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."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rosamund Clifford canonical | 2 |
| Rosamund | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9147929 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rosamund Clifford Context triple: [Clifford, hasNotableBearer, Rosamund Clifford]
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A.
Rosamund Mortimer
Rosamund Mortimer is a member of the Mortimer family and the sister of British actress and screenwriter Emily Mortimer.
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B.
Beatrice Mortimer
Beatrice Mortimer was a 14th-century English noblewoman, daughter of the powerful Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, and a member of the influential Mortimer family during the reign of Edward II and Edward III.
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C.
Elizabeth d’Amory
Elizabeth d’Amory was a medieval English noblewoman, known primarily as the daughter of the wealthy heiress Elizabeth de Clare and a member of the prominent de Clare family.
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D.
Mabel FitzRobert
Mabel FitzRobert was a 12th-century Anglo-Norman noblewoman of the powerful de Clare–FitzRobert family, connected to the earldom of Gloucester.
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E.
Katherine Mortimer
Katherine Mortimer was a 14th-century English noblewoman, daughter of the powerful Marcher lord Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, and a member of the influential Mortimer family during the reign of Edward III.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rosamund Clifford Target entity description: 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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A.
Rosamund Mortimer
Rosamund Mortimer is a member of the Mortimer family and the sister of British actress and screenwriter Emily Mortimer.
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B.
Beatrice Mortimer
Beatrice Mortimer was a 14th-century English noblewoman, daughter of the powerful Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, and a member of the influential Mortimer family during the reign of Edward II and Edward III.
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C.
Elizabeth d’Amory
Elizabeth d’Amory was a medieval English noblewoman, known primarily as the daughter of the wealthy heiress Elizabeth de Clare and a member of the prominent de Clare family.
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D.
Mabel FitzRobert
Mabel FitzRobert was a 12th-century Anglo-Norman noblewoman of the powerful de Clare–FitzRobert family, connected to the earldom of Gloucester.
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E.
Katherine Mortimer
Katherine Mortimer was a 14th-century English noblewoman, daughter of the powerful Marcher lord Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, and a member of the influential Mortimer family during the reign of Edward III.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English noblewoman
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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)
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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
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her legendary beauty ⓘ the legend of "Fair Rosamund" ⓘ |
| notableWork |
subject of later romantic legends
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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
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retired to Godstow Abbey ⓘ |
| socialClass | nobility ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Rosamund Clifford Description of subject: Rosamund Clifford was a 12th-century English noblewoman famed as the mistress of King Henry II and later romanticized in legend as "Fair Rosamund."
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Rosamund Clifford