Abigail Masham

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Abigail Masham was a close confidante and courtier to Queen Anne of Great Britain, whose rise to influence and rivalry with Sarah Churchill became a notable episode in early 18th-century English politics.

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Abigail Masham canonical 2
Abigail Masham, Baroness Masham 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf courtier ⓘ
favorite ⓘ
political figure ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Abigail Hill ⓘ
Baroness Masham ⓘ
associatedWithEvent War of the Spanish Succession (political aftermath at court) ⓘ
connectedTo Tory Party (Kingdom of Great Britain) ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
employer Queen Anne of Great Britain ⓘ
era early 18th century ⓘ
familyName Masham ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
givenName Abigail ⓘ
influenced Queen Anne of Great Britain ⓘ
involvedIn Tory ministry of Robert Harley ⓘ
fall from favor of Sarah Churchill at Queen Anne's court ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
monarchServed Anne, Queen of Great Britain ⓘ
nobleTitle Baroness Masham ⓘ
notableEvent helped facilitate the dismissal of Whig ministers under Queen Anne ⓘ
secretly advanced by Robert Harley to gain influence over Queen Anne ⓘ
notableFor being a close confidante of Queen Anne of Great Britain ⓘ
influence at the court of Queen Anne ⓘ
political rivalry with Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough ⓘ
role in the shift from Whig to Tory dominance at the end of Queen Anne's reign ⓘ
opposedBy Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough ⓘ
placeOfActivity London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
politicalAlignment Tory ⓘ
positionHeld bedchamber woman to Queen Anne ⓘ
lady-in-waiting ⓘ
relative Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer ⓘ
Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough ⓘ
residence Kensington Palace ⓘ
Royal Court of St James's ⓘ
St James's Palace ⓘ
socialStatus nobility ⓘ
sphereOfInfluence British court politics ⓘ
royal household of Queen Anne ⓘ
spouse Samuel Masham, 1st Baron Masham ⓘ
linked to: Baron Masham
title Baroness Masham ⓘ

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The Favourite → mainCharacter → Abigail Masham ⓘ
court of Queen Anne → significantPerson → Abigail Masham ⓘ
Abigail Masham (The Favourite) → basedOn → Abigail Masham, Baroness Masham ⓘ
subject linked to: Abigail Masham in The Favourite
linked to: Abigail Masham