1. Rosamund Clifford was reputed as one of the greatest beauties of the 12th century.
12 Facts About Rosamund Clifford
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The queen is thought to have given birth to John in Beaumount Palace instead of Woodstock Palace because Rosamund Clifford lived at Woodstock.
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Accounts differ on whether Rosamund Clifford stayed in Woodstock while the king was travelling between England and his continental lands or accompanied him.
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When her relationship with the king ended, Rosamund Clifford retired to Godstow Abbey.
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Rosamund Clifford died there around 1176, before the age of 40, and she was buried there.
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The king and the Rosamund Clifford family paid for her tomb to be cared for by the Benedictine nuns of the convent.
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Rosamund Clifford's resting place became a popular shrine among locals, which was noticed by Hugh of Lincoln, the Bishop of Lincoln in 1191.
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Rosamund Clifford saw Rosamund only in the middle of a complicated underground labyrinth in the park of Woodstock Palace in Oxfordshire.
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However, Geoffrey was born before the king and Rosamund Clifford even met from an otherwise unknown woman, and William was the son of Ida de Tosny, Countess of Norfolk.
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Today, Fair Rosamund Clifford's Well is a paved spring in the park of Blenheim Palace in Woodstock, Oxfordshire.
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Rosamund Clifford is associated with the village of Frampton on Severn, Gloucestershire, another of her father's holdings.
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Walter de Rosamund Clifford granted the mill there to Godstow Abbey for the good of the souls of his wife and daughter.