingbersemenda) weredimunculkan introduceddi inbanyak manyistana Germankepangeranan princelymaupun and royal courtskerajaan. AtDi theistana imperialKekaisaran German courtJerman, thepara ladies-in-waitingperwara wereterdiri composedatas ofseorang one {{lang|de|''Oberhofmeisterin}}'' inyang chargemembawahi ofbeberapa severalorang {{lang|de|''Hofstaatsdamen}}'' oratau {{lang|de|''Palastdamen}}''.{{sfn|Zedlitz-Trützschler|1924|p=}}{{page needed|date=April 2017}}
=== Yunani ===
DuringPada thezaman [[ByzantineKekaisaran EmpireRomawi Timur]], thepermaisuri Byzantinekaisar Empressdidampingi wasoleh attendedserombongan by a female courtistanawati (the {{transl|el|''Sekreton Tōn Gynaikōn}}Gunaikōn''),whichyang consistedsebagian mostlybesar ofanggotanya theadalah wivesistri-istri ofistanwan high-rankingtingkat maletinggi. courtPara officials,istanawati whotersebut simplymenyandang usedgelar theyang femininemerupakan versionsbentuk offeminin theirdari husbands'gelar titlessuaminya.<!-- The only specifically female dignity was that of the {{transl|el|[[Zoste patrikia]]}}, the chief lady-in-waiting and female attendant of the Empress, who was the head of the women's court and often a relative of the Empress; this title existed at least since the 9th century.
The [[Kingdom of Greece (Wittelsbach)|Kingdom of Greece]] was established in 1832 and its first queen, [[Amalia of Oldenburg]], organized the ladies-in-waiting of its first royal court with one '''Grande Maitresse''<nowiki/>', followed by the second rank {{lang|fr|'Dame d'honneur'}}, and the third rank {{lang|fr|'Dame de Palais'}}.{{sfn|''Almanach de Gotha''| 1859|p=}}{{page needed|date=April 2017}}
