Many roses have been named after people. Fewer though, in all probability after mistresses and fewer still commemorating royal mistresses. Once upon a time though such was bestowed on a beautiful medieval maid.
Rosamund Clifford lived during the middle years of the 12th century. She is believed to have been born at Woodstock, where Blenheim Palace now stands. Definitely upper class, Rosamund was raised with two sisters and three brothers at Castle Clifford on the River Wye in Hertfordshire and educated at Godstowe Abbey near Oxford.
