Doncel was a court appointment in the Crowns of Castile and Aragon during the Late Middle Ages.
It was bestowed upon youth from noble families, prior to knighthood.
Donceles worked alongside other pajes reales (royal pages) as royal servants and received training by the Alcaide de los Donceles.
In the court of Peter IV of Aragon in 1356 there were 110 donceles of noble origin (Aragonese, Catalan and Valencian).
[1] In the times of the Reyes Católicos, this kind of royal servant was known as contino, thus named because of their continuous availability.