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Rosamund Clifford (before 1140 – c. 1176), often called "The Fair Rosamund" or "Rose of the World" (Latin: rosa mundi), was a medieval English noblewoman and mistress of Henry II, King of England, who became famous in English folklore.
Aug 12, 2017 · The story of Rosamund de Clifford is shrouded in more legends than most medieval lives. After Eleanor of Aquitaine, she is the woman most associated with Henry II, king of England. In historical fiction, she is the woman who claimed his heart and stole him away from his queen. But who was she? How much of her story is real, how much is fantasy?
Aug 30, 2021 · Rosamund Clifford, also known as Fair Rosamund and the Rose of the World, was the mistress of King Henry II of England. Learn about her life, beauty, affair, and death, and the myths and legends surrounding her.
- She went to school at, lived at, had assignations with the king at, retired to, died at, or in any way hung out at Godstow Abbey. Sadly, Rosamund never entered Godstow until she was a fair corpse.
- She and Henry went drinking at the Trout. Or the Perch. I read this about the pubs near Godstow in a student handbook when I was doing my postgraduate work at Oxford, and I wanted to believe it.
- She lived in a maze at Woodstock. Of course this is a later embellishment, related to the next two myths. But a fairly elaborate pleasure garden does seem to have been incorporated into the royal residence at Woodstock in this period, adjacent to a room that just a generation later was known as “Rosamund’s Chamber.”
- The queen found her in the maze by means of a silken thread. See previous myth. But there is, just barely, a silken thread in Rosamund’s true story.
Rosamund Clifford's affair with King Henry II of England and her death made her a popular figure in legends and ballads in her own time and for centuries afterwards. She was the daughter of Walter de Clifford, a Norman knight in King Henry's service and one of the important marcher lords who kept watch over the border between Wales and England.
May 28, 2020 · Rosamund Clifford was Henry II's mistress and Eleanor of Aquitaine's rival in medieval England. Learn about her life, legends and death in this article by Jess Ilse.
Rosamond (born c. 1140—died c. 1176) was a mistress of Henry II of England. She was the subject of many legends and stories. Rosamond is believed to have been the daughter of Walter de Clifford of the family of Fitz-Ponce.
