Gentilhombre de cámara con ejercicio

The Gentilhombres de cámara con ejercicio (Gentlemen of the Bedchamber) was a palatine class of honorary royal servants of the Royal Household and Heritage of the Crown of Spain, who acceded to that class as an honor awarded by the Monarch.

The members of this class neither had specific functions inside the ceremonial scheme of the Court, nor exercised active service with a few exceptions, being their appointment a sign of the royal appreciation.

In fact, at the moment of the suppression of this Office, they remained 521 “Gentilhombres de cámara con ejercicio y servidumbre”.

This Court class was just behind the category of “Gentilhombres Grandes de España con ejercicio y servidumbre”.

They were formally under the command of the “Sumiller de Corps” and, for their condition, they had free entrance to the Royal Palace of Madrid up to the Chamber.