Little is known about Rosamund, but she is discussed in books about Eleanor of Aquitaine, Henry's queen.

Indeed, Eleanor is known to have given birth to John at Beaumont Palace rather than at Woodstock: because, it is speculated, having planned to give birth at Woodstock, she refused to do so upon finding Rosamund there.

* Rosamund Clifford is the subject of Samuel Daniel's 1592 poem, " The Complaint of Rosamond.

* Rosamund Clifford is mentioned in Virginia Henley's historical romance, The Falcon and the Flower.

* The relationship between Rosamund and Henry is a major framing device in Robin Paige's mystery novel, " Death at Blenheim Palace.

* Rosamund is mentioned and is credited as the mother of a would-be nun of the same name in Lynsay Sands ' romance novel, Always.

* Rosamund is a character in the novel The Book of Eleanor, A Novel of Eleanor of Aquitaine by Pamela Kaufman.

* Rosmonda d ' Inghilterra ( Rosamund of England ) is an 1834 Italian opera by Gaetano Donizetti.

* Rosamund is discussed in the play and movie versions of The Lion in Winter.

* Rosamund is a supporting character in the historical novel The Captive Queen: A Novel of Eleanor of Aquitaine by Alison Weir

* Rosamund is a character in the historical fiction novel The Courts of Love: The Story of Eleanor of Aquitaine by Jean Plaidy

Henry II housed his mistress Rosamund Clifford ( sometimes known as " Fair Rosamund ") there in a " bower and labyrinth "; a spring where she is said to have bathed remains, named after her.

Rosamund Mary Elizabeth Pike ( born 27 January 1979 ) is a British actress.

Rosamund Gray is a story of a young man named Allen Clare who loves Rosamund Gray but their relationship comes to nothing because of the sudden death of Miss Gray.

Although the story is not particularly successful as a narrative because of Lamb's poor sense of plot, it was well thought of by Lamb's contemporaries and led Shelley to observe “ what a lovely thing is Rosamund Gray!

Sir Oliver is betrothed to Rosamund Godolphin, but her brother Peter, a young hothead, detests the Tressilians, as there had been a feud between their fathers, and therefore tries to drive a wedge between his sister and Sir Oliver.

The Basha is also at the slave-market, takes a fancy to Rosamund, and orders his wazeer to buy her.

The Basha is furious and threatens to take her by force, but Sakr-el-Bahr manages to thwart him by marrying Rosamund.

* Rosamund Clifford, mistress of Henry II of England ( b. 1150 )

* Rosamund Clifford, mistress of Henry II of England ( approximate date ; d. 1176 )

* Henry II of England acknowledges Rosamund Clifford as his mistress.

Rosamund Clifford ( before 1150 – c. 1176 ), often called " The Fair Rosamund " or the " Rose of the World ", was famed for her beauty and was a mistress of King Henry II of England, famous in English folklore.

The lodge became a palace under Henry's grandson, Henry II, who spent time here with his mistress, Rosamund Clifford.

* Rosamund Clifford, mistress to Henry II

The species name, rosamondae, is a reference to Rosamund Clifford, the famous mistress of Henry II of England, who is said to have had red hair.

By late 1166, and the birth of her final child, however, Henry's notorious affair with Rosamund Clifford had become known, and her marriage to Henry appears to have become terminally strained.

Henry lost the woman reputed to be his great love, Rosamund Clifford, in 1176.

Henry donated much money to Godstow Nunnery, where Rosamund was buried.

* Henry II of England begins an affair with Rosamund Clifford.

* Henry II of England begins living openly with his friend Rosamund Clifford, raising suspicions about their relationship & alienating Henry's wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine

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Many historians have concluded that Rosamund most likely bore Henry a single child but cannot identify it or even provide a specific date of birth.

Henry and Rosamund met about 1163, and their relationship lasted until 1176.

Authorities differ over whether Rosamund stayed quietly in seclusion at Woodstock while Henry went back and forth between England and his continental possessions, or whether she travelled with him as a member of his household.

Historians do seem to agree, however, that Rosamund was Eleanor's opposite in personality and that Henry and Rosamund appear to have shared a deep love.

Among her most celebrated roles with Irving were Ophelia, Pauline in The Lady of Lyons by Edward George Bulwer-Lytton ( 1878 ), Portia ( 1879 ), Queen Henrietta Maria in William Gorman Wills's drama Charles I ( 1879 ), Desdemona in Othello ( 1881 ), Camma in Tennyson's short tragedy The Cup ( 1881 ), Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing, another of her signature roles ( 1882 and often thereafter ), Juliet in Romeo and Juliet ( 1882 ), Jeanette in The Lyons Mail by Charles Reade ( 1883 ), the title part in Reade's romantic comedy Nance Oldfield ( 1883 ), Viola in Twelfth Night ( 1884 ), Margaret in the long-running adaptation of Faust by Wills ( 1885 ), the title role in Olivia ( 1885, which she had played earlier at the Court Theatre ), Lady Macbeth in Macbeth ( 1888, with incidental music by Arthur Sullivan ), Queen Katherine in Henry VIII ( 1892 ), Cordelia in King Lear ( 1892 ), Rosamund de Clifford in Becket by Alfred Tennyson ( 1893 ), Guinevere in King Arthur by J. Comyns Carr, with incidental music by Sullivan ( 1895 ), Imogen in Cymbeline ( 1896 ), the title character in Victorien Sardou and Émile Moreau's play Madame Sans-Gêne ( 1897 ) and Volumnia in Coriolanus ( 1901 ).

* Lord Henry George ( 23 June 1861 – 27 December 1914 ), who married, first, Dora Mina, the daughter of James Erskine-Wemyss, and was the father of William Grosvenor, 3rd Duke of Westminster ; and second, Rosamund Angharad, the daughter of Edward Lloyd.

Woodstock was the scene of King Henry II's courtship of Rosamund Clifford ( Fair Rosamund ).

* Rosamund appears as a character in death in the novel The Death Maze ( published in the U. S. as The Serpent's Tale ) by Ariana Franklin.

In 1999, BBC produced a four-part miniseries based on the novel with a screenplay written by Andrew Davies ; Wives and Daughters featuring Justine Waddell, Bill Paterson, Francesca Annis, Keeley Hawes, Rosamund Pike, Tom Hollander, Anthony Howell, Michael Gambon, Penelope Wilton, Barbara Flynn, Deborah Findlay, Iain Glen, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, and Ian Carmichael.

In 2010, both the British Library and Persephone Books reissued The Mystery of Mrs. Blencarrow ( 1890 ), in the latter case with the novella Queen Eleanor and Fair Rosamund ( 1886 ), and the Association for Scottish Literary Studies produced a new edition of the novel Kirsteen ( 1890 ).