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==Known handmaidens==
 
==Known handmaidens==
*{[[Doreah]]}, a [[Lys]]eni [[bedslave]] purchased to serve as handmaiden to [[Daenerys Targaryen]]. Locked inside [[Xaro Xhoan Daxos]]' vault for treason.
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*{[[Doreah]]}, a [[Lys]]eni pleasure [[slave]] purchased to serve as handmaiden to [[Daenerys Targaryen]]. Locked inside [[Xaro Xhoan Daxos]]' vault for treason.
 
*{[[Irri]]}, a [[Dothraki]] handmaiden of Daenerys Targaryen, killed by an agent of Xaro Xhoan Daxos.
 
*{[[Irri]]}, a [[Dothraki]] handmaiden of Daenerys Targaryen, killed by an agent of Xaro Xhoan Daxos.
 
*[[Jhiqui]], a Dothraki handmaiden of Daenerys Targaryen, status unknown.
 
*[[Jhiqui]], a Dothraki handmaiden of Daenerys Targaryen, status unknown.
*[[Shae]], a [[Lorath]]i handmaiden of [[Sansa Stark]] and, secretly, [[Tyrion Lannister]]'s concubine.
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*{[[Shae]]}, a [[Lorath]]i handmaiden of [[Sansa Stark]] and, secretly, [[Tyrion Lannister]]'s concubine. Murdered by Tyrion after he discovers her naked in his father's bed.
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*[[Missandei]], a [[Naath]]i freedwoman in Daenerys Targaryen's service as handmaiden, herald, and translator.
*An [[Unidentified handmaiden]] in service of Sansa Stark but reporting to Queen [[Cersei Lannister]].
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*An [[Unidentified handmaiden|unidentified handmaiden]] in service of [[Sansa Stark]], but reporting to Queen [[Cersei Lannister]].
 
*An [[Margaery's handmaiden|unidentified handmaiden]] in service of [[Margaery Tyrell]].
 
*An [[Margaery's handmaiden|unidentified handmaiden]] in service of [[Margaery Tyrell]].
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==In the books==
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In the ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' novels, the tasks of handmaidens or "lady attendants" vary depending on their origin. Highborn women aid and accompany higher-status ladies and even share their beds but do not perform tasks such as preparing baths or emptying chamber pots, which are reserved for [[smallfolk|lowborn]] women.
 
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A handmaiden or handmaid is a woman in service of a noblewoman, either a Queen or a noble lady.

Women of vassal houses sometimes also serve as hand maidens and companions to noble ladies in the household of their overlords or at the royal court.

Known handmaidens

In the books

In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, the tasks of handmaidens or "lady attendants" vary depending on their origin. Highborn women aid and accompany higher-status ladies and even share their beds but do not perform tasks such as preparing baths or emptying chamber pots, which are reserved for lowborn women.