The Gentilhombres Grandes de España con ejercicio y servidumbre (Gentlemen of the Bedchamber Grandee of Spain) was a palatial class of honorary royal servants of the Royal Household and Heritage of the Crown of Spain, who were entrusted with certain functions at the service of the Monarch which they exercised by rigorous seniority. To be nominated for this class it was necessary not only belonging to the nobility but also being a Grandee of Spain and they had to be previously presented to the King in the so-called ceremony of the “Cobertura” (Coverage).