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===Portugal===

The royal court of Portugal was influenced by the Spanish court model, after Portugal became independent of Spain and created its own royal court in 1640.

The court register of 1896 noted the ''Camareira-mór'' as the senior of all the ladies-in-waiting of the Portuguese court, followed by the ''Dama Camarista Mulher do mordomo mór de S. a Rainha'', and the ''Dama honoraria Mulher do mestre sala''. All three positions were at that date occupied by one person.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://ephemerajpp.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Corte_Portuguesa_1896_a.pdf |title=Corte Portugueza. Casa de Suas Magestade |access-date=19 March 2023 |archive-date=1 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301011812/https://ephemerajpp.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Corte_Portuguesa_1896_a.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> 
The fourth rank was the ''Dona camarista'' (there were five in 1896), and the lowest rank of ladies-in-waiting was the ''Dona honoraira'', of which there were 21 in 1896.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://ephemerajpp.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Corte_Portuguesa_1896_a.pdf |title=Corte Portugueza. Casa de Suas Magestade |access-date=19 March 2023 |archive-date=1 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301011812/https://ephemerajpp.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Corte_Portuguesa_1896_a.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>