Pages of the Backstairs

E896980

Pages of the Backstairs were junior royal servants in the household of Charles II of England who attended the king in his private apartments and controlled access to his person.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Pages of the Backstairs canonical 2
Page of the Backstairs 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf court position ⓘ
royal household office ⓘ
servant role ⓘ
associatedWith Stuart monarchy ⓘ
linked to: House of Stuart

bedchamber politics ⓘ
category Court titles in England ⓘ
Positions within the British Royal Household ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
duty acting as personal attendants to the king ⓘ
attending the king in his private apartments ⓘ
controlling access to the king’s person ⓘ
conveying messages to and from the king ⓘ
escorting visitors to the king’s private rooms ⓘ
employer Charles II of England ⓘ
Lord Chamberlain of the Household ⓘ
era Restoration period ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
hasRank junior servant ⓘ
hierarchicalPosition subordinate to the Gentlemen of the Bedchamber ⓘ
subordinate to the Groom of the Stole ⓘ
historicalContext post–English Civil War monarchy restoration ⓘ
languageOfUse English ⓘ
locationOfWork Whitehall Palace ⓘ
linked to: Palace of Whitehall

private apartments of Charles II ⓘ
royal backstairs ⓘ
monarchServed Charles II of England ⓘ
partOf Royal Household of Charles II of England ⓘ
Stuart court ⓘ
relatedPosition Gentlemen of the Bedchamber ⓘ
Grooms of the Bedchamber ⓘ
Pages of the Bedchamber ⓘ
selectionCriteria courtly background or patronage ⓘ
trustworthiness to the monarch ⓘ
socialStatus lower gentry or similar rank ⓘ
startTime reign of Charles II of England ⓘ
typeOfAccess confidential proximity to the monarch ⓘ
physical access to the monarch ⓘ
typicalAge youth or young adult ⓘ
usedFor informal influence at court ⓘ
patronage and access brokering ⓘ
workSchedule attendance in close daily contact with the king ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Household of Charles II of England → employs → Pages of the Backstairs ⓘ
Household of James II of England → employs → Page of the Backstairs ⓘ
linked to: Pages of the Backstairs
Household of Charles I of England → hasPart → Pages of the Backstairs ⓘ