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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 19th-century American socialite
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
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

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Arlington House plantation associatedWith Mary Anna Custis Lee
this entity surface form: Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee
George Washington Parke Custis child Mary Anna Custis Lee
this entity surface form: Mary Anna Randolph Custis
Martha Washington child Mary Anna Custis Lee
this entity surface form: Daniel Parke Custis Jr.
Martha Washington child Mary Anna Custis Lee
this entity surface form: Frances Parke Custis
Martha Washington child Mary Anna Custis Lee
this entity surface form: Martha Parke Custis
Arlington National Cemetery formerOwnerOfLand Mary Anna Custis Lee
Mary Anna Custis Lee mother Mary Anna Custis Lee self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Mary Lee Fitzhugh Custis
Mary Anna Custis Lee name Mary Anna Custis Lee self-link
Arlington Estate ownedBy Mary Anna Custis Lee
this entity surface form: Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee
Robert E. Lee spouse Mary Anna Custis Lee
this entity surface form: Mary Anna Randolph Custis
Martha Washington stepChild Mary Anna Custis Lee
this entity surface form: Eleanor Parke Custis