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.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee | 8 |
| Mary Custis Lee | 4 |
| Mary Anna Randolph Custis | 3 |
| Mary Anna Custis Lee canonical | 2 |
| Daniel Parke Custis Jr. | 1 |
| Eleanor Parke Custis | 1 |
| Frances Parke Custis | 1 |
| Martha Parke Custis | 1 |
| Mary Lee Fitzhugh Custis | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T142159 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Mary Anna Custis Lee Context triple: [Arlington National Cemetery, formerOwnerOfLand, Mary Anna Custis Lee]
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A.
Elizabeth Virginia Wallace
Elizabeth Virginia Wallace, better known as Bess Truman, was the First Lady of the United States from 1945 to 1953 as the wife of President Harry S. Truman.
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B.
Martha Washington
Martha Washington was the first First Lady of the United States, a wealthy widow who managed large estates and played a key role as a social and political hostess during George Washington’s leadership.
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C.
Henry Middleton
Henry Middleton was an American planter and political leader from South Carolina who briefly served as a leading figure in the early stages of the American Revolution.
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D.
Mary Todd Lincoln
Mary Todd Lincoln was the First Lady of the United States during Abraham Lincoln’s presidency, known for her political influence, personal tragedies, and controversial public image during and after the Civil War.
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E.
Mary Burwell
Mary Burwell was an English gentlewoman best known as the mother of Sir Robert Walpole, Britain’s first de facto Prime Minister.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Mary Anna Custis Lee Target entity description: 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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A.
Elizabeth Virginia Wallace
Elizabeth Virginia Wallace, better known as Bess Truman, was the First Lady of the United States from 1945 to 1953 as the wife of President Harry S. Truman.
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B.
Martha Washington
Martha Washington was the first First Lady of the United States, a wealthy widow who managed large estates and played a key role as a social and political hostess during George Washington’s leadership.
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C.
Henry Middleton
Henry Middleton was an American planter and political leader from South Carolina who briefly served as a leading figure in the early stages of the American Revolution.
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D.
Mary Todd Lincoln
Mary Todd Lincoln was the First Lady of the United States during Abraham Lincoln’s presidency, known for her political influence, personal tragedies, and controversial public image during and after the Civil War.
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E.
Mary Burwell
Mary Burwell was an English gentlewoman best known as the mother of Sir Robert Walpole, Britain’s first de facto Prime Minister.
- F. None of above. chosen
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
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| educatedAt | home education ⓘ |
| ethnicity | White American ⓘ |
| familyName |
George Washington Parke Custis
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surface form:
Custis
Lee ⓘ |
| father | George Washington Parke Custis ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| givenName |
Anna
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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
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| 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
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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
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| socialClass | Southern planter aristocracy ⓘ |
| spouse | Robert E. Lee ⓘ |
| spouseOfMilitaryRank | General ⓘ |
| spouseSideInAmericanCivilWar | Confederate States of America ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
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Subject: Mary Anna Custis Lee Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (22)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.