Rosamund Clifford 1136-1176

Before 1134 [her father] Walter Clifford 1st Baron Clifford [aged 20] and [her mother] Margaret Isobel Tosny Baroness Clifford were married.

Around August 1165 King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England [aged 32] commenced his affair with Rosamund Clifford [aged 29] daughter of [her father] Walter Clifford 1st Baron Clifford [aged 52]. The location is reported by some sources to have been, possibly, Walter's house, or Rosamund's town, of Bredelais the location of which is unknown.

In 1176 Rosamund Clifford [aged 40] died at Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire [Map]. She was buried at Godstow Abbey [Map]. Paul Hentzner, a German traveller who visited England around 1599, recorded that her faded tombstone inscription read in part: "... Adorent, Utque tibi detur requies Rosamunda precamur. Hic jacet in tumba Rosamundi non Rosamunda, Non redolet sed olet, quae redolere solet." i.e. "Let them adore, And we pray that rest be given to you, Rosamund. Here in the tomb lies the rose of the world, not a pure rose; She who used to smell sweet, still smells—but not sweet." Her tombstone was destroyed during the dissolution of the monasteries.

1853. William Bell Scott [aged 42]. "Fair Rosamond Alone in Her Bower".

1917. John William Waterhouse [aged 67]. "Fair Rosamund".

Royal Ancestors of Rosamund Clifford 1136-1176

Kings Wessex: Great x 8 Grand Daughter of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons

Kings France: Great x 11 Grand Daughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Ancestors of Rosamund Clifford 1136-1176

Great x 1 Grandfather: Pons Fitzpons

Grandfather: Richard Fitzpons

father: Walter Clifford 1st Baron Clifford

Great x 2 Grandfather: Roger Gloucester

Great x 1 Grandfather: Walter Gloucester

Great x 3 Grandfather: Hamelin Balun

Great x 2 Grandmother: Adeliza or Eunice Balun

Grandmother: Matilda Gloucester

Great x 3 Grandfather: Hamelin de Balun Lord Abergavenny Balun

Great x 2 Grandfather: Dru de Balun

Great x 1 Grandmother: Emme or Bertha Balun

Rosamund Clifford 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons

Great x 2 Grandfather: Roger "The Spaniard" Tosny

Great x 1 Grandfather: Raoul Tosny

Great x 3 Grandfather: Ramon Borrell Count of Barcelona

Great x 2 Grandmother: Adelaide aka Godehildis Ramon

Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger I of Carcasonne

Great x 3 Grandmother: Ermesinde of Carcassonne

Grandfather: Raoul Tosny

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Reginarids

Great x 3 Grandfather: Aumary Reginarids

Great x 2 Grandfather: Simon Montfort

Great x 3 Grandmother: Bertrade Unknown

Great x 1 Grandmother: Isabelle Montfort

Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabel Bardoul

mother: Margaret Isobel Tosny Baroness Clifford 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons

Great x 2 Grandfather: Siward "Stout" Earl of Northumbria

Great x 1 Grandfather: Waltheof Northumbria 1st Earl of Northampton 1st Earl Huntingdon

Great x 3 Grandfather: Ealdred Northumbria Earl Bernicia

Great x 2 Grandmother: Aelfflaed Northumbria

Grandmother: Adelise Northumbria 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons

Great x 4 Grandfather: Baldwin Flanders II Count Boulogne 3 x Great Grandson of King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex

Great x 3 Grandfather: Eustace Flanders I Count Boulogne 4 x Great Grandson of King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex

Great x 4 Grandmother: Adelina Gerulfing Countess Boulogne and Ponthieu 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex

Great x 2 Grandfather: Lambert Flanders II Count Lens 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons

Great x 3 Grandmother: Matilda Reginar Countess Boulogne 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons

Great x 4 Grandmother: Gerberga Carolingian Duchess Lower Lorraine 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons

Great x 1 Grandmother: Judith Flanders Countess Huntingdon 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard "Good" II Duke Normandy

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert "Magnificent" I Duke Normandy 8 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 4 Grandmother: Judith Penthièvre Duchess Normandy 7 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 2 Grandmother: Adelaide Normandy Countess Troyes and Meaux Champagne Aumale Ponthieu 9 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor