Lady Godiva

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Lady Godiva was an 11th-century Anglo-Saxon noblewoman legendary for riding naked through the streets of Coventry to protest oppressive taxation.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Lady Godiva canonical 5
Lady Godiva legend 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical figure ⓘ
legendary figure ⓘ
noblewoman ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Godgifu ⓘ
associatedWith Coventry Priory ⓘ
Leofric, Earl of Mercia ⓘ
St Mary’s Abbey, Coventry ⓘ
linked to: Coventry Priory
burialPlace likely Coventry or nearby religious house ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
culturalDepiction Lady Godiva (painting by John Collier) ⓘ
statue of Lady Godiva in Coventry ⓘ
deathPlace likely Coventry region ⓘ
ethnicGroup Anglo-Saxon ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Saxons
givenName Godiva ⓘ
hasCategory Anglo-Saxon nobility ⓘ
English folklore ⓘ
Medieval legends ⓘ
People associated with Coventry ⓘ
Women in medieval Europe ⓘ
hasLegend Peeping Tom associated with Lady Godiva’s ride ⓘ
linked to: Peeping Tom
iconography nude woman on horseback ⓘ
influenced Godiva chocolate brand name ⓘ
Victorian art and literature ⓘ
various poems and ballads ⓘ
knownFor legendary naked ride through Coventry ⓘ
protest against oppressive taxation ⓘ
legacy symbol of civil disobedience ⓘ
symbol of opposition to unjust taxation ⓘ
movement patronage of religious houses ⓘ
mythRealityStatus historical person with legendary narrative ⓘ
narrativeSource Flores Historiarum (medieval chronicle) ⓘ
Roger of Wendover’s chronicle ⓘ
notableWork endowments to monasteries ⓘ
placeOfActivity Coventry ⓘ
Midlands of England ⓘ
linked to: Midlands
positionHeld Countess of Mercia ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
residence Coventry ⓘ
Mercia ⓘ
sexOrGender female ⓘ
spouse Leofric, Earl of Mercia ⓘ
taxationProtestType symbolic public protest ⓘ
taxReformLegend remission of Coventry’s taxes after her ride ⓘ
timePeriod 11th century ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lady Godiva statue → depicts → Lady Godiva ⓘ
Godgifu → alsoKnownAs → Lady Godiva ⓘ
Ælfgar, Earl of Mercia → mother → Lady Godiva ⓘ
Ælfgar, Earl of Mercia → relative → Lady Godiva ⓘ
Edwin, Earl of Mercia → relative → Lady Godiva ⓘ
Isabeau → basedOn → Lady Godiva legend ⓘ
linked to: Lady Godiva