Mary Anna Custis Lee
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Mary Anna Custis Lee was the wife of Confederate General Robert E. Lee and the great-granddaughter of Martha Washington, known as a prominent 19th-century Virginia aristocrat and plantation mistress.
Observed surface forms (7)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mary Anna Randolph Custis | 2 |
| Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee | 2 |
| Daniel Parke Custis Jr. | 1 |
| Eleanor Parke Custis | 1 |
| Frances Parke Custis | 1 |
| Martha Parke Custis | 1 |
| Mary Lee Fitzhugh Custis | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
19th-century American socialite
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Virginia aristocrat ⓘ human ⓘ plantation mistress ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Arlington National Cemetery
ⓘ
surface form:
Arlington National Cemetery (former estate)
|
| birthDate | 1808-10-01 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Arlington House plantation
ⓘ
surface form:
Arlington House
Arlington, Virginia ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Lee Chapel
ⓘ
Lexington, Virginia, United States ⓘ
surface form:
Lexington, Virginia
|
| child |
George Washington Parke Custis
ⓘ
surface form:
George Washington Custis Lee
Robert E. Lee Jr. ⓘ William Henry Fitzhugh Lee ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1873-11-05 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Lexington, Virginia, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Lexington, Virginia
|
| educatedAt | home education ⓘ |
| ethnicity | White American ⓘ |
| familyName |
George Washington Parke Custis
ⓘ
surface form:
Custis
Lee ⓘ |
| father | George Washington Parke Custis ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| givenName |
Anna
ⓘ
Mary ⓘ |
| greatGrandmother | Martha Washington ⓘ |
| householdLaborSystem | enslaved labor on Arlington plantation ⓘ |
| knownFor | letters and reminiscences about the Washington and Custis families ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| marriageDate | 1831-06-30 ⓘ |
| mother |
Mary Anna Custis Lee
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Mary Lee Fitzhugh Custis
|
| name | Mary Anna Custis Lee self-link ⓘ |
| notableFor |
connection to George Washington through the Custis family
ⓘ
management of the Arlington estate ⓘ |
| notableRole |
mistress of Arlington plantation
ⓘ
wife of Confederate General Robert E. Lee ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 7 ⓘ |
| religion | Episcopalian ⓘ |
| residence |
Arlington House plantation
ⓘ
surface form:
Arlington House
Arlington, Virginia ⓘ Lexington, Virginia, United States ⓘ
surface form:
Lexington, Virginia
|
| socialClass | Southern planter aristocracy ⓘ |
| spouse | Robert E. Lee ⓘ |
| spouseOfMilitaryRank | General ⓘ |
| spouseSideInAmericanCivilWar | Confederate States of America ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee
this entity surface form:
Mary Anna Randolph Custis
this entity surface form:
Daniel Parke Custis Jr.
this entity surface form:
Frances Parke Custis
this entity surface form:
Martha Parke Custis
this entity surface form:
Mary Lee Fitzhugh Custis
this entity surface form:
Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee
this entity surface form:
Mary Anna Randolph Custis
this entity surface form:
Eleanor Parke Custis