Rosamund Clifford

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Rosamund Clifford was a 12th-century English noblewoman famed as the mistress of King Henry II and later romanticized in legend as "Fair Rosamund."

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Rosamund Clifford canonical 2
Rosamund 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English noblewoman ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ
royal mistress ⓘ
associatedWith Godstow, Oxfordshire ⓘ
Plantagenet court ⓘ
Woodstock Palace ⓘ
labyrinth legend at Woodstock ⓘ
burialPlace Godstow Abbey ⓘ
near Oxford ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 12th century ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
dateOfBirth circa 1150 ⓘ
dateOfDeath circa 1176 ⓘ
era High Middle Ages ⓘ
ethnicGroup English ⓘ
familyName Clifford ⓘ
father Walter de Clifford ⓘ
givenName Rosamund ⓘ
linked to: Rosamund Clifford
hasAlias Fair Rosamund ⓘ
Rose of the World ⓘ
hasCanonicalName Rosamund Clifford ⓘ
hasLegend kept in a maze at Woodstock (legendary) ⓘ
poisoning by Eleanor of Aquitaine (unsubstantiated legend) ⓘ
historicity core biographical facts are documented, many details are legendary ⓘ
influenced later English romantic literature ⓘ
languageOfUse Middle English ⓘ
mother Margaret de Toeni ⓘ
nobleFamily Clifford family ⓘ
linked to: the Clifford family
notableFor being the mistress of King Henry II of England ⓘ
her legendary beauty ⓘ
the legend of "Fair Rosamund" ⓘ
notableWork subject of later romantic legends ⓘ
subject of medieval ballads ⓘ
occupation noblewoman ⓘ
partner Henry II of England ⓘ
partOf Anglo-Norman aristocracy ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Normans
placeOfBirth Herefordshire ⓘ
portrayedAs tragic romantic heroine in later literature ⓘ
relative Rosamund Clifford’s siblings of the Clifford family (names uncertain) ⓘ
religion Catholicism ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
residence Godstow Abbey ⓘ
court of Henry II of England ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Norman court
sexOrGender female ⓘ
significantEvent became mistress of Henry II of England ⓘ
retired to Godstow Abbey ⓘ
socialClass nobility ⓘ

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

Clifford → hasNotableBearer → Rosamund Clifford ⓘ
Rosamund Clifford → givenName → Rosamund ⓘ
linked to: Rosamund Clifford
Rosamund Clifford → hasCanonicalName → Rosamund Clifford ⓘ